BIO – DAVID BAKER
David Baker has established a significant position in the evolving
Digital Media marketplace with over 20 years experience in the fields
of entertainment and technology. With early roots in the music
business, Baker was named “Most Outstanding Soloist” for
performances at “The Monterey Jazz Festival.” Performance
gave way to music and video production work at several top LA studios.
Having gained a practical understanding of performance and production,
Baker left the entertainment industry to gain formal educational background
in Electronic Engineering, Broadcast Engineering and Telecommunications.
With this unique mix of practical and educational background, Baker
became a founding partner and President of Electronic Integration Systems,
Incorporated (EISI). For the better part of a decade, Baker’s
responsibilities at EISI included the successful design, development
and execution of multi-million dollar projects nationwide. These
projects ranged from professional audio-video systems to commercial
building automation.
Through a close relationship with producers Freddie Fields and Jerome
Hellman, Baker began consulting work for Network Event Theater (NET).
Fields and Hellman began NET as a vehicle to provide entertainment,
via satellite, to the college market. Consulting gave way to a
full time position as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations.
Under Baker’s direction, NET grew to a 40-site network of what
would later be called Digital Cinemas. In addition to his technical
duties, Baker acted as Executive Producer for NET’s events.
As Executive Producer, credits include “Live with Oliver Stone”
for the premiere of “U-Turn”, “Live with John Carpenter”
for the premiere of “Vampires” and over thirty other live,
interactive and taped for broadcast events.
Playing a major role in the development of economic and technical models
for NET provided Baker with a unique insight into how digital media
would evolve.
Wanting to further shape this evolution, Baker accepted a position
to lead the Digital Cinema and Convergent Media efforts for CyberStar
(a Loral Company).
CyberStar was in the process of developing a digital media delivery
system over satellite. They had been branded in the Digital Cinema
space for the electronic distribution of a feature motion picture.
Baker’s role at CyberStar included the further development of
functional specifications for the delivery platform, business development
and marketing. During his tenure, Baker organized the first Digital
Cinema exhibition of Academy Award winning content transported internationally
via satellite for the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. He was also responsible
for defining and executing the presentation of CyberStar’s prototype
Digital Cinema system at ShoWest 1999.
Baker was recruited in January 2000 to work as a Digital Media Consultant
for Hughes Space and Communications (HSC). Later that same year
HSC was acquired by Boeing, becoming Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS).
Baker was asked by BSS top management to develop a new business within
Boeing focused on the digital delivery of feature motion pictures.
As Founder and Co-Director of Boeing’s Digital Cinema initiative,
Baker managed all day-to-day business, technical and promotional activities.
A significant result of his leadership and direction at Boeing was evident
in November of 2000 when Baker orchestrated the collaboration between
Miramax and Boeing on the first ever satellite and fiber (hybrid) transport
of the feature film, “Bounce.” This event remains
as one of the most important milestones in the evolution of Digital
Cinema. The achievement was followed by Boeing’s continued
collaboration with Miramax on the first ever satellite transport for
the premiere of “Spy Kids” at Disney’s California
Adventure. In addition to these milestones, Baker was responsible
for all marketing related events for Boeing Digital Cinema. Responsibilities
included the design, direction and execution of events including ShoWest
2001, Cannes 2001 and Cinema Expo 2001. Baker’s influence
at Boeing provided the foundation and strategies for their Global Digital
Media efforts.
Independently, Baker has authored several papers and developed numerous
technical and business models, focused on Convergent Digital Media.
These papers highlight his unique ideas on content submission, security,
aggregation, storage, hybrid distribution and use management.
With the cornerstone of his methodology being a fully transactional
content engine, Baker has been internationally acclaimed as having a
clear and sensible vision.
Contact Information:
David Baker
4905 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803
Office: (562) 856-4309
Mobile: (310) 614-2903
Email: drbaker4654@earthlink.net
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