Degrees:
Ph.D.- Systems
Engineering, Clemson
University (1975)
M.S. - Physics,
Clemson University
(1972)
B.S. - Physics,
Clemson University
(1970)
Previous Experience:
Professional with
more than
twenty-five years of
operations, project
and enterprise
leadership
experience within
engineering and
management
consulting,
technology,
manufacturing,
distribution and
higher-education
organizations.
Vice President Amec
Technologies
Division, Executive
Vice President,
Operations,
Operations Analysis,
Inc., Managing
Director of SCM
Consulting,
President, Vice
President and
General Manager of
Simons Technologies,
Inc, June 1998 to
August 2002, Amec,
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Project Manager and
Director of
Operations
Technology, AT&T
Project Angel,
Director of
Management
Consulting, Director
of Manufacturing and
Industrial
Engineering,
December 1995 to
June 1998, Flour
Daniel, Inc
Dean of the School
of the Engineering
and Industrial
Technologies, Oregon
Institute of
Technology, June
1994 to December
1995, Oregon
Institute of
Technology.
Member of the Board
and Secretary,
Alaska Science and
Technology
Foundation, April
1992 to October
1994.
Associate and
Visiting Associate
Professor of
Engineering and
Science Management,
University of
Alaska, Fairbanks,
August 1989 to May
1994.
Principal Technical
Specialist, Fluor
Daniel, Inc. July
1988 to August 1989.
Associate and
Visiting Associate
Professor of
Engineering and
Science Management,
University of
Alaska, Anchorage,
August 1986 to June
1988.
Technical
Specialist, Daniel
International, Inc.,
February 1986 to
August 1986.
Vice President and
Director of
Operations, Kayburn,
Inc., January 1980
to August 1985 and
Acting CEO, STS
South, Inc.,
September 1985 to
December 1985.
Visiting Assistant,
Assistant, and
Associate Professor
of Systems
Engineering, Clemson
University, August
1975 to May 1983.
Consultant to
Alyeska Pipeline
Services Company, JP
Stevens Co., Fluor
Daniel, Daniel
International,
Environmental
Dynamics Inc.,
Michelin Tire, Inc.,
Stauffer Chemical
Co., The Iron Ore
Company of Canada,
Wright Engineers
Ltd, 1991 State of
Alaska
Reapportionment
Board, Optical
Electronics, and
Varo, Inc.
Areas of Expertise:
Strategic and
Operational
Planning, Team
Leadership and
Collaboration,
Organization &
Project Management,
Productivity/Profit
Enhancement,
Education &
Knowledge
Management, Systems
Analysis, Economic
Modeling, Supply
Chain Management,
Risk Analysis,
Business Development
& Partnering.
University,
Professional, Public
Service:
Dr. Baker joined the
Department of
Logistics in the
fall of 2002 as a
Professor of
Logistics. His
teaching
responsibilities
include graduate and
undergraduate
courses in Global
Supply Chain
Management (GSCM)
and Business. He is
active in research
in modeling and
analysis of supply
chain systems. He
serves on several
committees for the
university and the
community. Dr. Baker
is actively engaged
in consulting within
the community,
nationally and
internationally. He
has performed over
$3 million in
sponsored research
and has over thirty
publications and
presentations.
Professional
Affiliations:
Member of the
national science
honor society, Sigma
Chi and a member of
IBM.
Scholarship/Creative
Activity:
Honors, Awards,
Certificates,
Licenses:
Dr. Baker has been
named the Harold T.
Caven Professorship
by the University of
Alaska Foundation. |
Anchorage, Alaska
99508-4614