Gary Baker

Gary Baker

Miami, Florida, United States
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Long-time Board of Directors member of a publicly-traded bank holding company and other…

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  • Gary Baker, LLC

    Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan

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    Ann Arbor

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    Bannockburn, IL

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Boca Raton, FL

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    Greater Detroit Area and Orlando, FL

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    Southfield, MI

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Greater Detroit Area

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Education

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Honors & Awards

  • Top Tech Innovator and Influencer Award

    InterCon (The Internet Conference)

    One of 80 Awards given globally with about a third coming from the USA. Awarded for a career of innovation and creative problem-solving.

  • Testified to the US Senate Banking Committee

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    Provided oral and written testimony to the full US Senate Banking Committee on new types of small business financing. I represented the National Small Business Association and small businesses in general.

Organizations

  • Cogent InfoTech Corp.

    Advisory Council Member

    - Present

    COGENT InfoTech (Latin for powerful, compelling, and pertinent) is a Global, Turnkey Information Technology (IT) Consulting firm that has consistently delivered innovative IT and Business solutions to both Fortune 1000 and Public Sector clients. The award-winning firm specializes in providing Digital Transformation Solutions, Top 3% Digital Talent and Social Listening solutions to Global Brands, Startups, and the Public Sector.

  • Highmoon Capital, LLC

    Board of Advisors

    - Present

    Highmoon Capital operates with a holistic investment philosophy, harmonizing traditional foundations with innovative, next-gen approaches. Committed to consistently discover and implement creative solutions, helps ensure the most informed investment decisions. At the core, integrity and social responsibility guide its strategies, not just in seeking financial success but also in making a meaningful, positive impact on the world. Positioned as thought leaders, promotes exemplary trading…

    Highmoon Capital operates with a holistic investment philosophy, harmonizing traditional foundations with innovative, next-gen approaches. Committed to consistently discover and implement creative solutions, helps ensure the most informed investment decisions. At the core, integrity and social responsibility guide its strategies, not just in seeking financial success but also in making a meaningful, positive impact on the world. Positioned as thought leaders, promotes exemplary trading practices and emphasizes the importance of character growth through informed investing.

  • Spring Labs

    Advisory Board Member

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    Spring Labs was founded to transform how companies protect, store, and use sensitive customer data. To that end, Spring Labs has been a pioneer in the field of Secure, Vaultless, Data Tokenization in order to shift companies from reactive security posture management (tools like DLP, EDR, etc) to proactive security through tokenization. Spring Labs is backed by major industry names, including Transunion who led the company's most recent financing round. We have an existing board and advisory…

    Spring Labs was founded to transform how companies protect, store, and use sensitive customer data. To that end, Spring Labs has been a pioneer in the field of Secure, Vaultless, Data Tokenization in order to shift companies from reactive security posture management (tools like DLP, EDR, etc) to proactive security through tokenization. Spring Labs is backed by major industry names, including Transunion who led the company's most recent financing round. We have an existing board and advisory team with industry luminaries like Ray Lane (President, Oracle), Nigel Morris (Founder, Capital One), Gary Cohan (President, Goldman Sachs), Sheila Bair (FDIC Chair), and many others.

  • Vation Ventures, Florida Innovation Advisory Council

    Advisory Council Member

    - Present

    Vation Ventures research platform empowers customers to quickly and successfully understand landscapes, investment trends, offerings, and company information to keep its clients informed with what they need to know. The global community of CXOs, VCs, and entrepreneurs provides unparalleled access to some of the world’s most successful technology leaders and entrepreneurs to help one another harness the latest thinking to innovate faster and smarter. Many times this happens through the regional…

    Vation Ventures research platform empowers customers to quickly and successfully understand landscapes, investment trends, offerings, and company information to keep its clients informed with what they need to know. The global community of CXOs, VCs, and entrepreneurs provides unparalleled access to some of the world’s most successful technology leaders and entrepreneurs to help one another harness the latest thinking to innovate faster and smarter. Many times this happens through the regional Innovation Advisory Council global network.

  • Bakers Dozen Career Networking

    Founder

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    Over 600 people in a Facebook group willing to assist IT job seekers or some people looking for a new job. We believe that we have assisted in finding approximately 5,400 jobs.

  • Governor's Cyber Advisory Council

    Board member

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    Formed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to provide ideas and guidance on Cybersecurity and Privacy issues for the State of Michigan. Also, to suggest ideas that would benefit businesses in Michigan.

  • CIO Kitchen Cabinet - State of Michigan

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    A select group of CIOs in Michigan providing advice and counsel to the State of Michigan CIO.

  • Midwest Technology Leaders

    Advisory Board

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    MTL provides services and an annual conference annually to benefit CIOs, CTOs and other tech leaders in the Midwest. I wrote a monthly column for the MTL newsletter for the benefit of other CIOs in 2013.

  • CODiE Awards

    International Judge, Financial Mgmt. Software, Business Content and BI/Analytics Solutions

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    Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) International, Judge, Financial Mgmt. Software and Content categories, 28th and 29th Annual Awards, BI/Analytics Solutions 30th Annual Awards

  • Economic Alliance for Michigan

    Board Member

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    A unique entity, the Economic Alliance is comprised of businesses and labor organizations working together and serving as a trusted source for employers and health benefit professionals who are searching for solutions to better manage the costs of benefits and provide access of quality care to their covered populations of over 900,000 lives.

  • We Build Character and Elevate CIO

    Mentor for prospective CIO candidates

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    Mentor and Coach to assigned CIO candidates each year.

  • Workforce Intelligence Network - Tech Council

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    The mission of the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) is to help cultivate a cohesive talent system by facilitating data-driven workforce solutions to ensure responsiveness to changing labor market demands.

  • CIO Executive Summit - Detroit

    Governing Body

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    The focus is to provide CIOs exclusively a peer forum and resources that address unique issues experienced by the leader of IT within an organization.

  • National CIO Advisory Council

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    Organized by CIO Magazine, the CIO Advisory Council serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas and insights among the members for the benefit of all CIOs and tech leaders.

  • Michigan Emerging Conference

    Founding Advisory Board

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    The organization was formed to focus in the issues and impediments of being an entrepreneur and leading a rapidly growing company in Michigan.

  • Crain's Detroit Business Magazine - CIO Recognition

    Founding Advisory Board

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    The magazine brought together a small group of experienced CIOs to develop categories, selection criteria and select the winners for the first year awards.

  • Digital Detroit Radio Program on WJR 760AM Detroit

    Founding Board of Directors

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    To provide guidance and governance to the radio program and corresponding meetings with the same objective of helping small businesses to understand the issues of going digital.

  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

    IT Executive Forum Advisory Council

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    The IT Executive Forum is organized to serve the needs of CIOs and other tech leaders in manufacturing companies including conferences and workshops. In addition to helping determine important topics, I provided various articles and two keynotes speeches about material marketplaces and extending ERP systems in addition to leading various workshops.

  • New Enterprise Forum

    Founding Board of Directors, Vice Chair 1988-1989, Program Chair 1985-1988

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    The core mission of NEF is to coach startups, help perfect their investor pitches and connect entrepreneurs with investors.

  • Information Technologies Business Roundtable, State of Michigan

    Founding Chairman

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    Organized by the Dept. of Commerce, State of Michigan, I was elected the Chairman for the first three years. Among other events, we put on an annual conference for the benefit of the tech community in Michigan and to partners out of state and globally.

  • Great Lakes Interactive Marketing Association

    Founding Board of Directors

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    Organization was created to serve the unique needs of interactive agencies, web development organizations, marketing departments. Monthly workshops, and an eNewletter were the primary focus. I contributed to both.

  • Governor's Innovation Forum, State of Michigan

    Founding Advisory Board

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    Appointed by the Governor of Michigan to create awareness and increase the profile of those organization in the public and private sector that are exhibiting an innovation culture. Develop a process to assist organizations that want to partner to achieve more innovation build their own innovative culture.

  • University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Growth Fund

    Founding Board of Trustees

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    This fund was created to innovatively invest endowment funds for Ross School of Business. We created the investment criteria, selected the fund managers and oversaw the process and results.

  • National Small Business Association

    Board of Trustees, Vice Chair 1996-1999

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    NSBA is a staunchly nonpartisan organization, with decades of small-business advocacy expertise - from long-serving leadership, to our knowledgeable and well-connected government affairs team - we are proud to be the nation’s first small-business advocacy organization.

  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Advisory Council on Small Business

    Board of Advisors Member

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    Composed of members from a variety of industries and from academia, both in the Seventh Federal Reserve District and nationwide., we met regularly to provide input on regional economic issues and help contribute to the Federal Reserve's formulation of national monetary policy.

  • Michigan Venture Capital Task Force, State of Michigan

    Task Force Member

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    Appointed by the Governor of Michigan to develop ideas and programs to increase the number of VC Funds located in the state and the amount of VC funding invested in Michigan companies.

  • Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM)

    Chairman 1994, Board of Directors

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    SBAM is the only statewide and state-based association that focuses solely on serving the needs of Michigan’s small business community. With over 30,000 members, SBAM provides small business advocacy, member services, education, and networking.

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