Phil Baker
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
BS, Physics -
D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University
MBA, Business 1980-01-01 - 1983-01-01
Yale University
MS, Engineering -Work Experience
NeilYoungArchives
Current
NeilYoungArchives
Techsperts, Inc.
Current
Techsperts, Inc.
Self Employed
Current
Self Employed
PonoMusic
2012-01-01 - 2017-02-01
PonoMusic
San Diego Transcript
2003-01-01 - 2015-09-01
San Diego Transcript
Phil Baker Consulting
2003-01-01 - 2010-01-01
Phil Baker Consulting
Think Outside
1998-01-01 - 2003-01-01
Think Outside
Apple
1994-01-01 - 1997-01-01
Apple
Polaroid
1967-01-01 - 1983-01-01
Polaroid
Skills
Summary
Experienced product development executive and founder of Techsperts Inc. Co-author of "To Feel the Music" and author of "From Concept to Consumer. Tech journalist and former tech columnist at San Diego Transcript. Contributor to Recode, The Atlantic, HuffPost, etc. Experience in rapid consumer product development, Asian manufacturing and all aspects of product design. Founder of Techsperts that provides product development consulting to companies of all sizes, including advising company executives on product development and assembling and directing teams of experts to develop new consumer electronic products. Currently manage www.neilyoungarchives.com. Co-founded of Think Outside, creator of the Stowaway keyboard for Palm, Sony, Nikia, etc. Awards and Activities: - Co-author "To Feel the Music" w/ Neil Young - Author "From Concept to Consumer", FInancial TImes Press - Hold more than 30 patents - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for consumer products - Technology Columnist for the San Diego Daily Transcript at www.sddt.com/phil - Goddard Distinguished Alumni Award, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Best column and best column of the year from San Diego Press Club Areas of Expertise: -Product innovation and development -Asia/China product development and sourcing. - Consumer and computer product invention, innovation, engineering, manufacturing - Audio and music quality - Journalism - Business development and market development for high volume consumer and computer products - Notable successes in bringing innovative products to consumers, while significantly shortening the development time. - Industrial design, mechanical, optical, electrical engineering, packaging, user guides, PR, sales and marketing, distribution, logistics, and much more. - Websites: www.philipgbaker, www.techspertsinc.com; www.bakerontech.com
