PHIL BAKER – Product development and business development consulting

  

Phil Baker has more than three decades of experience in consumer and computer technology product development and program management. He has extensive experience in building strategic partnerships in Asia for cost-effective and fast-to-market product development and manufacturing. Phil provides consulting services to companies worldwide.

Industry Activities & Career Highlights

  • Author of From Concept to Consumer, How to Turn Ideas into Money, available 10/08 from the Financial Times Press
  • Technology columnist for the San Diego Daily Transcript
  • Ernst & Young San Diego Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001, for Consumer Products
  • Led the development teams for Apple Powerbook, Newton MessagePad, Polaroid cameras, Seiko printers and other products
  • Appears monthly on KOGO-AM and writes the technology column for the website of world travel expert Peter Greenberg
  • Holds more than 30 patents
  • Recipient of the Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement, 2005
THE BOOK — FROM CONCEPT TO CONSUMER:  How to Turn Ideas into Money

 

Publisher:  Financial Times Press

Release Date:  December 1, 2008

Availability:

barnes & noble

amazon.com

Product developer Phil Baker reveals exactly what it takes to create great products and bring them to market. Baker's product successes range from Apple's PowerBook to the Stowaway portable keyboard, the most successful PDA accessory ever created.

In From Concept to Consumer, Phil Baker walks you through the entire development process, showing how to develop products, underscoring the crucial links between product design, engineering, testing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution.

THE BLOG — FROM CONCEPT TO CONSUMER
Phil Baker's blog - From Concept to Consumer
WEEKLY COLUMN:  ON TECHNOLOGY
San Diego Transcript

 

Phil Baker has been developing new products for over three decades and now writes about new products and technology in a weekly column for the San Diego Transcript, San Diego's daily business newspaper (ww.sddt.com).

The On Technology column includes product reviews, the latest gadgets, travel tech and commentary based on having developed scores of products.

PRODUCT & MARKETING EXPERIENCE

 

Think Outside

Apple Computer

Seiko Instruments

Polaroid Corporation

Polycom

Atari

Proxima

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Phil Baker has 35 years experience in all facets of product development, including invention, design, engineering, industrial design, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. He has been responsible for more than 80 products ranging from consumer electronics, computers and computer accessories to mobile devices, printers, cameras, software and more. Phil has extensive experience in utilizing resources in Asia for cost-effective and fast-to-market product development and manufacturing.

Phil has played key roles in developing the innovative flag-ship technologies and products of many leading companies. He developed and implemented both product and market development strategies for Apple Computer, Seiko Instruments, Polaroid, Polycom, Proxima, Think Outside and others.

Phil Baker co-founded Think Outside, inventor and manufacturer of the most popular PDA accessory ever—the Stowaway folding keyboard. At Seiko Phil managed product development of consumer and computer products. At Apple he led development of the second- and third-generation Newton MessagePads, served as director of Entry PowerBooks and orchestrated Apple's development and manufacturing strategy in Taiwan for portable products. At Polaroid Phil contributed to the development of dozens of products, including the SX-70 camera, professional and consumer cameras, ID systems and more.

 

BIOGRAPHY | CONTACT

Solana Beach, California 92075     t: 858 777-9700     f: (858) 794-9999     e: pbaker@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

  • Consumer technology products
  • Product development
  • Project management
  • Business development
  • Asia development and manufacturing
  • Product evaluation

Work Experience

  • Product Development
  • executive positions in engineering and product development of consumer products for companies of all sizes
  • consultant to companies relating to the design, development and manufacturing of consumer products
  • Journalism
  • Technology columnist for the San Diego Daily Transcript
  • Technology blog at www.sdtraveltech.com
  • Travel technology column for www.petergreenberg.com
  • Author of From Concept to Consumer from Financial Times Press

Education

 Northeastern University – MBA Yale University – MS Engineering

 Worcester Polytechnic Institute – BS Physics

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