Andrew Baker

Current
  • Vice President, IT Operations at ARGI (Automated Resources Group)
  • Technology Committee Member at NJCSDA
  • Family Life Director at First Newark SDA Church

2 more...

Past
  • Director, Server Operations & Security at Warner Music Group
  • Director, Internet Operations at The Princeton Review
  • VP, Security Operations Group (SOG) at Bear Stearns & Company, Inc.

5 more...

Education
  • Atlantic Union College
  • Greater New York Academy
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Andrew Baker’s Summary

Accomplished IT executive with a solid track record of using technology to deliver critical business solutions. Strong hands-on experience. Adept at providing both strategic and tactical guidance. Proficiencies include designing, deploying and maintaining secure and cost-effective technology infrastructure centered around industry-standard products and services from a variety of vendors.

Active participant on various boards and committees for non-profit organizations and within the Seventh-day Adventist church.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Chief architect of an Active Directory migration for over 4000 users in over 35 countries.
• Implemented policies and procedures to improve IT operational performance by over 75%.
• Led infrastructure teams in rollout of global Financial Reporting and Forecasting application.
• Evaluted and deployed key emerging technologies to gain competitive business advantage.
• Re-engineered several network infrastructures to improve security, performance and availability, and to support growth.

Andrew Baker’s Specialties:

Building Strong IT teams, Improving IT Operational Efficiency, Network Architecture & Design, Change Management & Process Improvement, Vulnerability & Threat Assessment, IT Risk Management, Scripting & Automation, DataCenter Migrations, and DataCenter Operations.


Additional Information

Andrew Baker’s Websites:

Andrew Baker’s Interests:

New Technology, Building and mentoring IT Teams, Reading, Basketball, Bicycle Riding, Chess, Computer RPGs, Strategy Games

Andrew Baker’s Groups:

AAFLP, ISACA (NJ Chaper), IEEE Member, NY/NJ LinkedIn Group, Nerds for Hire

  •    Information Security Expert Center member
  •    Executive Suite member
  • Forbes.com Life member
  •    Serious business persons member
  •    Security Crew member
  •    The Enterprise Architecture Network member
  •    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) member
  •    IT Specialist member
  •    GIAC, Global Information Assurance Certification member
  •    Information Security Community member
  •    Gmail Users member
  •    US Army member
  •    CIO Forum member
  •    US Military Veterans Network member
  •    Strategic Use of Information Technology member
  •    Global Security Professional member
  •    Tech Nerds for Hire member
  •    IT Professionals Network member
  •    Entrepreneur Network member
  •    The Mad-Techies member
  •    Adventists Linked member
  •    Linked SDAs member
  •    Top Strategy Networkers member

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