Justin Baird

Current

• Senior Consumer Product Specialist at Google

Past

• Director, Product Management, Live Sound at Dolby Laboratories
• Research and Design Engineer at Meyer Sound Laboratories
• Chief Engineer at University of Miami, Recording Services

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Education

• Australian Graduate School of Management
• University of Miami

Connections

107 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company

Justin Baird’s Summary

High Technology Business Development & Product Strategy, Business Strategy Formulation & Execution, Market Research & Analysis, Quantitative Analytical Skills.
Analytical, results-oriented professional with ten years experience in high technology development and management.
Entrepreneurial, high-energy and motivated individual with experience in new product innovation and execution strategies.

Justin Baird’s Specialties:

Adept at communicating with executive management. Strong decision making capabilities and convincing presentation style. Ability to translate strategic business needs into effective tactical goals and plans. Excellent written/verbal communication and organizational skills.
Sound knowledge of contracts, intellectual property, and contemporary financial compliance. Demonstrated success at combining quantitative-analytical skills with a people-friendly informational style.

Justin Baird’s Experience

• Senior Consumer Product Specialist

  Google

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Director, Product Management, Live Sound

  Dolby Laboratories

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  July 2004 — July 2007 (3 years 1 month)

  Dolby (NYSE, DLB) develops and delivers sound technologies that assist the entertainment creation
  process and enhance the entertainment experience.
  
  Launched the Dolby Lake Processor (hardware and software product) through the
  development of product launch documentation that extracted and highlighted the unique
  selling propositions of the new product series, provided key marketing messages for the
  three primary market segments, developed a co-branded approach to optimize market
  entry based on buyer behaviour models, market research and direct customer feedback,
  provided detailed technical outlines for product manuals, and detailed all customer touch
  components of the product (shipping kits, website architectures, brochures, spec sheets,
  and more). Since its introduction, the Dolby Lake Processor has won multiple industry
  awards for product and technology innovation.

• Research and Design Engineer

  Meyer Sound Laboratories

  (Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years)

  A manufacturer of professional loudspeaker systems and associated signal processing equipment,
  Meyer Sound has been devoted to meeting the needs of sound reinforcement professionals with the
  finest products available, the industry’s most extensive and knowledgeable customer support, and
  high-level technical education.
  
  United States Patent 6,081,602, “Arrayable two-way loudspeaker system and method”,
  awarded June 2000. The patent describes two of the defining aspects of the Meyer Sound
  UPA-1P: constant directivity across frequency and the ability to be arrayed such that all
  speakers in the array share a common acoustic center, thus causing the array to act as a
  point-source in the way it radiates sound in the horizontal plane. This latter goal is achieved
  by creating a frequency independent focal point for the loudspeaker: Loudspeaker systems
  commonly change their radiation pattern with frequency.

• Chief Engineer

  University of Miami, Recording Services

  (Educational Institution; Music industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year)

Justin Baird’s Education

• Australian Graduate School of Management

  MBA (Executive), 2004 — 2006

  Graduated MBA at Asia Pacific’s top ranked business school, the Australian Graduate
  School of Management, receiving High Distinctions for the major papers and a distinction cumulative average.

• University of Miami

  B.S.E.E., Electrical Audio Engineering, 1993 — 1997

  Graduated Cum Laude,
  At the University of Miami, received the Ann Bacheller Engineering Scholarship, the
  Pearson 4-year Academic Scholarship and the Miami Commitment Student Employee of
  the Year Award. Member of Golden Key National Honor Society, Etta Kappu Nu National
  Honor Society, and Tau Beta Pi National Honor Society (Treasurer for 1996-1997 term).
  Created the University of Miami’s first website for the School of Music.
  
  Worked at the Rathskeller as the "sound guy" over the course of my degree - installed new DJ and Live sound systems, was an active member of the RAB
  Chief Engineer for the recording studios on campus - Gusman and Weeks,
  Started a student-owned sound rental company for on- and off-campus events,
  Scouted and booked live bands and talent for production on campus

Additional Information

Justin Baird’s Websites:

• My Company

Justin Baird’s Interests:

Family, cycling, music

Justin Baird’s Honors:

Conference Papers:
“Parametric control of filter slope versus time delay for linear phase crossovers”, AES 2005

“Raised cosine equalization utilizing log scale filter synthesis”, AES, 2004

“Practical application of linear phase crossovers with transition bands approaching a brick wall response for optimal loudspeaker frequency, impulse and polar response”, AES 2003

“Controlling Loudspeaker Array Radiation in Three Dimensions”, AES 2001

"Far-Field Loudspeaker Interaction: Accuracy in Theory and Practice", AES 2001

"Accurate Electroacoustic Prediction Utilizing the Complex Frequency Response of Far-Field Polar Measurements", AES, 2000

"The Analysis, Interaction, and Measurement of Loudspeaker Far-Field Polar Patterns", AES 1999

"Optimization Using Modified All-Pass Filters for Magnitude
Compensation", AES 1998

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