Dr. Baker is an applied experimental psychologist with extensive experience in system design, human factors engineering and ergonomics, educational technology, simulation and modeling and field test and evaluation. He has served both as a psychologist and as a computer scientist with the Federal Government. As a government scientist he directed and managed large-scale programs for both the U.S. Air Force and for the U.S. Army.

When he retired from the Federal Government he went to work in the private sector. In industry he served as a Vice President for a large consulting firm; as the Chief Scientist for a major military electronics group, and as the Director of Automation and Research for a small entrepreneurial organization. He is presently an independent consultant.

He is has been a professorial lecturer in the Organizational Sciences master's degree program at George Washington University where he taught a course in Human Performance and Productivity. He was an adjunct faculty member in George Washington University 's Department of Engineering Management where he taught a graduate level course in Human Engineering and has been an invited lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology in their continuing education program on modeling, simulation and gaming.

As an Army scientist Dr. Baker originated the concept of Embedded Training (ET) and implemented it in the Army's artillery command and control (TACFIRE) system. Embedded Training entails integrating training packages into operational systems, then using the system itself to teach the user how to use the system. For his ET invention he was awarded the U.S. Army's Commanders Award for Civilian Service. He has also been awarded a Certificate of Recognition, signed by Secretary of Defense William Cohen, for his service to his country during the Cold War both as an Army Infantry Officer and as a government civilian scientist.

Dr. Baker is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES); a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA); a Fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS); Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE);, and a member of the Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE). He has over 150 publications and presentations to his credit.

Dr. Baker holds A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in applied experimental/engineering psychology. His education was received at West Virginia University , The Ohio State University and The Catholic University of America.