Jim Baker

Jim Baker General Information

Biography

Mr. Jim Baker is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Xenventure. He was formerly founder and CEO of the award-winning Moovera Networks where in 2006 he conceived the Moovbox, one of the first ruggedized, multi-radio cellular gateways for in-vehicle connectivity. At Moovera, Jim and his team designed and implemented on-board broadband communications systems on trains and buses for some of the world's largest transit operators including FirstGroup, Arriva, Stagecoach, National Express and Go-Ahead. Moovera was acquired by Icomera AB of Sweden in June 2008, and Jim served as Chief Marketing Officer at Icomera while heading up U.S. operations until the end of his earn-out period in June 2010. Jim is currently Chair of the Technology Committee at the Joint Council on Transit Wireless Communications, a federation of transportation organizations and stakeholders created to represent passenger transportation service operators nationwide within the United States on matters of wireless voice and data communications. Jim writes the 'Unwired' column for Mass Transit Magazine, one of the leading U.S. publications in the public transportation industry. Jim serves as a Director on boards of several technology companies, including Switzerland-based MNG Europe SA, US-based 3D Motion Imagery Inc., US-based Xentrans Inc. and cloud software start-up Xencode. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the London-based Global Transport Forum.