Jim Baker

Jim Baker, Director of Technology Partnerships at Michigan Technological University

Jim Baker is currently the Director of Technology Partnerships at Michigan Technological University and is responsible for managing the Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization. Jim's current responsibilities include handling University inventions from disclosure, through patenting, and ultimately licensing.

Prior to joining the Department of Corporate Services, he was the General Director of ChemAlliance, an online compliance assistance center for the chemical industry (www.chemalliance.org) , Program Manager of the National Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment Technologies, and a product engineer/manager for the Clean Process Advisory System (CPAS) under the National Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment Technologies. Jim has also done private consulting in the environmental field and has held sales and management positions in the consumer electronics industry.

Jim is a registered Patent Agent and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil Engineering and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Mr. Baker has authored over 20 works in the area of chemical properties and pollution prevention, and was a delegate to a NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division Workshop on Tools and Methods for Pollution Prevention in Prague, Czech Republic in 1998.