Jim Baker
President and COO, Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Laboratory
Fuji Xerox has multiple strategies for the management of innovation through research. One part of this strategy deals with software and information science. Software is viewed as a significant and strategic area of business activity as we move to the 21st century. To provide technology foundations for this opportunity, a Silicon Valley research outpost - FX Palo Alto Laboratory - was formed in 1995. This presentation contains stories of the early experiences from the FXPAL outpost. These vary from the background leading to the establishment of FXPAL, to some of the research activities in hypermedia documents and mobile systems, to some lessons and thoughts from the outpost.
Dr. James Baker is President and Chief Operating Officer of FX Palo Alto Laboratory, which is responsible for research in software and information science in support of Fuji Xerox, Ltd., of Japan.
Dr. Baker has over twenty-five years experience in the research, development, and commercialization of software related technologies, and has formed software research organizations in three corporations.
Dr. Baker was educated in mathematics and received the BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas and the Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He has authored a number of publications in the areas of mathematics, computer science, systems science, and software technology, and currently serves on the advisory boards of several universities.