About Gale

Executive Biographies

Gary Baker

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Gary Baker is Gale's SVP and CIO.

Previously, Gary was the VP of IT Delivery Services at Borders Group, Inc., a retailer of books and music, with 1,100 stores and over 30,000 employees worldwide. As the Chief Information Security Officer, he was responsible for SOX and customer's payment card security with additional responsibility for the program management office, IT planning and control, application production support, quality assurance, support operations, telecom and vendor management.

Prior to joining Borders, he was a Director in IT Transformation Services for AlixPartners, LLP, an internationally-recognized firm of corporate turnaround, performance improvement, IT and financial advisory professionals.

Before that, Gary was the Process Executive and Managing Director for EDS on the General Motors account simultaneously leading both Global Purchasing & Supply Chain and Global Business Services, two of GM's five global process areas. As a Partner in the Advanced Technology Group in Business Consulting for Arthur Andersen, he led numerous client engagements in IT strategic planning as well as application development.

In early 1994, Gary was co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Online Technologies Corporation (www.onlinetech.com), one of the oldest ISPs/ASPs in Michigan providing hosting, comprehensive Internet solutions and Web services for businesses.

Gary serves on the Board of Directors of University Bancorp Inc., a bank holding company and at one time served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Advisory Council on Small Business. He has also served as a director or in a leadership position for business organizations such as the Chairman of the IT Business Roundtable for the State of Michigan, Director of the Economic Alliance of Michigan, Director of Michigan Technology Council, Growth Fund Trustee for the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and others. He is an MBA graduate of the University of Michigan.