Daniel Baker

CTO & Co-Founder at Impossible Cloud

Daniel Baker's work experience includes:

1. CTO & Co-Founder at Impossible Cloud (2021-present): Daniel is shaping the future of distributed and decentralized cloud services to help businesses benefit from underutilized infrastructure.

2. Contributing Member at Compute Over Data - working group - Protocol Labs (2022-present): Daniel is part of a collaborative space that brings together teams building decentralized Compute Over Data platforms to increase awareness and share best practices.

3. Member at alphalist (2021-present): Daniel is a member of an exclusive CTO network that provides advice, mentorship, and best practices for technical leaders of tech products.

4. Senior Director of Product & Engineering & Interim Head of Engineering (acting VP Engineering) at D2iQ (2017-2021): Daniel led the global R&D organization and delivered a rearchitected version of their product. Daniel also served as Interim Head of Engineering and Engineering Director & Hamburg Site Lead during their tenure.

5. Sr. Global Director - Cloud Services at Iron Mountain (2016-2017): Daniel delivered a digital transformation project that involved digitizing customer information and implementing AI classification and digital governance. Daniel managed multiple data centers globally and served over 220,000 enterprise customers.

6. Sr. Global Director - Cloud Services at Recall (2007-2015): Daniel developed a product strategy and cloud services for Recall's growing information governance portfolio. Daniel also held roles such as IT Director - Europe and Senior Manager in European Delivery & Technology Excellence.

7. European IT Production Support Manager at Recall Deutschland GmbH (2007-2010): Daniel managed IT production support for the European branch of Recall.

8. Corporate IT Manager / Global Technical Lead at Brambles (2001-2003): Daniel served as the corporate IT manager and global technical lead for Brambles.

Overall, Daniel Baker has a diverse background in technology leadership, product development, and cloud services management.

Daniel Baker's education history includes the following:

- Daniel completed various MITx courses but did not obtain a degree or specify a field of study.

- Daniel attended Monash University until the year 2000 without completing a degree or specifying a field of study.

- Daniel also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but the details regarding degree and field of study are not provided.

In terms of additional certifications, Daniel has obtained the following:

- MITx Verified Certificate from MITx on edX in July 2022.

- LFC102: Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation certificate from The Linux Foundation in November 2020.

- Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification from Scrum Alliance in May 2021.

There are also several certifications listed, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Citrix CCA, ISO Auditor, ITIL Foundation v3, MCP, MCSE+I, MS-SQL DBA, Oracle DBA, and Six Sigma, but no details are given regarding the institution or the dates of acquisition.

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Timeline

  • CTO & Co-Founder

    December, 2021 - present