Wayne Baker

Experience

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  Cedar Hill Fire Department

  Oct 2000 - Nov 2009

  Engineer/Paramedic

  Responded to emergencies including fire and EMS calls. Maintained and operated fire apparatus prior to and during emergency response. Assisted company officer with supervision of assigned personnel. Assisted with department training.

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  TrainingDivision.com

  Apr 2004 - Jan 2014

  Instructor

  Operate as Instructor, or Lead Instructor during classroom or hands on skills training of adult students. Courses include basic fire academy, fire officer, and driver/operator.

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  City of Joshua

  Nov 2009 - Oct 2019

  Fire Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator

  Plan, coordinate, supervise and evaluate fire and EMS operations. Establish policies and procedures. Supervise and coordinate the preparation and presentation of an annual budget. Respond to alarms and direct activities at the scene of major emergencies, as required. Supervise the Fire Marshal and Fire Prevention Division. Handle grievances, maintain departmental discipline, conduct and general behavior of assigned personnel. Prepare and submit monthly reports to the mayor and city council regarding the department’s activities and prepare a variety of other reports as appropriate, including the annual report of activities. Meet with elected or appointed officials, other fire/EMS officials, community and business representatives, and the public on all aspects of the department’s activities. Represent the city fire/EMS departments in a variety of local, county, state and other meetings. Operate as city Emergency Management Coordinator. Show less

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  Southwestern Adventist University

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2018

  Adjunct Professor

  Teach courses in the Fire Science Degree Program including Fire Apparatus Pumper - Driver/Operator, Firefighter Health and Safety, and Fire Certification I - VII.

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  460 Ops

  Sept 2017 - now

  CEO

  460 Ops provides consulting and training for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to public safety agencies as well as private sector industries. www.460Ops.com

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  DJI

  Nov 2019 - now

  Develop and implement a strategic plan for stakeholder engagement. Identify key external stakeholders, including customers, partners, community members, investors, government entities. Align with key internal stakeholders to determine engagement priorities for greater internal and external relationship development. Engage customers and dealers in determining product needs, best practices, and uses in public safety. Assist product development through use case analysis and needs assessments. Assist with the marketing team to promote products to public safety. Support public safety users with information on aircraft specifications and capabilities. Engage customers and dealers in determining product needs, best practices, and uses in public safety. Assist product development through use case analysis and needs assessments. Assist with the marketing team to promote products to public safety. Support public safety users with information on aircraft specifications and capabilities.

  • Director, Stakeholder Engagement, North America

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Director, Business Development, North America

    Jan 2023 - Nov 2023

  • Director, Public Safety Integration

    Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
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  Airwards

  Jan 2021 - now

  Awards Judge

  Airwards is a not-for-profit, global awards schemechampioning best practice drone work. The first digital awardsscheme of its kind to recognise the wide variety of positivedrone use cases, submissions to Airwards are open untilmid-March 2021, with winners announced in May.The award categories span a number of uses and sectors,including Technology, Operations, Supporting Services,specific Industries/Fields and Giving Back, with a People’sChoice category voted for by the public. Airwards will belooking for outstanding examples where drones are leadingthe way in innovation, responsibility and impactful real-worldsolutions. Show less