Andrea R. Baker
Andrea served in the United States Army as a Signals Intelligence Analyst and an Arabic Linguist. Following her military service, Andrea became a career consultant for the Federal Government, supporting the CIA, DIA, NSA, NOAA, and the Pentagon. Andrea’s background originally started in web design, graphics and web development and has transitioned from development and design over the years from multimedia design, technical lead, and project manager.
In 2005, Andrea noticed the growing social web on the Internet and saw the future of how this could be applied to business and Government. Andrea joined Navstar, Inc. in 2006 as the Director of Technology. Under this role Andrea has helped their customers utilize Enterprise 2.0 tools effectively. She specializes in the user community advocacy and an application developer liaison, through tools like wikis, blogs, and other social web tools.
Past Events:
* AFCEA LandWarNet - 8.19.08 - 8.22.08 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
* The New New Internet - 11.1.07 - Reston, Virginia*
* Fastforward 08 - 2.18.08 - 2.20.08 - Orlando, Florida - ad hoc speaker
* Future of Web Apps - 2.28.08 - 3.1.08 - Miami, Florida*
* Harvard Law School 4.7.08 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - case study presenter for Professor McAfee
* Fastforward 4.9.08, Government 2.0 - Arlington, VA - featured speaker
* Web 2.0 Expo - 4.22.08 - 4.25.08, San Francisco, CA - featured interview
* WIRe and ICES Enterprise 2.0 Conference - 9.8.08 -9.10.08, Laurel, MD - Panel Moderator
* DNI Open Source Conference - 9.11.08 - 9.13.08, Washington D.C. (official live blogger)
* Traction User Group - 10.5.08 - 10.7.08, Cambridge, MD - Keynote Speaker
Upcoming Events:
* Been There Done That - 10.15.08 - Tower Club, Vienna, VA*
* BarCampDC2 - 10.18.08 - Washington DC*
* Employee Engagement for Government - 11.3.08 - 11.05.08, Washington D.C. - Speaker
* WordCampDC - TBA - Speaker
* Denotes event where I am a participant only.