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J. Chris Baker is vice president and chief information technology officer for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 830,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.
SoCalGas is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, serving 20.1 million consumers through 5.6 million gas meters.
In his current position, Baker provides corporate information technologies leadership, visioning and operational oversight. Operational responsibilities include applications development and maintenance, information security, IT infrastructure engineering, data center operations, network and telecommunication services, and IT strategy and planning.
Baker also has served as Sempra Energy’s director of software development from 1997 to 2000, and as information management and security administration manager from 1995 to 1997.
Prior to joining Sempra Energy in 1995, Baker was a senior systems consultant with Logicon 4GT, where he worked with defense finance and accounting services. He also worked on analysis for several government entities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Finance and Management and the U.S. Postal Service’s National Air and Surface System.
Previously, Baker held several positions in the banking industry, including serving as section manager of information management and executive information services at HomeFed Bank, a position he held from 1990 to 1993. Prior to 1990, he was employed with Home Savings of America, holding several different positions in their information technology division.
Baker currently serves as a board member of the Classroom of the Future Foundation.
Baker is a cum laude graduate of California Polytechnic University at Pomona, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration/computer information systems and biology.
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