Brad BAKER

Athlete, Business leader, Business mentor, Christian, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Investor, Real Estate professional, Startup, Technologist, World traveler

Tiny House / Affordable Housing Developer Pirate - Underwater Exploration and mining Tech Entrepreneur - Retail Computer stores, Computerized timeclock, Mobile fingerprint biometrics, Breast Mammography Diagnostics U.S. and Florida Government Kansas Deputy Secretary of Commerce White House Fellow RTC Oversight Board Member Member of Explorer’s Club Tiny Houses - fad, fiction or fact? Developing 80 units. Tiny houses are a way to get to affordable housing. But even with tv shows and press there are few developments. This is my next entrepreneurial venture. Bradford Baker is a distinguished serial entrepreneur, leader, manager, and strategist who has successfully started several companies and led them through explosive growth. He has held multiple leadership roles both in the private sector and the government since starting his first company in 1979 shortly after high school which he took public a few years later, one of three company's he has taken public. In 1988 Baker was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as one of the youngest White House Fellows ever; he served as Special Assistant to the Treasury Secretary and as Acting Executive Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. In 1989, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush as one of four individuals to serve on the Executive Board of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), which was established to reorganize the entire thrift banking industry. He served alongside Alan Greenspan (Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board), Nicolas Brady (Secretary of the Treasury) and Jack Kemp (Secretary of HUD). Baker currently serves as CEO of Nexus Biometrics, Inc., a leading provider of mobile security, tracking and fingerprint systems which he founded in 2004, and President of Bramar Developers, Inc., a large scale real estate development company he founded in 1998. Bramar became the largest developer in Kansas City building several affordable housing developments. Until June 2015, he has served as Chairman of the board for Odyssey Marine (NASDAQ: OMEX), a world leader in ocean exploration. A member of Odyssey Marine’s board for ten years, Baker also chaired both their Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Odyssey has been featured on National Geographic and Discovery for its underwater exploration projects. The Gairsoppa project successfully brought up 110 tons of silver from over 15,000 feet. Odyssey has recently expanded into underwater mining, exploring for gold, silver, copper and phosphates. In 1999, he was tapped by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to serve as Executive Director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, a public/private state corporation responsible for granting almost $1 billion in government grants to promote affordable housing. In 1995, Baker founded NetLine Communications, Inc., and implemented one of Florida’s first frame relay networks to provide Internet access throughout the state. One year later, Comcast Cable acquired NetLine Communications as the foundation for its successful @Home Broadband internet division. Brad joined Comcast and served as Director of Business Development until 1997. Throughout his career, Baker has held several senior executive offices in high profile companies, including Sterling Financial, Inc., and TechTime, a company he founded in 1985 and took public (NASDAQ: TTME). He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Nova University. He has attended Harvard to continue studies in public board governance and served on the NYSE Governance Advisory Board.

Tiny Houses Traveling - 150 Countries and 7 continents Triathlete - biked Ragbrai Organizing investment fund for Guyana - 2 hotel for first Project

Tiny homes for affordable housing.

Government Executive, Technology, Tiny House Developer, Underwater Exploration

Gave a TEDx Talk on underwater exploration in NYC