Biography
Dr. Bud Baker is Professor of Management at Wright State University, where he also directs Wright State University's M.B.A. program in Project Management.

Prior to coming to Wright State University, Dr. Baker spent more than two decades in his previous career, as a United States Air Force officer. There, he served as a transport navigator, Minuteman missile launch crew commander, Strategic Air Command staff officer, and U.S. Air Force Academy professor. In 1986, he came to the B-2 "Stealth Bomber" program at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. From 1986 until his departure in 1991, Dr. Baker was, at various times, B-2 production program manager, Chief of Program Integration, and Executive Officer to the B-2 Program Director. 

Since his arrival at Wright State in 1991, Dr. Baker has led the development of the popular Project Management MBA program, which quickly became the fastest growing MBA concentration at Wright State. He's also received numerous teaching awards, including recognition as the outstanding teacher for the College of Business and Administration for 1994-1995, and Wright State's Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching for 1997-1998. 

Dr. Baker and his wife Diane, an Air Force contracting manager, make their home in Enon, Ohio and have two children, Tom and Christy. 

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