Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 2, 2004
ROBERT G. BAKER has been a Director of BBJ Environmental since May 2000
and has served as its Chairman of the Board since January 2003. From May
2000 to January 2003, Mr. Baker also served as the Chief Executive
Officer of the company. Mr. Baker, a Founder of BBJ Environmental
Solutions, has served as Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of BBJ Environmental Solutions since 1993. Mr. Baker is
involved in developing the strategies, overall corporate policies, and
management development and is responsible for regulatory and technical
issues and the future expansion of the company and its subsidiaries.
From 1991 to 1994, he was the Vice President of Operations for Veridien
Corporation, a public company, responsible for manufacturing, research
and development, and regulatory affairs. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Baker
was Vice President, Administrative Services, University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. In this
position, he was responsible for the design, construction, maintenance,
and operations of the facilities, safety and security, and compliance
with safety, health, and hazardous materials regulations. Much of his
earlier career involved work as a Senior Manager with Gulf Oil
Corporation. Mr. Baker has post-graduate training from Harvard
University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wichita State University
and a BS from Oklahoma State University. He is a member of American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers where
he sits on various committees and the Consumer Specialty Products
Association-Regulatory Affairs Committee, the Small Business Council,
the Indoor Air Quality Special Committee (which Mr. Baker chairs), and
the Antimicrobials Council. He is on the Board of Directors of the
Indoor Air Quality Association and the Florida Public Health Foundation. Profile
JEAN CAILLET is Chief Executive Officer of BBJ Environmental
Technologies, Inc. From 1993 to 2003 he served in various senior
positions in the fields of commodities and banking. From 1985 to 1993,
Mr. Caillet founded and managed in Switzerland and France for Banque
Paribas a department that specialized worldwide in barter and financial
engineering. From 1981 to 1985 he was a Senior Vice President with
Finagrain (group Continental Grain) in Geneva. He has started his
working career in Paris in 1973 at Imetal (group Rothschild), which he
left in 1981 as Senior Vice President Marketing and Commercial to move
to Geneva where he currently resides. Profile
Mr. Baker: BBJ Environmental Technologies is a company that specializes
in controlling microbial contamination from
