Randall Baker Recognized with C.W. Post Distinguished Alumni Award

May 5, 2003 - Randall P. Baker has been increasingly active in the computer industry since his graduation from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (Brookville, New York) more than 30 years ago. He graduated cum laude with a B.A. in psychology in 1966 and immediately went to work with IBM Corporation, where he was involved with software development and systems engineering. His long and impressive career includes time at IBM and Oracle Corporation, and in recognition of his great success, the C.W. Post Campus will honor him with a Distinguished Alumni Award at its 45th annual commencement ceremonies on May 11, 2003.

During his 17 years at IBM, Baker was consistently promoted and rewarded for outstanding contributions, and graduated from IBM’s Research Institute as well as its President’s Class at Harvard University. In 1983, Baker joined Tandem Computers and later was promoted to vice president for worldwide customer support. Ten years later, he became a vice president at Oracle Corporation, the world’s second largest independent software developer.

At Oracle, Baker was responsible for direct support operations and a staff of more than 6,300 technical employees in 90 countries that serviced more than 200,000 customers. He grew support revenue ten-fold to $2.8 billion and was a major contributor to Oracle’s profits. In addition, he was credited with boosting Oracle’s customer and employee satisfaction to an all-time high.

In 2000, Baker, then an executive vice president for worldwide support and officer of Oracle, retired. He continues to receive many awards for professional service and has remained very involved with the high-tech industry. Today, he serves as a director of Modernsoft, creator of the "Financial Genome" business modeling structure, and on the advisory board of Mobile Airwaves, Inc., developer of the "Aquivo" wireless information server. Baker also is active in the community, serving on the boards of several non-profit organizations in California.

Baker is a resident of Atherton, California.

Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented to C.W. Post graduates who have achieved professional success and who serve as role models to students. Baker will be honored along with two other distinguished alumni: Keith Turner, president of sales and marketing for the NBC Television Network and Eli S. Feldman, the president, and chief executive officer of Metropolitan Jewish Health System in Brooklyn.

C.W. Post is one of six campuses of Long Island University, the seventh largest private university in the United States. With more than 13,000 full- and part-time students, C.W. Post offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs in accountancy, business (AACSB accredited), computer science, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science (ALA accredited), education, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. C.W. Post also offers an extensive continuing education program.