Christopher Barker

About Christopher Barker

I’m a Clean Energy, Transportation and Smart Cities business leader focused on advancing clean energy mobility services and smart city technology deployments across the globe. Our work includes clean energy project development, the design, build and deployment of new mobility services (autonomous, electric, hydrogen powered transportation and drone operations), business management and public policy consulting to organizations in the aerospace, automotive, clean energy, mass transit and urban infrastructure markets. We also support organizations operating in manufacturing, industrials, mobile/wireless, and high-tech.I have more than 25 years of experience in business development, project development/management, new market expansion, public policy/issues management, communications and marketing with companies such as Avaya, Boeing, Cisco, Honeywell, Hyundai, Keolis, Microsoft, Raytheon, and Volvo.Specialties: autonomous/electrified/hydrogen transportation, solar/hydrogen clean energy production/management, and smart cities project development. Skills: AI, business development/strategy, new product/market development, project management, capital fundraising, IPOs and M&A, government relations, international market expansion, trends analysis/strategic planning, company message development, crisis communications, issues management, media and analyst relations, social media management/outreach and measurement and analytics.Public speaking experience includes presentations/keynotes/panel speaking sessions at: CES - Las Vegas; CE Week- New York; CTIA – Las Vegas; SXSW – Austin; EBACE – Geneva; Frankfurt Motor Show - Frankfurt

Experience

1. Member of the Board of Advisors

   Koop

   Dec 2020 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Advisory Board Member for Koop Technologies, an insurance technology & specialty brokerage company focused on commercial autonomy and robotics.

Education

• Georgetown University

  Government and Journalism

• California State University-Sacramento

  BA, Govt. and Journalism

Skills

• Program Management
• Communication Training
• Thought Leadership
• Reputation Management
• Event Planning
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Advertising
• Crisis
• Executive Communications
• Strategy
• Messaging
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing Communications
• Product Marketing
• Communications Strategy
• Crisis Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Management
• Strategic Planning
• Speech Writing
• Spokesperson
• Social Media Marketing
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Marketing
• Broadcast
• Start-Ups
• Leadership
• Editing
• Budget Management
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Business Strategy
• Consulting
• Issues Management
• Message Development
• Positioning
• Analyst Relations
• Writing