Primary Job Title Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Primary Organization 
Southern California Gas
Gender Male
Chris Baker is senior vice president and chief information officer for Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities.
As chief information officer, Baker is responsible for information technologies, vision and operational oversight, including computing
infrastructure, client services, applications, information security and information management for SDG&E, SoCalGas and Sempra Energy’s Corporate Center.
Previously, Baker was senior vice president of strategic planning and technology for SDG&E and SoCalGas. He also served as Sempra Energy’s director of software development from 1997 to 2000, and as information management and security administration manager from 1995 to 1997.
Prior to joining Sempra Energy in 1995, Baker was a senior systems consultant with Logicon 4GT, where he worked with defense finance and accounting services. He also worked on analysis for several government entities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Finance and Management and the U.S. Postal Service’s National Air and Surface System.
Previously, Baker held several positions in the banking industry, including serving as section manager of information management and executive information services at HomeFed Bank, a position he held from 1990 to 1993. Prior to 1990, he was employed with Home Savings of America, holding several different positions in their information technology division.
Baker serves on the board of CommNexus and CONNECT. He is a cum laude graduate of California Polytechnic University at Pomona, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in biology and business administration / computer information systems.
