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RICK BARKER

​Barker Mohandas Vertical Transportation Consultants

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Rick Barker is a principal of Barker Mohandas Vertical Transportation Consultants and is involved in most of the firm's work. Prior to co-founding Barker Mohandas, he was the director of technical services at Otis World Headquarters. He also chaired the Otis product strategy group for dispatching control products and simulation tools, and co-led strategy for the company’s tall building elevator Skyway™. Barker led a major study to improve elevator energy efficiency; co-led the Otis Odyssey™ system development, which integrated horizontal and vertical transportation; and was a key liaison between Otis world headquarters and United Technologies Research Center. He previously led vertical transportation at Jaros Baum & Bolles Consulting Engineers. He was involved at Westinghouse Elevator (now Schindler) in the company’s largest projects in western New York State, and at Delta Elevator in Boston (now Otis) in the company’s largest modernization contracts. The author of multiple professional papers and lecturer at conferences and leading universities, Barker is named, singly or jointly, in 24 patents held by Otis.​

里克·巴克

巴克·莫汉达咨询公司
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里克·巴克是巴克·莫汉达垂直运输咨询公司的负责人，并参与了公司的大部分工作。在协同创立巴克·莫汉达咨询公司之前，他曾担任奥的斯世界总部技术服务部门的主管，同时也主持奥的斯产品策略小组，负责协调控制产品和模拟工具，同时协同主导公司高层电梯品牌Skyway™的运营策略。巴克先生对提高电梯能耗做了大量研究，协同领导了奥的斯Odyssey™系列产品的开发——这一产品将水平和垂直运输整合在一起，他同时还是奥的斯世界总部和美国联合技术研究中心之间关键性的联络员。他之前在JB&B工程师事务所负责垂直运输工作，参与了西屋电梯（现在的迅达集团）在纽约州西部最大的项目，以及波士顿的三角洲电梯（现在的奥的斯）公司最大型的现代化合同工程。他是多篇专业论文的作者，并在多个会议以及多所著名大学发表过演讲。巴克先生拥有24项专利，有些是单独持有的，有些是与他人共同持有的。