Jeremy Baker, who spent more than 16 years rising through the ranks of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has taken on a new role in the private sector as Vice President at LinTech Global, a Dexian company.
Baker most recently served as Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator at DHS—a position that placed him at the helm of the department’s efforts to unify intelligence, planning, and operational responses to domestic and international terror threats. As a chief counterterrorism official, he worked across DHS components and with federal partners to manage evolving risks and threats, earning a reputation for decisive leadership during a time of heightened global security challenges.
Prior to that, Baker served as Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, where he led the creation of departmental working groups and strategic partnerships aimed at aligning DHS missions to emerging threats, including those posed by transnational terrorist networks and domestic violent extremists. His efforts helped streamline threat assessment processes and improve interagency coordination.
Baker’s tenure at DHS also included high-impact leadership roles in intelligence. He was Deputy Assistant Director and Deputy Chief of Intelligence for a DHS component, managing more than 250 intelligence personnel and supporting national security operations in over 250 U.S. field offices and nine overseas locations. He also served briefly as Acting Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Enterprise Operations in the Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A), where he oversaw multiple mission centers and the department’s nationwide intelligence watch.
His earlier assignments focused on counterintelligence, human intelligence (HUMINT), threat analysis, and building DHS-wide programs in coordination with the Intelligence Community, U.S. military, and law enforcement. He was instrumental in creating and expanding several programs now critical to DHS’s national security posture, including those supporting the department’s Joint Task Force framework.
Before joining DHS, Baker served as a Special Agent in Counterintelligence in the U.S. Army, where he conducted HUMINT operations and led threat assessments during combat deployments in Afghanistan and Korea.
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