March WIT Forum: Meet Our Panelists

Kanyatta Walker
Vice President of Information Technology at Cisco

Jennifer Baker,
Chief Technology Officer at Synovus

Jennifer is a 20 year Financial Services Executive with knowledge and expertise in Leadership roles across a variety of disciplines and roles within Retail, Product Management, Automation, Life Cycle Management, Information Technology, Operations, Innovation, and Strategy. She currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Synovus Bank, a $55B regional bank in the Southeastern United States with operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. Jennifer oversees the Synovus Enterprise Technology Operations including Infrastructure, Production Operations, Modernization, Data Delivery and End User Support. Each are focused on identifying and introducing opportunities for continuous improvement, process redesign and modernization to support both emerging and industry best leveraged technologies resulting in improved speed to market and efficient economies of scale.

Jennifer is an active member within a variety of professional and community programs such as the Synovus Here Matters outreach program, Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), Georgia Chamber of Commerce Innovation Committee Member and Atlanta and Synovus WIT forums ultimately broadening the Synovus IT Brand and industry presence.

Jennifer resides in the metro Atlanta area with her husband and son.

Danielle McPherson,
Director,Global Reservations Tech and Innovations at Delta Airlines

Roxanne Seymour,
Chief Information Officer at Beazer Homes