Patricia Watson

Patricia (Patty) Watson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer for NCR Atleos. She is also the executive sponsor for WIN Atleos, the company’s business resource group dedicated to furthering NCR Atleos’ women's professional development.

Previously, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for NCR. She joined NCR in 2022 to lead the Information & Technology team and oversee NCR’s global technology vision and roadmap. Patty also chaired NCR’s Technology Leadership Council with the goal of investing in NCR’s world-class technology teams to enable 24/7/365 delivery of highly available, secure, market-leading products.

Before joining NCR, Patty served as the President of Cloud Collaboration at Intrado Corporation for two years, where she led the business through a private equity sale process. She is the former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Total System Services (TSYS) — a role she held from 2015 until 2019 when Global Payments, Inc., acquired TSYS. Before joining TSYS, she served as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer for The Brink’s Company. Prior to this, Patty worked with Bank of America for more than 14 years in technology positions of increasing responsibility. She began her career with 10 years of service in the United States Air Force as an Executive Staff Officer, Flight Commander, Program Manager and Director of Operations. She is on the board of directors at Rockwell Automation, where she serves on the technology committee and is the chair of the compensation and talent management committee.

Patty specializes in technology, vendor and risk management, contract negotiation, supply chain direction and business continuity. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and an MBA from the University of Dayton.