Charlotte Baker

Charlotte Baker co-founded Digital Hands, a cybersecurity company recognized as an award-winning pioneer in managed security services with 100% US-based delivery supporting enterprise clients. Under Baker's leadership, Digital Hands gained national recognition as a five-time Star Award Winner with the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) for Innovation in the Delivery of Managed Services, Complex Application Support, Customer Commitment, Integrated Services Excellence, and Innovation in Leveraging Analytics for Service Excellence. Digital Hands received the TSIA Star Award Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement for Outstanding Service. Baker has been the recipient of numerous personal accolades over the years. Tampa Bay Tech named her the “2021 Tech Leader of the Year”. She was named one of the Gulf Coast Business Review's "50 Most Powerful People on the Gulf Coast", awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from eWomenNetwork, recognized by CEO Magazine with the "CEO of the Year" distinction, named Tampa Bay Business Journal's "Business Woman of the Year – Technology" and has been honored to be included in Florida Trend’s 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 "Florida's Most Influential Business Leaders." Baker is a frequent guest speaker on building entrepreneurial companies, advocating women in technology, and new services development in the cybersecurity industry. Baker is the incoming Chairman of the University of Tampa's Board of Trustees for 2022-2023, serves as the current Chairman of the Board for the Tampa Bay Wave and is on the advisory board for TSIA's Managed Services discipline. She has held various board and officer positions for WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy), the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, and is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF.org). Baker earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Darden and a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce with dual concentrations in Management Information Systems and Marketing from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce.