Rick Baker is the Vice President of Enterprise Architecture and Applications for Gannett Company / USA TODAY NETWORK. Gannett publishes USA TODAY along with hundreds of local media outlets across the United States, and over 150 news brands in the United Kingdom. Gannett’s diverse portfolio includes LocaliQ, a suite of digital business and marketing solutions, and USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures, which is the largest media-owned events business in the country. Rick has been a technology leader at Gannett for four decades starting with the launch of USA TODAY. At Gannett, he brings deep insight into media technologies, specifically covering B2B solutions, B2C solutions, Financial ERP solutions and data solutions at an enterprise scale. When not thinking about budgets and optimizing our technology solutions, Rick enjoys traveling, swimming, biking and spending time with his family.
