Autumn Bayles named CIO of Tasty Baking Company

For the first time in Tasty Baking Company's history, the company has named a chief information officer: Autumn Bayles, who received a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh. Bayles will oversee all of the company's technology operations and strategically integrate information technology throughout Tasty Baking Company's business operations.

Prior to joining Tasty Baking Company, Bayles, 32,  was a principal consultant with IBM Business Consulting Services, previously PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, until a merger earlier this year. While there, she worked with numerous Fortune 500 organizations such as JPMorgan, Shell Oil, Comcast Cable, Duke Energy, and others, to assess and implement their information technology systems, practices and strategies. Bayles also served as a technology consultant for the venture capital firm Safeguard Scientifics and Director of Consulting for Destiny Websolutions.

She is affiliated with many local organizations such as the Union League of Philadelphia and The Forum of Executive Women. She is a resident of West Conshohocken, PA.

Tasty Baking Company (NYSE: TBC), was founded in 1914 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is one of the country's leading bakeries of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts with manufacturing facilities in Philadelphia and Oxford, PA. With annual sales of $255 million, Tasty Baking Company offers more than 100 products under the Tastykake brand name.