Deann Baker

Deann Baker is currently the VP of Marketing at SS8. Deann has over 20 years of experience in B2B marketing, market analyst relations and stakeholder communications, as well as sales and BD operations management.

In their previous role as Vice President, Strategic Development & Marketing at Comtech Telecommunications Corp., they were responsible for leading the development and annual refinement of the unit’s five-year strategy targeting new portfolio creation, new customer acquisition, and entry into new market verticals to achieve rapid growth targets. Additionally, they oversaw all consumer acquisition and retention marketing, branding, communications, market analyst relations, B2B marketing, account-based marketing and sales support initiatives.

During their time at Comtech, Deann was a driving force behind the creation of integrated go-to-market programs, which form the foundation for successful revenue growth and improved EBITDA. Some of their notable accomplishments include identifying core target verticals/industries and building sales tools to address them, as well as developing and managing multi-faceted marketing campaigns leveraging websearch, digital, trade shows and both programmatic and print ads with performance monitored against established KPIs.

Deann Baker has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Purdue University.

They work with Jerry Su - CFO, Simon Patten - VP of Account Management, and Kevin Isacks - Chief Development Officer. Their manager is Keith Bhatia, CEO & Board Member.