In 2005 about two years after Autumn Bayles became the first chief information officer at Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Company a supply chain executive quit the company. ”As a part of my technology work I was very involved with that side of the operation ” said Bayles who was hired to be part of president and CEO Charles Pizzi’s turnaround team. ”I raised my hand and said ’Why don’t you let me do this?’” They did and she succeeded. Volunteering for new responsibilities and continuously growing in your job were two of the suggestions that Bayles now senior vice president strategic operations offered her audience at the recent Wharton Women’s Conference.