Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of Park Financial Group, Inc. - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Park State Bank (acquired October 2015) - Acquired Pioneer National Bank and Merged into Park State Bank (April 2018) - Acquired Mesaba Bancshares, American Bank of the North and The Lake Bank (Initial investment December 2018 & acquisition of 100% of stock in September 2020 and merged into Park State Bank in June 2021)Park Financial Group | Park State Bank: - S&P Global ranking of #1 Top Performing MN Community Bank (<$3B) in 2022 (#2 in USA) - #4 on 2022 Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 Privately Held Growing Companies - Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in United States (August 2022) - #4 on 2021 Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 Privately Held Growing Companies - Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in United States (August 2021) - S&P Global ranking of #1 Top Performing MN Community Bank (<$3B) in 2020 (#12 in USA) - S&P Global ranking of #1 Top Performing MN Community Bank (<$3B) in 2019 (#17 in USA) - #19 on 2020 Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 Privately Held Growing Companies - Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in United States (August 2020) - S&P Global ranking of #1 Performing Community Bank in United States 2018 (<$3B) - #252 on Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in United States (August 2019) - #9 on 2019 Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 Privately Held Growing Companies - S&P Global ranking of #1 Top Performing MN Community Bank in 2017 (#37 in USA)

Director in charge of nationally-known Strategic Advisory Service Group and on the Financial Institution's Practice six-person Executive Management Team. Extensive financial institution experience managing and working with ownership groups, boards of directors and executive management of family-owned to publicly traded financial institutions across the United States. In addition to strategy and management consulting engagements with bank boards and executive management teams, led numerous Regulatory Enforcement Action engagements for financial institutions with Orders from the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC.Select Speaking Engagements:• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Banking Supervision & Financial Industry Studies Conference)• Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin Madison (Faculty Member)• University of the West Indies - Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (Trinidad, West Indies)• Illinois Bankers Association• Nebraska Bankers Association• Michigan Bankers Association• Minnesota Bankers Association• South Dakota Bankers Association• State Banking Association Education Directors Forum• Virginia Bankers Association• Central States Conference (17 State Banking Associations)• Community Bankers of Wisconsin• Bankers' Bank Correspondent Days (in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin)• Bank Holding Company Association (BHCA) Fall Seminar

Youngest faculty member in the history of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Financial Services Strategic Advisory Firm acquired by Wipfli LLP in 2008.

Domestic Money Markets Desk• Implemented monetary policy in accordance with FOMC guidelines, analyzing banking system’s need for liquidity to meet daily reserve requirements• Calculated and distributed the daily effective federal funds rate (the primary means by which the Federal Reserve implements monetary policy)• Surveyed primary dealers on current conditions in the repo market to develop benchmark rates for use in daily open market operations

Fixed Income/Foreign Exchange Desk• Created presentations for use by System Open Market Account Manager in presentations to the Federal Open Market Committee on foreign and domestic market developments (March, May, June, August, Sept., Nov., and Dec. 2004 FOMC meetings) • Developed analytical tool to quantify notable weekly price/yield fluctuations of numerous financial instruments for Federal Reserve system-wide Weekly Market Review• Analyzed and distributed monetary policy and real economy expectations from primary dealers to senior management through conference calls and policy expectations survey• Published analysis for senior management across Federal Reserve System on nonfarm payroll releases and expected Treasury market reaction

Domestic Capital Markets Desk• Conducted permanent open market transactions on behalf of Federal Reserve System Open Market Account and Treasury Department• Analyzed and monitored intra-day and longer-term developments in the domestic capital markets and attended daily conference calls with Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Presidents of regional Federal Reserve banks, and the United States Treasury DepartmentCentral Bank and International Accounts Services (CBIAS)• Published daily, weekly and quarterly analysis on trends in $1.1 trillion foreign official assets portfolio to senior management• Wrote sections of the CBIAS 2002 annual report analyzing Business Quality, Investment Performance, Custodial Holdings, Customer Highlights and Transaction Volume• Published analysis on trends in foreign central bank holdings of Agency securities in wake of federal investigation, rumored ECB portfolio weighting adjustment and earnings restatement to senior management