Hugh Patterson Email & Phone Number

Altamonte Springs, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida Area

Assisting financial institutions with core system evaluations, core conversion project management, bank merger integrations, contract negotiations and IT Governance.

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

I provided guidance to DD&F clients in the areas of strategic technology planning, project management, vendor management, technology solution selection, implementation and utilization. As a seasoned banking operations and technology professional, I draw from my 32 years in community banking and technology vendor sales and service to ensure effective implementation of solutions to support sales growth, increase revenue and mitigate operational and compliance risk exposure.Founded in 1993, DD&F Consulting Group is a full service consulting company serving the community banking industry. We offer a wide range of services in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic and Regulatory Services, Risk Management and Bank Performance. We are committed to making our bank clients successful through creative solutions to the unique issues faced by community banks today. We are consistently ranked in the Top 15 by SNL Financial for completed Mergers & Acquisitions, and we are a leading financial advisor nationally in helping banks with FDIC loss share buyout.

I helped community based financial institutions to cost effectively manage their technology solutions with the goal of reducing expenses and enhancing their ability to increase revenue. This was accomplished through strategically managing technology investments, improving on vendor management planning and controlled budgeting. My clients enjoyed the advantage of having a professional CIO as part of their management team at a fraction of the cost that larger financial institutions pay for a similar resource.

Managed technology relationship portfolio of 37 banks totaling $4.5B in assets by consulting with each bank's senior management team concerning available technology solutions, keeping in mind scalability, business need, functionality and cost. Result: Average customer satisfaction score of 8.2 out of 10.

Acted as internal IT consultant, responsible for all aspects of IT related projects including vendor research, hardware and software selection/ implementation, break-even analysis, forecast of profitability, customer information security, risk assessment, training and support. Managed regulatory compliance in the IT area providing regular reports to the bank's board of directors. Managed all aspects of IT related projects including vendor research, break even analysis, forcast of profitability, customer information security, risk assessment, hardware/software implementation, training and technical support. Accomplishments include a core banking software conversion, trust core software conversion and voice response system conversion.

Maintained portfolio of accounts, trained users to maximize software utilization and created customized procedures incorporating user policy with proper usage of software. Accomplishments include management of onsite teams and testing of newly developed software.

Performed product marketing/ development and managed retail delivery of products including ATM systems and all phases of branch management.

Performed underwriting/ rating analysis, premium development, accounting and customer service for insurance products.

Managed deposit services, branch support and regulatory compliance areas including BSA compliance. Performed audit/ security functions using accepted accounting rinciples and produced written audit reports. Collected on delinquent loan portfolio of 500+ accounts and performed credit analysis on Small Business Loans.