Ron Bednar Email & Phone Number

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Experienced IT professional in banking / technology. Current work effort is core and ancillary system implementations with the primary focus on leveraging systems efficiencies and development resources to bring a whole new level of automation to the community bank back-office operations environment. Having the resources of 50+ development staff is a luxury a community bank CIO or operations department manager could only dream of!

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Senior IT professional with over 38 years experience in the banking industry. Management responsibilities include deposit operations, information security, business continuity, network services, application development & support, and help desk.Specialties: IT strategic planning, project management, change control, and policies and procedures.

Senior manager responsible for directing the technology initiatives for a $3.0 billion bank with over 30 locations. Managed a team of more than 30 IT professionals consisting of network administration, application development & support, vendor management, business continutiy planning, information security, SOX compliance, and help desk. Other management duties include strategic planning, project management, IT policies and procedures, and budgeting.

Senior manager responsible for directing the technology and information systems initiative for a $3.7 billion bank with over 250,000 customers and more than 80 locations. Managed a team of more than 20 technology professionals consisting of application support staff, programmers, network administrators, AS/400 administrators, PC and help desk technicians, voice communications administrators, and computer operators. • Significant accomplishments (2005 – 2006): Recommended and managed a $3.3 million ERP project comprised of a complete core and ancillary system application conversion impacting all customer account information, employees, and related information systems procedures. Managed the integration and conversion of the acquired Blue Ball National Bank ($1 billion in assets); affecting account information, ancillary systems, networks, servers, mainframe, telephone, and desktop systems. Recommended and managed implementation of a new check imaging system.• IT project leader for nine acquisitions, two core system software implementations, five mainframe installations, along with numerous check processing, voice response, ATM, CRM, and Internet banking implementations and upgrades.• Management and oversight for the support of: Server and mainframe applications for over 1,000 users. Selection, testing, implementation planning, installation, and support of three IBM I-Series mainframes, a Mimix high-availability system, over 100 servers, 1,300 workstations, and 100+ ATM’s. One primary and three remote check imaging locations. All networks, routers, switches, and firewalls.• Other IT Management Responsibilities: All core and ancillary system implementations and upgrades. Strategic planning. Project management. Disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Multi-million dollar operating and capital budget. Vendor management.• Member of the Senior Management Team for over 15 years.