A leader of over 580+ employees as President/CEO of Empower Federal Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by and operated for its members since its founding in 1939. Since then, Empower FCU has grown to over $3.75 billion in assets, serving over 270,000 members, with 23 branch locations across upstate New York.

➤ Integrated multiple siloed planning activities, addressing the pains of organizational growth and maturing business processes to a complete multi-year strategic plan.➤ Synthesized process improvement, automation, data visualization, and advanced analytics to create a suite of internal “products” that realized continuous improvement objectives.➤ Successfully deployed a data lake strategy (Azure) as a launchpad for enterprise data democratization and advanced analytics use cases.

➤ Built an outstanding M&A team and playbook, establishing new processes and infrastructure to facilitate transactions while maintaining strict regulatory and policy compliance.➤ Completed successful purchase and integration of Citizens State Bank (2019) and exceeded ROI targets, all while uncovering opportunities for process and procedure improvements in acquisitions.

➤ Market president for 150+ associates in northeast Florida➤ Built out a top-tier strategy yielding YoY growth in loans, deposits, and total revenue; provided internal advising to other SVPs with banking planning and staff development.

➤ Honored as Chairman’s Club Winner in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 in a competitive company.➤ Achieved Top 10% in sales for 2014-2017 out of 130+ regional managers using unique strategies.➤ Scored in 90th percentile or higher for Gallup Associate Engagement , while achieving "World Class" service levels in Gallup metrics for region every year in the role.

➤ Head of operations for 132 retail banking centers throughout central and north Florida. ➤ Served as area business continuity manager, legal liaison, corporate complaint resolution point, and project manager, ranking amongst the top of all VPs in a competitive company.