Steven Smith is a Executive Architect at First Citizens Bank. Colleagues describe them as "Steve was a key member of my leadership team as we created and led the chief data office function for Global Technology. Steve showed a lot of curiosity, versatility, and innovation, working on a number of complex issues and concepts in support of improving the firm's technology reference data and supporting regulatory requirements. He was comfortable joining a new organization where we had to create our mission and identity for a function that did not previously exist. He does a good job of building and managing stakeholder relationships and can explain more complex technical architecture concepts to a less technical/ senior business audience. " and "I have worked with Steve over the past 2 years. He is a strong technical leader that excels in a space of transformation. He delivers firm-wide solutions that drive $MM of cost reductions, $MM of engineer efficiency/productivity, and improved experiences. He is able to quickly break down complex solutions into multiple pieces as well as converse and present concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical resources of all levels. He combines his leadership, business, architecture and developer experiences. Steve also builds strong delivery teams while fostering development and growth through stretch assignments."