Thomas Barcelona Email & Phone Number

Experience• Founded Barcelona & Company Inc. as a full-service marketing and branding firm on March 1, 1990• Grew marketing partnerships with Founders Bank, First National Bank of Joliet, Standard Bank & Trust, First Community Financial Bank, Providence Bank & Trust and others• Served the marketing and branding needs of technology companies Resource Information Management Systems, Inc., TriZetto and ForeReservations, Inc. • Reorganized the QicClaim Advertising Association, incorporating as the National Association of Employee Benefit Administrators (NAEBA)• Assisted the Western Amateur Golf Championship and Southwest Half Marathon in event sponsorship and fundraising as well as marketing and public relations • Served insurance brokerages Horton Group, Riordan & Scully Insurance and financial advisory firms Heide Wealth Management Group of RBC Wealth Management, Ganim Financial, Providence Wealth Advisors, others

VP Account ServiceBrooks Advertising Inc.Nov 1978 to Feb 1990• Began as Assistant Account Executive servicing the International House of Pancakes Restaurants throughout the Midwest• Built a roster of local advertising clients including Community Banks and Savings & Loans• In cooperation with Resource Information Management Systems, Inc. (RIMS), created the QicClaim Advertising Association, consisting of 100+ Third Party Administrators nationwide

Executive VPFirst Savings & Loan Association of Orland ParkJune 1973 to Nov 1978• Began my professional career with Drexel Savings & Loan Association in Chicago• Relocated Drexel Savings to Orland Park and rebranded as First Savings of Orland Park • Very active in the Orland Park Rotary Club and the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce