Tom Gainer Email & Phone Number

United States

IT Consultant/Manager for Centennial Bank in Denver Colorado. Working with current management to assist in completing various IT projects within the bank while helping to establish a series of more defined controls within their operating environment. Centennial Bank was acquired by Heartland Financial. Held leadership roles while directly participating in.

Highly visible leadership role directing overall strategy and day-to-day business functions for all technology related initiatives. Member of the senior executive management team, with an advisory role to the board and the Technology and Product Steering Committee. Direct report to the CEO. Member of senior management team which formulated a responsive.

Held responsibility for several different functional areas within a multi-year $700+ million outsourced Check 21 processing engagement between Unisys and Washington Mutual, a major multi-billion dollar national US financial institution. Drove successful conversion from in-house check processing to an outsourced agreement involving all Washington Mutual.

Engaged in a variety of projects, including (i.) a technology, operations and CRM initiative for a web based enhanced educational program company, (ii.) a technology, operations and CRM plan for a voice recognition start-up company, and (iii.) an automated point of purchase check capture, clearing and settlement system. Additionally, served as the.

Served as key member of senior management team for multi-million dollar B2B start-up offering real time Internet-based tenant screening for property management companies nationwide supporting over 7000 end-users. Held accountability for total of $5+ million in IT budgets and management authority for up to 25 staff. Managed vendor relationships.

Lead project manager for a bank wide bill presentment and bill payment product.

Managed all day-to-day mission critical, 7x24 datacenter operations within new joint B2C venture between First Data and Microsoft called Transpoint EBPP for Fortune 500 international technology company. Selected vendor and hardware platform, presented cost benefit analysis, and successfully led implementation of all hardware, systems, and telecommunications

Member of key executive team that drove design and execution of an implementation and customer support group for international credit and debit card association. Involved in all aspects of defining implementation strategy for debit processing platform, manufacturing of cards, staffing, and processes.

Member of senior management team during transitional period preceding corporate merger for one of the largest EFT networks. Managed high volume 7x24 operations and led major system processing upgrade, ensuring high availability and reliability of platforms, and efficient processing of POS, ATM, debit and credit card transactions. Group processed up to 55.

Held business unit and management responsibility for a 7x24 mission critical data center operation for a national 3rd party data processing, ATM, debit and credit card services and transaction processing company. Oversaw product and software development, project management, network settlement, financial audit controls and customer relationship management.

White Belt, Six Sigma

Project Management

Bank Management And Operations

Aa, Business

Banking