Speakers – Spring 2020 Technology & Operations Officer Program

Karen Freeman has a passion for banking and advancement. She is a speaker with Sheshunoff’s BankersWeb online training and webinar division and has led sessions on evolving trends, self-service banking, marketing, and emerging payment solutions. She along with two other speakers administered the BankersWeb Electronic Banking Certification Series for eight consecutive years.

David is a 35 year veteran banker with a unique combination of front line sales, technology and operations, and product management experience. Prior to joining South State Bank, he started up debit card and ATM businesses at Capital One, Commercial Banking at China Construction Bank (while with Bank of America), AT&T Universal Card,  Merrill Lynch Cash Management Accounts, Comp-U-Card Visa and AARP Visa Cards, and the first online banking for Chase Bank (Bank One).

Brian Huntley has an extensive background in cyber/information security, IT operations, risk management, and privacy. Immediately prior to joining Sheshunoff, he served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CyberScout of Scottsdale, AZ (a B2B provider of cyber risk management services to the insurance industry), where he also provided external cyber assurance consulting services to private retail, healthcare, and insurance companies, non-profits, and government entities.

Chris Nolan joined Sheshunoff’s Risk Management Division in 2012 with nearly 20 years of director level experience in IT. Prior to joining Sheshunoff, he held leadership positions with MBNA America and Camden National Corporation, which included responsibility for complex IT projects, information technology and information security governance, business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing, system development lifecycle management, merger and conversions, as well as operational/technical risk assessment and gap analysis.

Caleb is a Manager of the Financial Institution Technology and Consulting team for RSM. He has over 15 years of experience ranging from CIO & advisory services to technical design, as well as managing delivery and support teams in financial institutions. Working nationally with financial institutions large and small, he focuses on technology solutions to increase employee productivity and reduce risk exposure to cyber threats.

Jerry Warrick, Director of Technology and Management Consulting at RSM, focuses on technology related planning for financial institutions, including strategic planning, risk, business continuity, security and organizational analysis, among other areas. He also specializes in serving as a virtual CIO in financial institutions from $100 million to greater than $5 billion in assets.

Dr. Ed Seifried is currently Executive Consultant and Chief Economist of the Sheshunoff Affiliation Programs and Chairman of Seifried & Brew West. He is also Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ed also serves as the Dean of the Virginia and West Virginia Banking Schools and has served on the faculty of numerous banking schools.