Candidate Profile #306553

Illinois – Bank IT Director

• Years of Related Experience: 20
• Minimum Salary: $160K
• Work Area:  Illinois
• Experience:
  • Directed IT staff, handling recruitment, performance reviews, and terminations.
  • Implemented strategic technology plans, ensuring business continuity and operational excellence.
  • Directed IT audit processes by ensuring compliance with protocols and resolving identified issues, leading to an improvement in audit readiness and operational integrity.
  • Supports all departments of the bank and has OCC and FDIC experience.
  • Heavily involved with enterprise risk and mitigating all risks.
  • Managed 20 FTE employees and three direct reports.
  • Developed IT policies, managed budgets, and drove system efficiency improvements.
  • Managed Disaster Recovery protocols, ensuring business continuity through cross-departmental collaboration and rigorous testing.
  • Oversaw IT procurement and budgeting by negotiating with vendors, achieving a reduction in costs.
  • Developed and executed a comprehensive bank-wide disaster recovery strategy, enhancing business continuity and achieving over 75% reduction in recovery time.
  • Oversaw primary and secondary data centers through effective management and strategic enhancements, optimizing operations and ensuring 99.9% uptime.
  • Spearheaded the development and implementation of a new IT infrastructure strategy, enhancing system scalability and reliability, leading to a major reduction in downtime while accelerating project delivery timelines.
  • Holds several professional IT certifications.
  • Proficient in FIS, Fiserv, and Jack Henry.
• Reference #:  306553
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