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Information Technology Director and Vice President

Commerce Bank operates as a super-community bank offering sophisticated financial products.

An accomplished, creative, business and information technology leader with an established record of business and technology partnerships - developing both strategic as well as tactical solutions in support of business objectives. A Microsoft M365 integration and implementation evangelist and Teams collaboration champion. Highly adept in quickly assessing corporate technology and operations needs and the application of cost effective technologies meeting the challenges of rapidly changing business environments. Recognized for launching high-value business technology initiatives that generate revenue and cost efficiencies. Specialties: Curious, agile, technology proponent, insightful visionary, outside-the-box thinker, relentless expense manager, collaborative business partner, hands-on technology leader, organization builder, strategic planner, creative problem solver; converging business and technology strategies. Distributed computing, server & network infrastructure, Enterprise data centers, Application Development, IT governance, ITIL service management, risk and compliance, vendor management, strategic and adaptive co-sourcing and Cloud strategies; a transformational leader with a focus on service delivery and customer satisfaction.