Council Members in this Study Group: 53
This study group may include experts knowledgeable on commercial banking, retail banking, asset management, mortgages, consumer finance, exchanges, capital markets, transaction processing, credit cards, insurance, and business services.
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Howard BruckChief Information Officer
HUDSON VALLEY BANK ![]()
Howard Bruck is Chief Information Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, a commercial bank. He has over 25 years of experience in the information technology sector. He specializes in financial services technology, outsourcing, hosting, databases, ERP, CRM, BI and enterprise systems. He has been associatedwith...
James McMahonPresident
JM Bear Advisors ![]()
James McMahon is the President at JM Bear Advisors and offers over 30 years of senior management & senior credit officer expertise in consumer, business, commercial C&I, CRE/DRE & Retail Real Estate lending within the banking, thrift, credit union & consumer finance industry. His expertise is in all...
Steve MottCEO
Betterbuydesign ![]()
Steve Mott is Chief Executive Officer of BetterBuyDesign, a payments systems consultancy serving clients that range from major banks and processors to technology startups and investment capital/equity firms. Mr. Mott is a 20-year veteran of the electronic payments industry with specialization in online...
Bill BradwayFounder & Managing Director
Bradway Research, LLC ![]()
Bill Bradway is the Founder and Managing Director of Bradway Research. Previously, Mr. Bradway lead the Banking Practice at Financial Insights, a strategic advisory firm to banks, insurance companies, asset management firms, securities brokerages, and diversified financial institutions globally. The...
Art GillisPresident
Computer Based Solutions, Inc. ![]()
Art Gillis is the President of Computer Based Solutions, a Texas-based independent bank technology consulting firm tracking trends in the bank tech industry. Upon graduation from Boston University, he served as an EDP Officer at SAC Headquarters, then as a Systems Manager at Honeywell EDP, later as...
Himanshu GandhiPresident
Samved Corporation ![]()
Himanshu Gandhi is the President of Samved Corporation, a consulting and advisory firm that specializes in e-Business solutions. He has over 15 years of experience in partnering with Global 500 corporations to assist them in defining, architecting, developing, and supporting e-business solutions. He...
FormerSenior Vice President, Asst. Chief Tech. Officer
Amegy Bank of Texas ![]()
Rocky Atwood was a Senior Vice President and CTO for Amegy Bank, a commercial bank with $7.5 billion in assets from 1991–2006. Mr. Atwood was the manager of the technology strategy group and developed strategic plans for technology platforms at the enterprise and business unit level. He managed software...
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Bank Tech Companies - who will be left standing?
September 29, 2009
Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK
Mergers: Conflicts Becoming A Core Reality | www.banktechnews.com
7,000 US banks and credit unions represents a lot of customers for the banking technology companies. While banks may be hurting, their technology needs only increases. With so many recent mergers are there too few providers left? Who has the advantage banks or the providers?
Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?
September 21, 2009
Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK
Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion | money.cnn.com
Dell, buying into the notion that hardware is now a commodity and they have already optimized that business, believes they need to diversify. So they buy a large business/technology consulting firm. Do they now bring any more value to the Perot business?
Interesting niche software solutions find ways to sell even in this environment
September 16, 2009
Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK
SuccessFactors: Small cap, big plans | money.cnn.com
While core infrastructure, telecom, and enterprise system maintenance revenues have been relatively stable even in this market, discretionary tech spending is challenged.However, tech buying is strong with a few interesting technology solutions that can provide tangible short term benefits.
Missing the boat - deduplication is only one piece of the puzzle
July 27, 2009
Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, HUDSON VALLEY BANK
EMC outlines where Data Domain will fit | blogs.zdnet.com
The hype around Data Domain that brought it $2.1 Billion, over-emphasized the role of deduplication. The technology is nice, but it is neither unique nor complete.
Retailers do not need private cards
July 20, 2009
Card Fees Pit Retailers Against Banks | www.nytimes.com
Retailers must focus on selling goods and services and allow the numerous financial institutions to manage credit & debit for the consumers. Closed loop credit is not an impact on net new sales and normally will not drive the large ticket purchases as most consumers do not require more credit in order...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Core Bank Processing Experts | 463 |
| Check Processing Experts | 643 |
| Online Payment Experts | 507 |
| Fidelity National Information Services Experts | 107 |
| CheckFree Experts | 85 |
| Financial Printing Experts | 272 |
| Commercial Printing Experts | 1350 |
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