Abound is a consummate advocate for community financial institutions. The executive team speaks frequently with state, regional, and national trade associations and offers free educational webinars monthly. For a list of community bank webinars click here. For a list of credit union webinars click here.
Brad Smith - President, CEO & Co-Founder
Brad has spent the last 20 years helping community financial institutions make the right technology decisions and to get the most from their technology resources. He is co-founder and President of Abound Resources.
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Kenneth Proctor - Managing Director, Risk Management & Compliance
Ken brings over 38 years of professional banking and consulting experience to Abound Resources where he heads up the Risk Management Practice. Ken is a regular speaker with ABA and CUNA.
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John Matheny – Director of Sales and Marketing
John has more than 30 years of experience in sales management, marketing, business planning and strategic planning.
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Jake Aleman - Vice President of Advisory Services
Jake has over 20 years of financial institution operations experience. Jake is a skilled project manager having established a project management office for Southwest Bank of Texas (Amegy Bank).
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Todd Stringer - Director of Security Services
Todd has invaluable experience that includes security methodology development for national consulting firms, work with the financial services industry and the private business sector, managing projects that range from intrusion detection system implementation to executive oversight of multi-million dollar business management and automation systems.
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Steve Carroll - Director Risk Management
Steve has more than 25 years’ experience as a financial institution executive. He has worked in a variety of capacities in financial institutions, including consultant and CEO. His areas of expertise include business continuity planning, risk management, strategic business planning, and strategic technology planning.
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Ryan Esquell - Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Ryan has over 15 years’ experience in the financial industry with proven success in helping financial institutions identify needs and opportunities for improvement. He has worked with financial institutions ranging from de novos to over $5 billion in assets.
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Charlie Lane - Vice President of Eastern Region
Charlie Lane is the Vice President of Eastern Region with Abound Resources. He has over 40 years of consulting experience in banking and technology.
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Sharon Sokol - Executive Advisor
With over 30 years of executive-level banking experience, Mrs. Sokol is one of the foremost payments systems and treasury management experts in the community financial institution industry.
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Beth Dalton - Controller & Office Manager
As an Advisor, Ms. Dalton works as a member of the Advisory Services team ensuring that all details, tasks, and coordination for client engagements are completed.
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