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CoreConnection 

Your bank's strength and agility can come from its core relationship. At CoreConnection, hear from the Core Platforms Committee about strong technology strategies, tips, and techniques to help your bank thrive.

Sample Schedule

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM

Welcome Remarks

8:05 AM - 8:40 AM

Technology and Your Corporate Strategy

It’s essential to align your technology strategy with your business strategy – and that requires a focus on your core. Hear the latest developments from the Core Platforms Committee and discuss technology strategies you could implement at your bank.

  • Kim Kirk, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Queensborough National Bank & Trust, Co.
  • Jim Kisch, President & CEO, Passumpsic Bancorp
  • Kristiane Koontz, Chair, Core Platforms Committee, and Executive Vice President and Director of Banking Transformation, Zions Bancorporation, N.A.,  
  • Moderator: Julieann Thurlow, ABA Chair, President and CEO, Reading Cooperative Bank  

8:40 AM - 9:10 AM

Core Flexibility and Innovation

Finding the right core provider can help banks support and fulfill their business goals with greater ease. In this session, learn about the new Core Flexibility Assessment developed by the Core Platforms Committee and apply it to your core provider.

  • Jaime Manriquez, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Systems Officer, Santa Cruz County Bank 
  • Trey Maust, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Lewis & Clark Bank  
  • DJ Seeterlin, Chief Innovation Strategy Officer, Chesapeake Bank 
  • Moderator: Julieann Thurlow, ABA Chair, President and CEO, Reading Cooperative Bank  

9:10 AM - 9:15 AM

Closing Remarks

Keep Me Informed

Get updates on the Conference for Community Bankers as we develop this year's program. Contact Sharon Radziewski if you have any questions.