Mark McDonald

Shira Spector

Shira brings over 30 years of experience at the crossroads of analytics and strategy where data meets technology to create value for organizations. She has a passion for inspiring dialogue and curiosity around data and insights and for leveraging its use in value-driving initiatives. She brought all her passion and experience to the Credit Union community and has never looked back. Challenging the status quo and conventional thinking is what motivates her and she brings that energy to any team. When she is not knee deep in data, you will find her spending quality time with her family, curling up with a good book, or on a cruise ship breathing in the ocean air.

Kinective is the new force of connectivity innovation to the financial services industry. Our Banking Ops Platform is a suite of connectivity and automation solutions designed to bridge legacy financial systems and modern digital banking services. We accelerate transformation, enabling FIs to compete in their markets by delivering superior customer experiences and banking services.

Gordon Flammer

Joe Mirachi

As CEO of Launch Credit Union, Joe leads the transform of his organization from what they are today - to what they aspire to become. In order to facilitate this journey, he ensures that they have a viable strategy, the right people are in the right roles and a culture of continuous learning.

Chrissy Siders

Chrissy Siders serves as the President/CEO of TRUE Community Credit Union, a credit union inspiring the pursuit of a life well lived throughout the State of Michigan. She joined the Credit Union in 1998 as a part-time teller and worked her way to her current position after holding various roles within the organization related to compliance, security, fraud, internal audit, and risk management. Her 19 year journey to President/CEO was challenging, fulfilling, and humbling, stepping into the position in 2017. Chrissy obtained a BA in Criminal Justice in 1999 from Michigan State University (Go Green!) and her MBA from Spring Arbor University in 2010. Chrissy has held certifications of Credit Union Compliance Expert, Certified Fraud Examiner, Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Specialist and Credit Union Enterprise Risk Management Expert.

Chrissy also serves as an adjunct professor at Spring Arbor University in both their undergraduate and graduate programs. Chrissy chairs the Jackson College & Career Access Center Board and Henry Ford Jackson Hospice Board. She is the treasurer for the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, serves as Treasurer for the Enterprise Group and as a trustee on the Henry Ford Jackson Board. She loves animals (especially dogs), and as such, serves on the Cascades Humane Society Board. She is actively involved in the credit union space, shouting the credit union difference from the rooftops!

Chrissy has been married to her high school sweetheart, Eric, for over 26 years and they have two daughters, Sierra (23) and Sydney (21), plus a fabulous son-in-law, Jacob (23). Chrissy is a passionate leader inspiring and cultivating joy one member and one employee at a time. She loves the credit union industry and the communities the credit union serves. She deeply desires to show up with love, kindness, and respect in all that she does, hoping it will be contagious! It is not lost on her how blessed she is to lead such a great organization, and she works each day to do the work she knows she was called to.

George Rudolph

George has nearly thirty years of combined leadership experience in the credit union and airline industries. George has served as President & CEO of PSECU, an $8 billion credit union based in Harrisburg, PA, since April 2019. Along with his team of more than 900 professionals, he is responsible for delivering high-quality financial products and service offerings to more than 550,000 valued members.

Prior to joining PSECU, George served as Senior Vice President of Operations & Technology at Chicago’s Alliant Credit Union. Under his direction, Alliant’s technology teams executed a long-term vision of becoming a fully digital financial institution.

Jim Adamczyk

Jim Adamczyk is senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer for FAIRWINDS. Headquartered in Orlando, FL and serving members around the world, FAIRWINDS has more than $5 billion in assets and 600 employees. With a mission of changing members’ lives on the journey to Financial Freedom, Jim is committed to providing solutions that help members to save more, eliminate debt, build wealth, and live generously.

Jim began his career with FAIRWINDS Credit Union in 2003. While studying for his degree at the University of Central Florida, he worked as an intern in the FAIRWINDS’ lending department and quickly moved up within the organization.

Jim currently serves on the University of Central Florida Foundation Board of Directors, the University of Central Florida College of Business Dean’s Advisory Board, Heart of Florida United Way Board, Orland Economic Partnership (OEP) board, and is a director for the FAIRWINDS Foundation. He is the past chair of the Seminole County Chamber and past chair of the audit board for the City of Orlando.

Jim was inducted in the University of Central Florida’s prestigious College of Business Hall of Fame in 2023. He was named one of Orlando Business Journal’s 2025 “Most Influential Leaders” and was previously recognized in the “Top 40 Under 40.”

Raised in Central Florida, Jim received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Central Florida. He resides in the Orlando area with his family.

Anand Solanki

Anand Solanki serves as CFO and leads strategy, analytics, and product management at Citadel Federal Credit Union. He is responsible for building scalable organizational capabilities that accelerate growth and create value for members and stakeholders. With over 20 years of experience in financial services across credit card, banking, and payments, Anand brings deep expertise in corporate strategy, M&A, capital markets, financial analysis, consumer insights, and product management. He is passionate about organizational design, infrastructure transformation, and partnering with FinTechs to scale, while advancing Citadel’s mission to strengthen members and communities through exceptional service and competitive financial products.

Kinective is the new force of connectivity innovation to the financial services industry. Our Banking Ops Platform is a suite of connectivity and automation solutions designed to bridge legacy financial systems and modern digital banking services. We accelerate transformation, enabling FIs to compete in their markets by delivering superior customer experiences and banking services.

Angie Crosby

Thomaz DeMoura serves as the Data Science Manager at Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU), where his expertise in analytics and machine learning drives transformative strategies across the financial services spectrum. With over 18 years of experience at DCU, Thomaz has played a pivotal role in developing advanced AI technologies, including predictive modeling and generative AI, to enhance member engagement and operational efficiency.

Arkatechture’s featured solution for Credit Unions, Arkalytics, is a data platform that combines a managed cloud-native data warehouse with a suite of financial reports and analytical models. Arkalytics integrates your disparate data sources into a single source of truth through an automated lean data pipeline.

Luke Ratliff

Join Luke Ratliff, Solutions Engineer at Arkatechture, for an insightful demonstration of how leading credit unions are adopting data analytics & AI to become data-driven leaders. As a former technical trainer, he offers a unique perspective, having worked with credit union data teams and business users on their reporting needs before AI's widespread availability.

Kelly Luce

CFS Insight provides cutting-edge, easy-to-implement data integration and analytic software and consulting that enable credit unions/banks to improve their data-driven decision-making. The transparent solutions allow credit unions/banks to easily overcome their toughest data challenges while extracting insight from key systems to operate more efficiently and foster deeper member relations.

These solutions empower teams to create quick wins that provide the basis for addressing strategic goals across their credit union. They include Business Intelligence Discovery, customized data integration, pre-developed analytic models, enterprise report/dashboard development, coaching workshops, and guided analytic consulting. CFS will work closely with your team to make the changes necessary in your data/analytics program that enables you to meet your strategic and operational goals. The integrity and transparency of CFS’s products, training, and support allow your team to improve its credit union for years to come.

CFS solutions are deeply rooted in the operation of a credit union and its service to its members. CFS combines high-quality data integration/analytic software with prudent advice and responsive customer service for credit unions to better serve their communities.

To learn more, review our experience or schedule a discovery call with our experts by calling 630-280-2190 and see how CFS has helped people like you avoid stress-inducing development roadblocks. Empower your credit union to grow revenue and relationships with data-driven decisions.

Jason Bedsworth

Ray Ragam

Jenifer Sierra

Jenifer Sierra is an experienced enterprise risk management professional specializing in organizational risk and control assessments, credit risk and portfolio concentration, regulatory compliance, and project risk analysis. With over seven years in the financial services industry, she brings hands-on expertise in internal and external audits, including NCUA examinations. Jenifer holds certifications as a NAFCU Certified Risk Manager and a Credit Union Enterprise Risk Management Expert, reflecting her strong commitment to advancing effective, forward-looking risk practices.

Kevan Williamson

Arpan Patel

Arpan Patel is an accomplished risk management leader with over 20 years of experience across financial institutions and as large bank federal regulator. As Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management at Delta Community Credit Union, he leads enterprise, financial, and model risk governance initiatives, establishing risk governance frameworks and supporting sound decision-making as the organization approaches the $10 billion asset milestone. His expertise spans integrated risk management, fraud and operational risk, regulatory compliance, and the development of scalable governance frameworks that balance growth, profitability, and resilience.

Arpan has completed executive and graduate banking programs through the ABA Stonier Graduate of Banking-Wharton Business School. He maintains multiple professional certifications, including GARP Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), ABA Certified Enterprise Risk Professional (CERP), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and actively contributes to industry leadership through committee and council participation.

Arkatechture’s featured solution for Credit Unions, Arkalytics, is a data platform that combines a managed cloud-native data warehouse with a suite of financial reports and analytical models. Arkalytics integrates your disparate data sources into a single source of truth through an automated lean data pipeline.

Eugene Corcione

Eugene Corcione is the Director of Data Analytics at Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, where he leads the strategy for managing and optimizing the credit union’s data assets. He has built his career in financial services, previously serving in data governance programs and project leadership roles over the last 7 years. Eugene focuses on driving organizational efficiency and informed decision-making through strong data governance, integrity, and accessibility. He is known for his collaborative, servant-leadership approach and for mentoring his team to elevate analytics across the institution. Under his leadership, the data analytics function has become a strategic partner within the credit union, influencing both daily operations and long-term planning.

Steven Simpson

Steven Simpson is the CULytics Advisor and a seasoned consultant specializing in advanced analytics, system conversions, mergers and acquisitions, software development, and delivering actionable strategies to achieve immediate ROI for financial institutions.

From basic segmentations to cutting-edge analytics and machine learning, Steve empowers business lines to make informed, data-driven decisions. He emphasizes uncovering the wealth of untapped potential within an organization's data.

Steve has held executive leadership roles at prominent organizations, including Bank of America, Sheshunoff Management Consulting, The Independent Bankers' Bank, Caja Madrid, and various banks and credit unions. His extensive industry experience and deep expertise in software and analytics uniquely position him as a trusted advisor to financial institutions worldwide.

Throughout his career, Steve has developed products used by leading consulting firms and software providers, led numerous mergers and acquisitions, successfully converted over 55 core banking systems, and guided an internet banking startup to a NASDAQ IPO.

Richard Hayden

Rich is an experienced Director of Data Science, with a track record of delivering high value solutions in several domains (Marketing, Finance, Business Process, and Information Technology) within the financial services industry.

Steven Simpson

Steven Simpson is the CULytics Advisor and a seasoned consultant specializing in advanced analytics, system conversions, mergers and acquisitions, software development, and delivering actionable strategies to achieve immediate ROI for financial institutions.

From basic segmentations to cutting-edge analytics and machine learning, Steve empowers business lines to make informed, data-driven decisions. He emphasizes uncovering the wealth of untapped potential within an organization's data.

Steve has held executive leadership roles at prominent organizations, including Bank of America, Sheshunoff Management Consulting, The Independent Bankers' Bank, Caja Madrid, and various banks and credit unions. His extensive industry experience and deep expertise in software and analytics uniquely position him as a trusted advisor to financial institutions worldwide.

Throughout his career, Steve has developed products used by leading consulting firms and software providers, led numerous mergers and acquisitions, successfully converted over 55 core banking systems, and guided an internet banking startup to a NASDAQ IPO.