Executive Vice President with many capabilities.

JAMES WEDDINGTON

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Broken Arrow, OK 74014

Cell: 918-***-**** • ********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

An experienced, team-oriented professional with over 35 years of success in banking with an emphasis in managing change;

"Changing the way we do business." Goal-oriented problem solver adept in managing and implementing change with a comprehensive knowledge of bank operations and technology. Successfully experienced in management, marketing, annual budgets, project management and employee development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RCB BANK – CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA 2005-Present

Executive Vice President, Facilities Executive

Responsible for 61 properties located in Oklahoma and Kansas, car fleet, property and casualty insurance, all teller equipment, drive-in equipment, security equipment, security cameras, physical security, ATM/ITM purchase and all associated vendors.

Negotiated all leases of the excess space in bank buildings and in retail facilities for bank branches.

Bought property for new branch locations and got regulatory approvals for such purchases.

Bought and sold property when officers moved from one market to another.

Sold property when closing a branch or other property acquired in an acquisition and handled regulatory approval.

Design new branch buildings and managed the construction of the new buildings.

Remodeled and designed locations to achieve more efficiency and manage the projects.

Responsible for all the interior decorating for all buildings.

Help design the technology branches and placement of ITMs within the footprint.

Negotiate the property and casualty insurance for all branch buildings including repossessed property.

Managed the car fleet including buying and selling of the vehicles and the insurance for all vehicles.

Responsible for all teller equipment, drive-in equipment, ATMs/ITMs, security equipment, video/DVR equipment and physical security.

Created a life cycle spreadsheet for HVAC, roofs, water heaters and ice machines.

Managed staff of 6 employees that performed day to day maintenance for all buildings.

Bank Security officer reported to me along with an administrative assistant. Executive Vice President, Technology and Operations Services and CIO Responsible for all operations, technology, facilities, new construction, remodels, furniture/fixture/equipment purchases, supply management, vendor management and Business Continuity for a $2.8 Billion asset bank.

Managed the project to integrate an FDIC acquisition of a failed bank with 15 branches and $650 million in assets located in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arizona. This project also included de-converting deposits of the four branches in Arizona that were sold to another institution as well as de-converting all the loans in Arizona to an additional institution in Arizona.

Managed the project to integrate 7 branches in Oklahoma from Spirit Bank to RCB Bank and a whole bank acquisition of Corner Bank with 9 locations in Kansas with total assets of both projects totaling $700 million.

Moved the bank to MPLS network with AT&T for all branches reducing the monthly costs by more than $25k.

Implemented a disaster recovery site at one of our branches in Oklahoma City that covers the network and all associated servers as well as an iSeries that mirrors the one in the main datacenter.

Responsible for creating a call center, a quality assurance department and a fraud department.

Implemented software to help manage the network performance and track the quality of service.

Managed the project to convert from Jack Henry 20/20 to Jack Henry Silverlake core system.

Managed the project to convert from RVI Image System to Jack Henry Synergy System along with all the workflows.

Chairman of the Technology and Operations Services Steering Committee.

Implemented an in-store branch in a Wal-Mart Super Center with a technology wall for 24-hour banking. US BANK - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 2000-2005

Vice President, National Retail Lockbox Manager, Corporate Lockbox Services Managed Retail and Wholesale Lockbox for nine sites in six states. Responsible for building new business, reducing cost per unit and improving quality for the above sites as well as setting strategic direction for Retail Lockbox nationally for US Bancorp. Also responsible for National Corporate Lockbox Support Group, that manages all projects, implementations, and efficiency and quality initiatives for Corporate Lockbox.

Managed five direct reports responsible for 550 employees.

Worked on Check Conversion team to develop and implement new electronic products, ARC in Retail Lockbox, Onsite Electronic Deposit and Electronic Cash Letter.

Installed a new Retail Lockbox platform in three high volume Lockbox sites and opened a new Retail Lockbox site in Los Angeles.

Installed a new Wholesale Lockbox platform in Seattle and Chicago with integrated front end image capture for Web delivery.

Installed remote capture platform between Seattle and St. Louis Retail Lockbox sites.

Adept in working with sales to satisfy customer needs and building new business. West Regional Manager – Portland, Oregon

Managed the Wholesale and Retail Lockbox sites for the West Region with 175 employees.

Installed new workflows for Wholesale and Retail Lockbox that improved quality and productivity.

Installed a new Retail Lockbox platform for San Diego Home Owners Association site with little or no customer impact.

Started a new Retail Lockbox site in Denver without going to CapEx.

Implemented the Performance Analysis System (PAS) in the West Region to track quality and productivity goals and service level agreements.

Manager Lockbox Services – Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio

Managed Retail Lockbox and Wholesale Lockbox with over 300 employees.

Successfully grew the volume by 40% while still exceeding quality goals by 54% in Retail Lockbox.

Wholesale Lockbox volume grew by over 16% while still topping quality goals by over 54%.

Unit cost improvements of 11.5% and 17.5% in Retail and Wholesale respectively.

Developed image Internet product for Retail Lockbox and brought in-house a Wholesale Lockbox image Internet product.

Worked with Treasury Managers and Relationship Managers in new business development and customer retention marketing calls.

BANK OF OKLAHOMA NA – TULSA, OKLAHOMA 1995-2000

Vice President, Manager Remittance Services

Managed Remittance Services in two operation centers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of four cost centers and 150 employees working 24 hours per day 5 days per week and limited staff on weekend. Total combine volumes of 3.3 million items per month and deposits of $1.1 billion per month.

Restructured management for both Remittance Operations due to extensive growth while instituting measures to increased productivity and improve quality.

Researched new image technology for both Wholesale and Retail Remittance Services. Vice President, Manager OKC Operations Center)

Managing and budgeting of 13 cost centers with 100 employees working 24 hours a day 5 days a week and limited staff on weekends. Responsible for restructuring the cost centers into appropriate work groups under three different managers and restructuring workflow efficiency.

Assistant Vice President Manager Tulsa Remittance Services CONDON NATIONAL BANK - COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS 1994-1995 Vice President, Senior Operations Officer

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Teller, New Accounts, Accounting, Auditing, Bookkeeping, Customer Service, Safe Deposit, Data Processing, Loan Operations, and Human Resources Departments. Responsible for instituting ATM network for the Bank.

RCB BANK - CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA 1990-1994

Vice President, Cashier

Responsible for implementing branch network after bank acquisitions. Arranged all communications lines for data processing through T-1 line with Southwestern Bell. Implemented centralized attendant and phone system acquisition. Responsible for reorganizing branches for efficiency in workflow at each individual branch and between branches and main office.

Negotiated Financial Bond, D & 0 Bond, Excess Liability and Commercial Package Insurances.

Negotiated all maintenance contracts, cleaning services, lawn services, driveway maintenance for the drive-ins and managed all supply vendors.

Managed the remodel and construction of a ten-lane drive-in at one of our larger branches.

Saved the bank $37,000.00 by acting as the project manager as well as negotiating and coordinating the installation of all the banking equipment outside of the general contractor and architect.

Instrumental in the planning and design of new branch to be built the winter of '94. Helped negotiate with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on the purchase of land for the branch.

Negotiated the lease space in the Wal-Mart Super Center in Claremore for placement of ATM machine. Designed and contracted the construction of ATM Center inside Wal-Mart Super Center.

Prepared all financial reports to FDIC, Federal Reserve, State Banking Department, and Franchise Tax for the holding company, bank, and Service Company.

BANK OF OKLAHOMA CLAREMORE - CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA 1985-1990 Vice President, Cashier and Controller

Filed all financial reports to Division Controller and Call Report to the FDIC. Responsible for annual budget and Instituted controls over expenditures and fee income to help return the bank to profitability.

Consolidated bookkeeping, accounting, loan operations, and credit into one department further reducing staff. Total staff for bank reduced from 48 to 30.

Participated in Member Bank Operations Committee, Retail Committee, Asset and Liability Committee, Audit Committee of Board of Directors, Secretary to Board of Directors, Control Officer and Security Officer. EDUCATION

BSBA, Marketing

University of Tulsa – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Intermediate School Of Banking

Oklahoma Bankers Association

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