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Bennett Quillen joined Harper McNeil, Inc. in January 2005 with over 30 years of direct, “hands on” experience.  Bennett has previously been a management consultant from 1998 to present providing consulting services to community, regional and money center banks along with credit unions both domestically and overseas.

Before 1998, Bennett has held positions ranging from Executive Vice President – Operations to Chief Information Officer in multi bank holding companies.  He directed an average staff size of 200 in information systems, back office operations, conversions, and administration.

Most recently, Bennett has performed the function of interim director of information technology and operations for a $5 billion regional bank.  The role included an evaluation of the bank’s technology plan, resources, organization and required actions.  He resolved several internal issues, including user systems priorities, lack of planning, and network deficiencies.  Solutions required a major restructuring at all levels and an ROI assessment.  These actions, coupled with attention to project management, produced immediate results with over a dozen major projects completed in a short time frame.

Bennett’s analytical skills and high level technology exposure adds depth to the Harper McNeil, Inc. roster.

Lisa Armbrister joined Harper McNeil Consulting, Inc. in January 2001, bringing over 18 years of banking and systems experience to our Company. Lisa specializes in deposit and finance applications in a variety of technology packages. Her broad project management skills and attention to detail make her a valuable member of the Harper McNeil team.

Prior to joining HMC, Lisa worked as a self-employed consultant for over a year, serving community banks across Virginia and the Carolinas, focusing on “pre and post” conversion management and training development. Lisa comments, “Working as a consultant on my own, taught me more about defining and achieving customer satisfaction, than all my previous experiences put together.”

Before her career as a consultant, Lisa developed and fine-tuned information technology and project management skills as an officer and employee with Main Street Financial Corporation, a multi-state, regional banking concern based in Martinsville, Virginia. Lisa planned, scheduled and coordinated numerous financial application conversions for new institutions joining the Main Street family during it’s period of explosive growth during the 1990’s, through and including it’s ultimate acquisition by Branch Banking & Trust Company in 1999. Prior to becoming an officer, Lisa served in various management and staff capacities with Main Street Financial, it’s predecessors and also with Society Bank of Ohio (formerly Third National Bank based in Dayton).

Lisa’s quality-driven approach, extensive background, and well-developed skills make her ideal for helping to bring “sensible solutions to community and regional banks”.

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Myrna Ferguson joined Harper McNeil Consulting in January, 2001, bringing over 30 years of banking and systems experience to our company. Myrna specializes in loan applications in a variety of technology packages.

Before working as a consultant, Myrna worked as an officer with Main Street Financial Corporation, a multi-state, regional banking concern based in Martinsville, Virginia. Myrna planned, scheduled and coordinated loan application conversions for the many new acquisitions to the Main Street company during the 1990s prior to it’s acquisition by Branch Banking & Trust Company. During this time, she also managed the Loan Servicing (Operations) area for the company with responsibility for new loan input, investor accounting, escrow administration and quality control.

Myrna brings a great deal of management experience in loan administration and operations, customer service and servicing loans of all types. All of this experience was gained in a multi-bank holding company environment with responsibility for post-closing functions, data conversions of new acquisitions and staff training.

Myrna’s project management abilities combined with detail oriented knowledge meshes well with the overall goals of Harper McNeil Consulting, Inc. and she is a great asset to our company.