David Sells

Seeking a leadership support role in Lending, Operations, Finance, Service and/or Administration. Experience with 'Encompass,' 'Abrigo,' and 'nCino/Salesforce' Bank Operating Systems. Proven Lending, Operations, Financial, Service and Administration specialist. Experience strengthening corporate performance through initiative-taking orchestration of internal controls, process improvement, needs analysis and effective troubleshooting. Skilled in analyzing, devising, and executing cost saving initiatives through leading cross-functional teams. Reputation for building trust, client relationships, and exceeding customer expectations. Strong oral/written communications and solutions leading to bottom-line increases.

• Selected to orchestrate a mandatory merger of the Greater Baltimore Federal Credit Union with the State Department Federal Credit Union with assets of $7M and $1.6B respectively. Successfully completed all aspects of the process within established federal time limits.
• Directed the conversion of a $15M mutual savings bank to a capital stock savings bank.
• Monitored for Nielsen / Arbitron the daily activities of over one hundred pre-selected households using new data mining technology. Data captured for nationwide Radio and TV consumer research advertising collateral.
• Supervised migration of accounting systems and standards from Duron Paint & Wallcoverings post-acquisition. Collaborated with team to reduce retail store payroll expense by $250,000.
• Reduced merchandise inventory loss expense by $1.2M over five years for Nordstrom Inc.
• Selected to relocate from Baltimore, MD to set up Nordstrom's credit card operations in Scottsdale, AZ, after its corporate move from Denver, CO.
• Initiated a tracking tool to monitor hourly retail sales; developed staffing schedules to match peak sales periods.