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Kirby A. Snitker

Dubuque,IA

Summary

Strategic-minded and results-oriented individual offering over 30 years of successfully establishing and maintaining good working relationships with members while demonstrating a passion for cultivating partnerships and improving productivity and profitability. Solid team player responsible for guiding the development, orchestration and communication of corporate strategy, insights and innovation. Focused on creative problem solving and strong analytical skills to maximize employee engagement and performance.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Strategic Services Manager

DuTrac Community Credit Union
Dubuque, IA
09.1998 - Current
  • Responsible for development, summarizing and presenting financial and business information to the credit union team from various reporting environments such as our database and data warehouse, financial ledger systems and third-party environments.
  • Actively identified ongoing strategic needs and new growth opportunities, coordinated and communicated related plans and objectives, priority areas of focus, and established a strategic culture that applies intelligence analysis, key performance indicators, program measurement and accountability in alignment and execution against the Credit Unions strategic objectives.
  • Created insightful, actionable cases for strategic initiatives that challenge the status quo in member experience, products, services, channels, competition, and the economic and marketing environment affecting the Credit Union.
  • Identify trends and potential opportunities to champion strategic recommendations and decisions.
  • Constructed and presented to executive management business development plan with relevant, timely content that steers strategic discussions supporting business growth and development for DuTrac Community to achieve objectives.
  • Analyzed market customer information files designed to target market segmentations which improved DuTrac's image and brand management that spurred new membership growth.
  • Directed and lead DuTrac’s merchant credit card program from implementation to promotion and sales with ninety merchants.

Loan Officer

FNB of Dubuque/Hawkeye Bank/Mercantile Bank/Firstar Bank/US Bank
Dubuque, IA
05.1993 - 09.1998
  • Executed direct financing, indirect financing, and home equity lines of credit while overseeing all consumer delinquent accounts.
  • Responsible for overall growth and credit quality of a $7.0 million, seven hundred account individual loan portfolio.
  • Implemented auto financing program, soliciting new and existing clients/businesses for enrollment.
  • Responsible for all underwriting on consumer and home equity applications.
  • Supervised compliance of Bank policy procedures in all credit and collection operations.

Assistant Manager

ITT Financial Services
Dubuque, IA
11.1991 - 05.1993
  • Facilitated all mortgage and consumer lending activities.
  • Managed all profit and loss recovery - consistently surpassing budget through effective skip tracing and solid collection techniques.
  • Resolved small claims cases as well as actual representation in court proceedings not requiring an attorney.

Education

Graduate Degree in Bank Administration -

University of Wisconsin-Madison
07.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Finance -

University of Northern Iowa
05.1991

Skills

  • Excellent business writing and oral communication skills with an outstanding ability to communicate with all types of people
  • Prolific in improving strategic and tactical analysis and decision making while improving profitability
  • Highly resourceful with strong emotional intelligence, self-motivation and strong work ethic
  • Ability to navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Highly organized with attention to detail

Certification

  • Certified Credit Union Executive (CCUE)
  • Certified Financial Services Professional (CFSP)
  • Credit Union Development Educator (CUDE)
  • Certified Credit Union Lending Specialist
  • Graduate of the Iowa Bankers Association Credit School
  • Graduate of Leadership Dubuque

Civic Involvement

  • Fundraising Leadership, Board Membership and Classroom Teacher for Junior Achievement
  • Dubuque Jaycees
  • United Way
  • Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Stonehill Foundation
  • Dubuque West Side Business Association
  • Dubuque Area Credit Grantors' Association
  • St. Luke's United Methodist Church
  • Alzheimer's Association
  • NICC Ag Finance / Finance Advisory Committee
  • Dubuque Community Schools Mentoring Program

Timeline

Strategic Services Manager

DuTrac Community Credit Union
09.1998 - Current

Loan Officer

FNB of Dubuque/Hawkeye Bank/Mercantile Bank/Firstar Bank/US Bank
05.1993 - 09.1998

Assistant Manager

ITT Financial Services
11.1991 - 05.1993

Graduate Degree in Bank Administration -

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Arts - Finance -

University of Northern Iowa
  • Certified Credit Union Executive (CCUE)
  • Certified Financial Services Professional (CFSP)
  • Credit Union Development Educator (CUDE)
  • Certified Credit Union Lending Specialist
  • Graduate of the Iowa Bankers Association Credit School
  • Graduate of Leadership Dubuque
Kirby A. Snitker