QCR Holdings, Inc. announced Chief Information Officer (CIO) Reba Winter has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO).
“We are pleased to announce that we have promoted Reba Winter to Chief Operating Officer of the Company,” said Larry J. Helling, Chief Executive Officer. “In her prior role as Chief Information Officer, Reba has led our Company through several very successful projects, including the integration and conversion of our recent acquisition of Guaranty Bank. Reba has also demonstrated a deep understanding of the intersection of technology and operations and their impact on how we serve our clients.”
In her new role, Winter will continue to report to Todd Gipple, President and Chief Financial Officer of the company.
“Reba’s promotion to COO is a reflection of her incredibly strong performance as CIO and our desire to better align and integrate our Technology and Operations teams,” said Gipple. “She will lead our newly created TechOps Group that combines our Information Technology, Loan Operations, and Deposit Operations units as we harness the synergy of expertise and knowledge this combination creates. This alignment and Reba’s talent and leadership will continue our focus on exceptional client service while positioning us for further digitization through process automation and new technologies.”
Prior to joining the Company in June 2019, Winter was the Vice President of Enterprise Applications and User Experience at Qualcomm, a global semiconductor company. Prior to Qualcomm, she spent 26 years at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA with increasing leadership responsibilities in technology and operations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry from Coe College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
QCR Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Moline, IL, is a multi-bank holding company, which serves the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo/Cedar Valley, Des Moines/Ankeny, and Springfield communities through its wholly owned subsidiary banks, and also engages in commercial leasing through its wholly owned subsidiary, m2 Equipment Finance LLC based in Milwaukee, WI.