Barry Purdy
Regional President @Dream First Bank
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WORK HISTORY
Regional President @Dream First Bank
Responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and performance of banking operations for multiple locations in Kansas and Oklahoma. Develop strategies that balance growth, profitability, and sound credit risk management. Ensure the delivery of superior customer service, strong community engagement, and achievement of financial goals.Impact highlights. Lead, manage, and support branch leadership and staff. Drive strategic growth in deposits, loans, and fee-based income. Cultivate a strong culture of customer service, operational excellence, and compliance. Develop and maintain strong relationships with commercial clients, civic leaders, and key stakeholders. Serve as a community ambassador representing the bank at local events, boards, and initiatives. Ensure regulatory compliance and adherence to internal policies and procedures. Collaborate with executive leadership to align market goals with overall bank objectives.
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ABOUT BARRY PURDY
Being raised by parents who grew up on family farms and were highly visible in the community, my dad as a banker and my mom as a 4-H project leader, I learned early in life the value of hard work, resourcefulness, and ambition. A high importance was placed on education so after graduating from Kansas State University with my bachelor’s in Agribusiness, I completed my master’s. Since then, I have worked in both large and small community banks where I have been able to truly drive change around organizational performance.Today as a proactive community banking executive and board member I am a trusted thought partner and collaborator sought out for strategic insight at all levels of the bank, having served as chairman of loan, credit, risk and special asset committees while driving operational improvements. I am skilled in developing and implementing procedures, policies, processes, and teams, and business development around multiple loan types. By blending deep industry knowledge, community relationships and business savvy with integrity, adaptability, and commitment to excellence I deliver results in key areas. Executive Leadership – In multiple roles provided vision and strategy to elevate organizational and team performance, in one case recruiting lending talent and building capability to acquire and service larger and more complex customers.Governance – Created bank’s first formalized processes, policies, and procedural infrastructure establishing values-driven culture and long-term consistent performance in loan portfolio that grew by eight figures. Process / Operations Improvement – Identified inefficiencies in credit integrity and loan processing that were compromising growth; centralized credit and loan operation departments providing relationship managers with more time for business development.Market Expansion – Developed new markets and loan targets, including building branches and teams to service double digit growth in loans while generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.Portfolio Growth – Throughout career added client categories and loan volumes valued in the tens of millions of dollars and expanded existing loan relationships in both rural and metro markets by double digit percent.
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