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Nathan Church
Vice President & Information Technology Manager
Columbia River Bank
Bio: Nathan
discovered his fascination with technology at age 9,
writing his first programs on a computer received as
a Christmas present. Over the next several years of
self-study and pre-Internet bulletin board
collaboration, he built numerous computers and
trained office staff how to use business
productivity software before starting his own
consulting company in 1994. He joined Columbia River
Bank in 1999 and built their core infrastructure
into the efficient operation it is today. Nathan led
the organization to become an early adopter of Cisco
VoIP and partnered with Microsoft on rapid
deployment programs. Utilizing storage area
networks, virtualization, automated failover
technologies and disk-based backup systems, Nathan’s
team of IT professionals keeps costs down while
meeting enterprise business needs. Nathan chairs the
Oregon Bankers Association Technology Committee, has
served on the advisory boards of various IT
conferences and has been cited in articles in ICBA
Independent Banker Magazine and Bank Systems &
Technology.
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CHAPTER VICE CHAIR -
Michael Calderon, INX
With more than 30+ years of experience in
architecting IT business solutions, Mike contributes
to the financial development, strategy, assessment,
design, planning, and deployment of IT technologies
meeting business objectives serving a multitude of
verticals including Gov/Ed, banking/financial,
healthcare, retail, aero-defense, high tech,
transportation and many others. Mike’s technical
knowledge spans multiple areas of the IT
infrastructure including operations, desktop
systems, server platforms/mainframes, operating
systems, application software, networks, data
storage and business continuance. By leveraging
strong financial, analytic and communication skills
with operational experiences, deep technical
knowledge and system interdependencies awareness,
Mike has architected IT solutions with a keen eye
towards finding cost-effective ways to meet the
strategic goals for many organization.
Mike’s knowledge draws on formal business education
from Regis University in Denver and Long Beach State
University (BS), plus diverse experiences as a
member of USAF Strategic Deterrence Force (NORAD)
and the following positions held in various
companies such as; IBM mainframe and networking
technical support, operations manager, director of
systems engineering, product marketing manager,
solution architect-consultant, sales/technical
trainer, account manager and “technology
evangelist”. Mike has performed all of these roles
for some of the world’s largest computer, VAR and
networking companies including IBM, NCR, ATT, McDATA,
EMC, Cisco, Optistor, Incentra and INX. Presently at
INX, Mike provides thought leadership around IT
Infrastructures modernization with Cloud Computing &
Virtualization focusing on the business and
financial benefits of transforming IT to
“Infrastructure as a Service”.
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