Curry Pelot

Curry Pelot is the CIO and founder of FI Navigator. He is a recognized leader with a passion for using technology to solve problems and improve process. He has facilitated strategic planning sessions for bank executives and worked on merger and acquisition advisory teams. He is focused on building automated models to provide profit analysis, site analysis, controlling interest valuations, marketing plans and risk management. Prior to founding FI Navigator, he served as CIO and founder of Persint, Inc., a startup that developed an online solution to provide consumers with objective analysis of their financial health versus peers of similar life stage including appropriate solutions to improve net worth, maximize cash flow and manage risks. Before that venture he co-founded BancIntelligence.com and led the development of the BancAnalyst platform. BancIntelligence.com was successfully acquired by Fiserv in 2007. He then served as CIO of the Bank Intelligence division of Fiserv. He also served as senior vice president for U.S. Banking Alliance. Pelot holds a bachelor of business administration degree in Banking and Finance from The University of Georgia and a Master’s degree in strategic planning and entrepreneurship from Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business. He has frequently spoken for state and national financial institution trade associations, led classes at America’s Community Bankers National School of Banking and the Community Bankers Association of Georgia Community School, and authored several articles published in banking industry magazines.