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 As a founding partner and Chief Executive Officer, Joe Gillen’s vision, leadership and passion for serving customers permeate throughout Pinnacle’s philosophy and culture. With a background spanning more than two decades in banking, Joe has experience in virtually every facet including sales, marketing, management, operations and program development. He has held high-level positions in some of the nation’s leading financial institutions, including Citicorp, Chase Manhattan Corp. and BISYS.
As an entrepreneur in his early days, Joe quickly recognized he possessed an affinity for scoping new markets and developing new programs. Throughout his career, he has called on his ability and talent to build exceptional teams, always providing the training and resources needed to be successful. Successful programs led to automating processes and developing new software programs. New software programs, in turn, opened new markets and new service offerings.
Today, Joe specializes in developing technology-based programs from inception to completion. In addition to his experience in major financial corporations, he has created, operated and sold a successful financial software business. This experience provided exposure to all areas of financial operations while giving him a view from “the other side” of the bank desk.
In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Joe remains actively involved in Pinnacle’s daily operations while keeping an eye to the future and developing additional solutions to serve our clients’ emerging needs.
Joe received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year® award in the Financial Services category for the Houston and Gulf Coast region in 2004.
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