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Stillwater, OK-based Southwest Bancorp has Appointed James Bygland as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Southwest Bancorp (Southwest) is the bank holding company for the Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company (Stillwater National) and Bank of Kansas. Through its subsidiaries, Southwest offers commercial and consumer lending, deposit services. Southwest has developed Internet banking services, called SNB DirectBanker, for consumer and commercial customers, a highly automated lockbox, document imaging, and information service for commercial customers called SNB Digital Lockbox, and deposit products that automatically sweep excess funds from commercial demand deposit accounts and invest them in interest bearing funds (Sweep Agreements). Southwest has six segments: Oklahoma Banking, Texas Banking, Kansas Banking, Out of Market, loans originated for sale in the secondary market (Secondary Market) and Other Operations. Portfolio loans are allocated based upon the state of the borrower or the location of the real estate in the case of real estate loans.
About the Person
James Bygland is a highly experienced Technology and Operations Executive who brings 20 years of technical and operations technology planning to Southwest. Previously, Bygland was CIO, Executive Vice President at West Coast Bancorp in Salem, Oregon where he directed all Information Technology resource planning, budgeting and operational initiatives. He also has served as Senior Vice President for Alex Sheshunoff Management Services in Austin, Texas and as a Vice President with FiServ, Inc. in the San Antonio, Texas market. Bygland is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. He will oversee all Operations, Information Services and Loan Services departments for the company. Bygland will office in Southwest's headquarter city, Stillwater, OK.
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