As a young lender, my big customer pretended to have also forgotten his passport on our trip with my boss to a processing plant in Canada. Sometimes you have your customer’s back and sometimes they have yours.

Outside of work, I enjoy distance running with friends, motorcycle trips, playing ukulele, drawing and anything my daughter is into. My favorite community tradition for the past 10+ years would be the neighborhood rebuilding projects called GreenNFit, that Revitalize CDC has held in Springfield, Holyoke and Chicopee.

We genuinely are interested and able to customize lending & depository solutions for our clients. While standardization and automation have their place, each business or individual we serve, experiences change, varies in their priorities and is unique.

I have been a commercial banker for 24 years, and love the opportunity to learn new things from my customers and colleagues every day. Some of the most rewarding experiences as a lender have been when a company is going through a financial challenge, many difficult discussions and negotiations are had and you find a path together to solid ground on the other end, knowing that a different group of people might not have made it there.

Our success is measured by their success, when they achieve their goals. That is when we know that we are are truly their financial partner and trusted advisor.

Outside of work, I enjoy woodworking, golfing and maintaining our hobby farm with my beautiful wife Erin. I’m committed to this area and am always willing to help out when needed. I’m involved with Access Care Partners and Mass. 4-H Foundation and participate with numerous 4-H events throughout the year.

For me, it’s all about helping this area, where we live and work, grow. I truly believe in the Mutual Bank structure, which allows us at Country Bank to give more back to the communities we serve, through financial support and volunteer hours.

For over 25-years, I have been partnering with business, non-profits and institutional entities, specializing in tailored solutions that make them more efficient, safe and successful.

For me, it’s all about helping this area, where we live and work, grow. I truly believe in the Mutual Bank structure, which allows us at Country Bank to give more back to the communities we serve, through financial support and volunteer hours.