Dean Haacker is a global technology executive that delivered more than $3 billion in business value for leading companies. He is an expert team builder, change agent and negotiator with a track record of success in large-scale programs, transformations, turnarounds, sourcing and operational excellence. He is a SixSigma Black Belt and ITIL certified.
Dean is currently CTO for The PrivateBank and Trust Company, a Chicago-based commercial banking organization serving clients from coast to coast. He leads the development of new products, processes, and standards to support corporate strategies; manages the daily performance of all technology services and related service providers; and delights clients and enables growth through new technology services and operations excellence. Dean helped grow The PrivateBank from $14 billion in assets in 2013 to over $19 billion in 2016. The PrivateBank recently announced plans to merge with CIBC, a leading Canadian bank, in 2017 pending regulatory and stockholder approval.
Dean was previously CTO for the $1.2 billion North America Consumer segment of The Nielsen Company. He was responsible for program delivery, operations excellence, and cost leadership for over 300 critical revenue-producing and client-facing systems.Dean led the new client implementations for Walmart, Safeway and Kellogg’s that enabled over $100 million revenue growth for Nielsen.
Dean previously led the Office of the CIO at Motorola with responsibilities for Strategy, Architecture, Quality, Compliance, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Supplier Management and Financial Management.
