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Chris Otey

Executive Vice President & CRO CU 2.0. Financial Technology

Chris is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at CU 2.0, the Chairman of the Board at South Bay Credit Union and a Business Development Executive at Strategic Resource Management. In his role with CU 2.0 Chris is looking to create partnerships between FinTech providers and Credit Unions to allow them to compete and thrive in a constantly changing digital environment. Chris has been on the Board of Directors at South Bay Credit Union since 2007 and became the Chairman in 2017. In his role with SRM, Chris provides credit unions with Data Analytics Strategy reports and facilitates Board Strategic Planning session for SRM clients nationwide.

Previously, Chris was the Chief Revenue Officer at CU Wallet. Chris was with CU Wallet since its inception and was responsible for all revenue generated for the CUSO. In his role with CU Wallet, Chris worked to unite the Credit Union Industry behind a credit union led, credit union driven mobile wallet solution. He worked with Credit Unions, Merchants, other CUSO’s, State Leagues and Associations to create the credit union specific mobile payments ecosystem.

Chris spent eighteen years working in all facets of the Credit Union Division within Fiserv including XP Systems, Summit Information Systems, and LynxGate Solutions. Chris has sold, trained and installed core processing, EFT services, Wire Services, Internet Banking, Bill Pay, Mobile Solutions and Accounting Systems. Chris currently is on the CUNA Payments Subcommittee.

Mr. Otey earned a BA in Communications from California State University, Northridge.

Chris Otey