SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Weldon "Butch" Leonardson, a former credit union VP, has been selected to lead Cornerstone Advisors' new IT leadership development efforts.
Leonardson joins Cornerstone after 30 years of experience in IT leadership, including serving since 1999 as SVP and chief information officer at BECU in Seattle, where he helped pioneer multi-channel delivery at the credit union.
"Butch has lived and breathed technology and we are excited to have such a proven leader to direct our IT Leadership development efforts," said Scott Sommer, president and CEO of Cornerstone Advisors. "Butch knows It from the trenches to the C-suite, so he is the ideal coach to a CIO or CTO."
Leonardson is set to lead a specialized executive coaching service for financial services IT professionals, and Cornerstone has invested heavily in IT leadership efforts. Among those efforts is the first "School of IT Leadership," which will be offered in September 2015 in partnership with CUES.
"We couldn't be more excited to have such a well-known industry leader act as the foundation for an innovative new executive educational offering," said Christopher Stevenson, VP of professional development and innovation at CUES.
