John Ahrendt brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as a leader focused on creating value from data.  He was most recently Senior Vice President of Customer Data and Analytics at Wells Fargo Bank, where for 16 years, he was responsible for delivering business results across a portfolio of business initiatives, including marketing, customer relationship management, risk management, and customer experience.  John has led global teams providing architecture, application development, platform management and operations of large-scale data and analytics environments.  He previously held senior management positions with responsibility for information management at ETrade and Bank of America.  John holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota.