Strategic Resource Management
Richard Whiddon has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. In their most recent role, they served as the SVP of Business Development at Strategic Resource Management (SRM), where they successfully guided over 1,050 organizations to gain $2.4 billion in value by lowering costs, enhancing revenues, and increasing productivity in areas such as payments, digital transformation, and operational efficiency. Prior to that, Richard was the VP of Digital Acquisition Sales at MeridianLink, a leading provider of enterprise business solutions for financial service organizations. Richard also held the position of VP of US Sales at CRIF Lending Solutions, where they led the sales and marketing functions for the company's portfolio of consumer lending, business lending, deposit account opening, and analytics solutions. Earlier in their career, Richard held various sales and marketing roles at D+H U.S. Operation, uMonitor, Thoughtware, and Bryan Foods. With their extensive experience in sales and marketing, Richard has developed expertise in account acquisition, cross-selling strategies, and digital account acquisition for consumer loans and deposits.
From 1981 to 1985, Richard Whiddon attended The University of Memphis where they focused their studies on Statistics and Marketing. However, the information does not specify whether they completed a degree during this time.
Strategic Resource Management
SRM’s 25 years of experience in contract negotiations provides financial institutions with the benchmarks and processes necessary to improve their bottom line. More than 500 banks and credit unions have received savings of more than $3 million for every $1 billion in asset size. In total, SRM has helped clients gain $2.2 billion in projects acrossbusiness areas including cards, payments, core processing, and more. SRM’s compensation is performance-based with the firm’s fees dependent upon its clients’ actual, measurable savings.