Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Steve Rust joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in 2004 and was named to his current position in October of 2007. He brings over 30 years of relevant industry experience to Banner Bank’s management team. Prior to joining Banner Bank, he was founder and president of InfoSoft Technology, where he was a consultant and interim IT Manager/CIO for banks and insurance companies. In addition, he worked for 19 years with US Bank/West One Bancorp as Senior Vice President, Information Systems and MGIC Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation as IT Project Manager. He is a graduate of Concordia College/MBT with a business degree. He has also attended IBM Executive Institute, AIB and BAI Banking Institute (Management and Bank Operations).