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Personal and Business Banking Services | Atlantic Union Bank | Icebreaker

Personal and Business Banking Services | Atlantic Union Bank

Personal and Business Banking Services | Atlantic Union Bank

Atlantic Union Bank offers personal and business banking, loans, mortgages, and wealth management services across the Mid-Atlantic.

6 members

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AtlanticUnionBank.com

Members

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Executive Vice President Commercial and Industrial Banking

Colleen Crist, MBA

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Scaling Microsoft Partnerships & VAR Success

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Bachelor's of Science with a concentration in Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Alison Holt (CTP, CERP)

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A finance executive that is passionate about continuous improvement, with the ability to understand, discern and synthesize complex business, technology, and financial issues into real-world strategies. A forward thinker with a diverse range of analytical, business, and technical skills including business plan analysis, financial modeling, and risk management.

Priyanka Vallikuttiraja

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Java AWS Engineer with over 9 years of progressive IT experience, specializing in Java/J2EE development and modern cloud-native architecture. Demonstrated expertise in leading the design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-availability enterprise applications across AWS cloud platforms and microservices ecosystems. * Certified AWS Developer – Associate (valid until October 18, 2026) with hands-on experience in cloud-native development, infrastructure, and automation. * Extensive experience across the entire SDLC using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. * Strong proficiency in Amazon Web Services (AWS): ECS, SQS, SNS, Lambda, EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Load Balancers (ELB), Route 53, CloudFormation, IAM, and CloudWatch for scalable cloud infrastructure and monitoring. * Skilled in designing and deploying microservices architecture using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Netflix OSS Stack, with deep understanding of service discovery, centralized configuration, and load balancing. * In-depth knowledge of Java 17, including lambda expressions, stream API, nested access control, and modern utility methods for cleaner, efficient coding. * Experience in cloud migration of monolithic applications to microservices-based architecture with CI/CD automation. * Proficient in Spring Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring JDBC, and Spring AOP. * Strong experience in relational and NoSQL databases including MySQL, MongoDB, and DB2, with capabilities in writing optimized SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers. * Hands-on experience developing dynamic front-end components using Angular 17, integrating seamlessly with RESTful back-end services. * Extensive experience applying Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles such as encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction to design modular, maintainable, and scalable applications in Java. * Familiar with DevOps tools and practices, version control (Git), build tools (Maven), and scripting for infrastructure as code and automation workflows. * Solid understanding of RESTful and SOAP-based web services, and managing synchronous/asynchronous communication across distributed systems.

Merie Kowaleski

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Purpose-led and values-driven professional dedicated to supporting the strategic planning, development, and management of projects. Independent and team responsibilities to define vision, translate strategy into actionable plans, and drive business growth initiatives. Improves operations and compliance while championing strategies to deliver success by cultivating client and employee relationships, implementing continuous improvement and quality assurance strategies, and deploying learning and development initiatives. Highly skilled in working with leaders to carry out vision and initiatives in line with organizational goals. Strong ability to collaborate to provide meaningful and actionable information for confident decision-making. Instrumental in helping organizations achieve optimal business performance and improve the ease of doing business by identifying gaps in processes and inter-departmental issues that impede overall adoption and growth. Passion for rolling up sleeves, contributing to new programs, and leading the development of business solutions. Diligent and unwavering commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and leading others toward a common purpose.