George is a banker with over 20 years experience in banking and financial services, and 15 years of hands on banking transformation experience in North, Central, and South America. Whether helping executive management define transformational strategy or leading a transformation program, banking transformation is George's full-time job. Consistently helping lead banks through transformation has provided George with the opportunity to become a thought leader in the fast growing banking transformation speciality. Working with SAP as their Senior Banking Advisor for the SAP North American practice, helping grow their practice, define North American requirements, and leading the largest SAP Banking implementation in the world has provided George with additional insight into the challenges and benefits of core banking replacements as part of an overall banking transformation strategy. Previous experiences, best practices, transformational strategies, and practical guidance and advice will be the hallmarks of George's blog. Unlike the other blogs, which primarily focus on Core Banking Solutions, George's blogs will focus on banking transformational strategy and will cover a wide variety of topics related to defining strategy and executing transformations.