Dr. Kent Belasco is presently Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for First Midwest Bank, N.A. based in Itasca, Illinois. He is responsible for all facets of information technology at First Midwest, including the application of technology and the attainment of benefits resulting from improved efficiency and productivity.

Dr. Belasco has 29 years experience in banking and consulting with companies such as Citicorp, Exchange National Bank (now LaSalle Bank), Deloitte and Touche, and First Midwest Bank. He has extensive experience in productivity, project management, general management, and information systems management, and is the author of several publications in these areas, including: Bank Productivity (1990), Earnings Enhancement Handbook for Financial Institutions (1991), Managing Bank Conversions (1996), and Bank Systems Management (1998), Branch Administration Management Service and Controlling Operating Costs published by Sheshunoff, most recently. In addition Dr. Belasco has authored a number of articles on information technology and efficiency.

He holds multiple degrees and certifications including a BA from Lake Forest College, an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and a doctorate in business education from Northern Illinois University. He also is a certified public accountant, licensed in Illinois, and a certified financial planner.

Dr. Belasco has conducted numerous speaking engagements, domestic and international, on various management and information technology topics. He has taught at the Bank Administration Institute’s graduate schools of banking and operations and technology. Dr. Belasco is presently an adjunct professor of finance at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois.