Bruce D. Carpenter -
Executive Vice President, Corporate Compliance & Business Development
Mr. Carpenter is a Co-Founder and Principal of
Harbour Bridge Ventures, Inc.
(www.HBVinc.com), a firm founded to offer funding assistance, IT and business process outsourcing, and corporate development advisory services to both established and emerging companies.
A former banker, Bruce served as Executive Vice President for a large U.S. commercial bank before moving to the software industry to assume the Presidency of a financial software company in 1983. In 1985, he helped found
CBS Worldwide and was continuously involved in the successful growth and senior management of this group. He continued to fill a senior executive role with
Fiserv after its acquisition of
CBS Worldwide and played a significant role in
Fiserv’s merger and acquisition activities until leaving Fiserv to found
Harbour Bridge Ventures in 2003. During his tenure with
CBS Worldwide he helped to grow CBS to over US$ 220 million in annual revenues while serving over 500 leading financial institutions in more than 55 countries on 6 continents from its principal offices in Orlando, FL; London, Singapore, Warsaw, and Sydney.
Fiserv, now the corporate parent of
CBS Worldwide, is the leading global provider of technology and technology management services to the financial services industry including banking, brokerage, insurance, and benefits administration. With over 4.5 billion US$ in annual revenues,
Fiserv serves over 17,000 clients worldwide. In addition to his responsibilities with
Fiserv CBS Worldwide, Mr. Carpenter also served a key role in
Fiserv’s merger and acquisition program and was responsible for developing and implementing
Fiserv’s formal processes for both M & A activities and those for integration of acquired businesses.
Mr. Carpenter has a unique blend of over thirty-five years of executive management experience in the consulting, venture capital and private equity, banking and technology industries and holds a Bachelors Degree (BA) from Lafayette College and Masters Degree (MBA) from Columbia University. Long viewed as an innovator in the application of technology to produce competitive advantage in the financial services industry, he has provided both strategic and IT consultancy to many leading, global financial service brands including, Citigroup, ABN Amro, Prudential, CIBC, BCP, Westpac, Bank of America, TD Waterhouse, GE Capital and many others, His practical experience includes not only the successful growth and management of CBS Worldwide and numerous other businesses but also the design, development and implementation of many banking applications and related delivery systems. His management experience also includes responsibility for strategy, marketing, sales, operations, technology, and non-technology-related functions as well as complete Balance Sheet and P. & L. responsibility.
bruce@IusJuris.com
