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Our Team

Operators who have held the seat.

Senior bankers who have run these functions inside institutions under real regulatory pressure, not advisors who have studied them from outside.

Stephen K. Curry, Founder at Endurance Advisory
Stephen K. Curry
Founder
40+ years in banking leadership
Led a national mortgage originator through its conversion into a chartered bank, and served as President of Beal Bank, a $23 billion wholesale institution.
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Praful Mainker, Chief Methodologist at Endurance Advisory
Praful Mainker
Chief Methodologist
30+ years in AI & risk methodology
Former Chief Risk Officer at community banks and a risk executive at JPMorgan, holding multiple US patents in AI and data science.
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Sandip Bhatlawande, AI Platform Lead at Endurance Advisory
Sandip Bhatlawande
AI Platform Lead
15+ years in banking & fintech
Built the compliance automation platform behind the firm's AI capability, after eleven years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and a community bank core conversion.
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Joseph Siegel, Credit and M&A at Endurance Advisory
Joe Siegel
Credit & M&A
40+ years in credit & lending
Chief Risk Officer at Beal Bank and Global Head of Credit and Lending Product Solutions at JPMorgan Chase.
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Larry Gordon, Governance and BSA/AML at Endurance Advisory
Larry Gordon
Governance & BSA/AML
30+ years in governance & BSA/AML
Senior risk and compliance roles at Huntington Bank and Bank of America, working across all three lines of defense.
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Steven Patrick, Liquidity and Capital at Endurance Advisory
Steven Patrick
Liquidity & Capital
30+ years in liquidity & capital
Chief Risk Officer for institutions from fintech startups to a $2 billion regional bank, and eight years at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
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Steve Nickolson, Operations and Digital Transformation at Endurance Advisory
Steve Nickolson
Operations & Digital Transformation
25+ years in bank operations
Chief Operations Officer and later Chief Information Officer at ServisFirst Bank, one of the industry's most efficient institutions.
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Charley Clampett
IT Risk & Security
25+ years in IT risk & security
Led technology infrastructure for the Countrywide Mortgage integration and the LaSalle Bank acquisition, after 25 years at Bank of America.
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Donna Osborne, Operations and Merger Integration at Endurance Advisory
Donna Osborne
Operations & Merger Integration
46 years in operations & conversions
Led operations conversions in more than twelve major bank mergers, and helped build the technology foundation at Bank of America that supported them.
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Mike Kaplan, Digital Banking and Experience at Endurance Advisory
Mike Kaplan
Digital Banking & Experience
20+ years in digital banking
Served as Chief Product Officer at a consumer fintech and led more than $250 million in digital transformation programs at Deloitte Digital.
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Letitia Imel, Senior Director, Program Manager at Endurance Advisory
Letitia Imel
Senior Director and Program Manager
15+ years in program & marketing operations
Coordinates de novo bank and charter application programs, keeping regulatory and technical workstreams aligned to a filing date.
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Dan Ward, Strategic Partner, Senior Executive Advisor at Endurance Advisory
Dan Ward
Strategic Partner, Senior Executive Advisor
20+ years in financial services leadership
Led the FleetBoston merger integration and the Merrill Lynch integration across 23 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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