His product additions and accomplishments made the credit union relevant and viable.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE, June 19, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gordon Simmons has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Simmons served as the former president/chief executive officer, treasurer, and secretary of the board of directors for the Service Credit Union in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Drawing on years of professional expertise in finance, he excelled as an industry leader and pioneered the enhanced use of technology to vastly improve the success of Service Credit Union affording growth in the billions in assets, a ten-fold growth under his tenure. Throughout his career, Mr. Simmons achieved much. Through the introduction of technology driven products and services, Mr. Simmons led improvements that afforded the credit union's vast membership, spread around the world, 24/7 service and access to their financial accounts. His product additions and accomplishments made the credit union relevant and viable. In addition to improving member services by adding in-branch and online foreign exchange services and a Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO), he led the effort to construct several new branch offices and, most notably, building a new Corporate Offices in which to better serve the financial requirements of current members and future member growth through increased 24/7 staffing and financial product offerings of the Credit Union. Prior to joining Service Credit Union. Mr. Simmons served in the United States Army Finance Corps, Headquarters, Staff Finance, 7th Army Support Command.
Driven to remain abreast of changes in the field after his retirement. Mr. Simmons established a user cost free online financial education website offering online educational information on budgeting, checkbook balancing, investments, savings, economics and shopping for credit (www.gordonsimmonsceo.com). Mr. Simmons served as Chairman on the America's Credit Union Museum Foundation (ACUM), the Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC), the Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN) and the New Hampshire Credit Union League (NHCUL). An expert in his field, he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Maryland and an MBA in quantitative analysis from the University of Utah. In light of his professional achievements. Mr. Simmons received the President's Volunteer Service Award from the then President George W. Bush.
While his career has been filled with highlights, Mr. Simmons takes the most pride in leading the improvements that allowed the Credit Union's vast clientele 24/7 service and access to their financial accounts. The cornerstone of his success lay in his reliability and hard work. Looking toward the future, Mr. Simmons aims to volunteer in his community in an effort to continue to serve those in need of financial advice and assistance.
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