Stop Renting Your Own Data Back
Most community banks don't truly own their data—their core provider does. Every new reporting request, AI initiative, regulatory question, or board presentation often depends on the same vendor, working on the vendor's timeline.
Regent Bank decided that model was no longer sustainable.
In this session, Jason Barr, SVP & Chief Technology Officer at Regent Bank, joins Lee Easton, President of iDENTIFY, to share how Regent modernized its data strategy by investing in a cloud data platform. Together, they'll discuss what sparked the initiative, how the conversation reached the board, the compliance and governance questions that surfaced, and why the bank chose a Snowflake-powered cloud data warehouse instead of expanding its on-premises infrastructure.
You'll also hear how iDENTIFY and Snowflake partnered with Regent throughout the implementation process—what the bank handled internally, where implementation partners accelerated the project, and what changed once Regent gained ownership of its own data.
Many community banks assume data modernization requires a large engineering team or a year-long IT project. Regent's experience tells a different story.
If your institution is looking to improve reporting, prepare for AI, reduce vendor dependency, or build a modern data foundation, this session offers practical insights from a bank that's already done it.
What We'll Cover
- Why Regent Bank invested in a cloud data platform
- Cloud vs. on-prem: how the decision was made
- Why Regent selected Snowflake for its data warehouse
- What implementation actually looked like
- How implementation partners reduced internal workload
- The impact of owning your bank's data
- Lessons learned for community banks beginning their modernization journey
Key Takeaways
- How Regent justified the investment to its board—even though the project wasn't customer-facing
- Why the bank chose a cloud platform instead of expanding its on-prem infrastructure
- Snowflake from the perspective of a community bank, not a large enterprise
- What internal resources were required—and where implementation partners carried the work
- How owning your data improves reporting, analytics, AI readiness, and decision-making
- Practical advice for technology leaders evaluating a modern banking data platform
Who's on the Panel
- Jason Barr — SVP & Chief Technology Officer, Regent Bank
- Lee Easton — President, iDENTIFY
Can't make it live? Register anyway—we'll send you the recording.
