Event Profile

Barry helps community financial institutions (FI) identify and act upon opportunities to optimize their performance by building and empowering a performance banking culture that transforms all levels of the FI. Barry draws upon a deep understanding of financial institutions’ operations gained through almost 25 years’ experience in Controller and CFO roles at The Banker’s Bank, Georgian Bank and NorthSide Bank. As CFO of NorthSide Bank, Barry helped transform the culture of the bank, enabling quicker, smarter decisions that saved the bank from failure during the great recession. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Kennesaw State University and earned his CPA license from the State of Georgia in 1998. Barry lives outside of Atlanta with his wife and son. He is an avid fisherman who enjoys competing in local and regional bass tournaments.

Paige Taylor Bennett is the Office Litigation Manager in the Silicon Valley, California, office and a Principal in the Houston, Texas, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She has a passion for helping her clients maneuver difficult workplace situations. Her diverse experience in many types of industries places her in an ideal position to advise about employment law developments and to defend her clients in state and federal courts nationwide. As a former California prosecutor, Paige first-chaired nearly two dozen jury trials, and she thrives in litigation, from wage and hour class actions and trade secret infringement claims to employment discrimination lawsuits. She has represented clients from Fortune 500 companies to tech, energy, and financial-sector companies. Paige is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION CLISTON V. “DOC” BODINE, III. Mr. Bodine is the Managing Director of the Memphis based law firm of Gerrish Smith Tuck, PC, Attorneys, and Gerrish Smith Tuck Consultants, LLC. Mr. Bodine’s legal and consulting practice places special emphasis on compliance matters, bank regulatory matters, strategic planning, examination issues and appeals, enforcement actions (formal and informal), civil money penalties (“CMPs”), expense practices, incentive compensation issues, regulatory applications, removal and prohibition matters, bank insurance issues, fraud and other internal investigations, corporate reorganizations, holding company formation and use, mergers and acquisitions, branch sale or purchase, corporate governing documents and practices, golden parachute payment and indemnification issues, and general banking and corporate law. He is a graduate of University of Georgia (B.S., Accounting, 2000, magna cum laude; Masters of Accounting, 2001; and J.D., 2004,

Joe Ehrhardt is the CEO and founder of Teslar Software, that improve productivity and increase data accuracy throughout community financial institutions. In his role as CEO, Ehrhardt shapes the company’s strategic vision, oversees team culture and ensures employees have access to the resources they need to serve Teslar’s clients. Ehrhardt has more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry. He began his career as a teller at Arvest Bank and later joined ANB Financial as the bank’s first software developer and built a dedicated team challenging what banks could do with technology. Ehrhardt’s team built the bank’s internet banking system, exceptions system, gift card system, onboarding, doc prep and led a team dedicated to business process reengineering. While working in the banking industry, Ehrhardt witnessed firsthand the impact that these institutions have on local consumers and small businesses. The power of community banking inspired him to create Teslar to pro