Michael R. Vizard

Vizard tapped as Cross Keys chief
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Michael Rene Vizard has been named Cross Keys Bank's president and chief executive, replacing longtime president William W. Watson.
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"Bill is a great adviser and a great friend, and he has led this bank through a period of great growth," said Vizard, who is Benjamin Watson's son-in-law.
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Vizard, 47, who joined the 103-year-old bank in 1992, has most recently been the bank's chief operations officer.He is also president of the Cross Keys Insurance Agency.

The new Cross Keys president, an LSU graduate, is a director of the newly formed Bankers Insurance Center, a coalition of community banks that will market and sell insurance.Vizard's office is in the bank's headquarters in St. Joseph.

Vizard said he plans to engineer measured growth for the bank.

"Going forward, our mission is to manage growth at a pace to allow us to take advantage of opportunities as they arise," he said.

Michael R. Vizard, Northeast RegionPresident & Chief Executive Officer of Cross Keys Bank in St. Joseph

Michael R. Vizard - President & CEOmvizard@ckbonline.com

Michael Rene Vizard, a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Louisiana State University, has been with Cross Keys Bank since 1992 and has spearheaded the recent advances made as we increasingly depend on rapidly changing technology to provide competitive products and services to our clients, while meeting the complex and unrelenting "compliance" demands from the regulators.Wearing many hats, he is President of Cross Keys Insurance Co, our wholly owned subsidiary, offering property and casualty products, that is up and running in St. Joseph and at our location in the Cross Keys Bank Building on Hudson Lane in Monroe.

"In order to continue providing our customers with a world-class experience by extending this service channel to them, we needed to maximize our ATM channel's financials, and even more importantly, the channel's performance," said Michael Vizard, president and CEO of Cross Keys.
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"Our local Diebold team was 'Johnny-on-the-spot' when it came to resolving minor technical issues, and our sales representative stayed with us long after the sale to assure things were moving along efficiently," Vizard said.

Michael VizardVice PresidentCross Keys Bank, St. Joseph(Term expires 2001)

"In order to continue providing our customers with a world-class experience by extending this service channel to them, we needed to maximize our ATM channel's financials, and even more importantly, the channel's performance," said Michael Vizard, president and CEO of Cross Keys."We knew from our evaluation that this channel was very popular with our customers, so we decided to look at alternative ways to manage it.Diebold Integrated Services enabled us to combine and manage our ATM and debit card programs while allowing our staff to focus more on customers and less on the operation of the channel."Under the outsourcing agreement, Diebold's Integrated Services solution will provide ATMs, transaction processing, card management, software, monitoring, help desk services and custom ATM screens.Additionally, Diebold will provide on-site and depot repair service for the bank's existing and newly installed ATMs."Our local Diebold team was 'Johnny-on-the-spot' when it came to resolving minor technical issues, and our sales representative stayed with us long after the sale to assure things were moving along efficiently," Vizard said.

Northeast Region Representative: Michael R. Vizard, president and chief executive officer of Cross Keys Bank in St. Joseph

Other LBA directors for the upcoming year are: Community Bank Group Representative Monty Adams, president and chief executive officer of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia; Southwest Region Representative Glen Bertrand, president and chief executive officer of City Savings Bank in DeRidder; Community Bank Group Representative Ronnie Darden, president and chief executive officer of Homeland Federal Savings Bank in Columbia; Northwest Region Representative William E. Dorroh, president and chief executive officer of Community Bank of Louisiana in Mansfield; Central Region Representative Ken Hale, president and chief executive officer of Bank of Montgomery; Capitol Region Representative Ray Kron, president and chief executive officer of Bank of Greensburg; Acadiana Region Representative Donnie Landry, executive vice president of MidSouth Bank in Lafayette; Community Bank Group Representative Stephen Panepinto, president and chief executive officer of Plaquemine Bank and Trust; Robert T. Taylor, chief executive officer of Louisiana Bankers Association in Baton Rouge.

Michael R. Vizard, Northeast Region President & Chief Executive Officer of Cross Keys Bank in Saint Joseph

Cross Keys Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Vizard said the move worked out well for the bank and the town.The approach to a new bridge across the Ouachita River in Sterlington will cut through the property.

"We were able to cut a deal with the town and were able to help each other," Vizard said.