Automation vendor UiPath in May added a former Google Cloud executive as its co-chief executive.

Robert Enslin became co-CEO on May 16, joining co-founder Daniel Dines as the robotic process automation (RPA) vendor looks to clear $1 billion in revenue for the year. Enslin most recently served as president of cloud sales at Google Cloud, where he led field operations and tripled the size of the sales organization, according to a release. Prior to Google Cloud, Enslin spent 27 years at German software titan SAP, where he led sales and business development efforts for the company’s cloud portfolio.

The hiring will allow Dines, who founded UiPath in 2005, to focus on “culture, vision and product innovation,” while Enslin scales business activities, according to a release.

Temenos appoints new president for Americas

Roman Bartik is now president for Americas at Swiss core provider Temenos.

Bartik comes to Temenos with more than 30 years of business development experience for technology and software companies, replacing former president Jacqueline White. He most recently served as vice president and general manager of sales and sales development at data application database SingleStore, where he helped launch the company’s cloud service. Bartik also spent 17 years at the business intelligence software firm TIBCO Software.

“North America is a highly strategic region for Temenos, having tripled in size since 2014 to represent 33% of our business in 2021,” Erich Gerber, Temenos president and chief revenue officer, said in a release. “Having invested significantly over the past 10 years in making our products fully compliant with U.S. regulations, we are now in a position to accelerate our sales efforts and growth and keep growing our North America business ahead of our global growth.”

Bartik will report to Gerber, who expects Temenos’ North American business line to comprise 40% to 45% of its business by 2025.

PNC announces retail banking shakeup

Alex Overstrom will become head of retail banking at PNC as Karen Larrimer, head of retail banking and chief customer officer, is retiring from the $541 billion bank after 27 years with the company.

Overstrom has led several initiatives at the Pittsburgh-based bank, most recently the integration of BBVA USA at the enterprise level, which saw PNC “sign, close and convert” 2.6 million customers, 9,000 employees and almost 600 branches in less than a year, according to a release. Prior to joining PNC, Overstrom worked at $1.59 trillion Goldman Sachs in strategy and investment banking. He will report directly to chief executive Bill Demchak.

Truist CFO steps down

Truist Chief Financial Officer Daryl Bible is stepping down after 14 years with the company.

Bible, who led financial services at the $529 billion bank, was “instrumental” in the December 2019 merger that saw SunTrust and BB&T form the nation’s 10th-largest bank, Truist chief executive Bill Rogers said in a release.

Bible will continue in his role until a replacement is identified.

$26B Arvest Bank hires new technology officer

Fayetteville, Ark.-based Arvest Bank announced in May the hiring of Richard Pulliam as chief product and strategy officer.

Pulliam brings 20 years of digital product experience to Arvest, focusing on product line management and development of digital platforms. Most recently, he served as vice president of product management at cloud-based professional employer organization TriNet. Now, Pulliam will bring Arvest’s new digital products to market and deepen technology efforts.

Earlier in May, Pulliam sat down with Bank Automation News to discuss Arvest’s future plans approach for automation, saying, “We’re doing a lot of work on our foundation, heavily modernizing our data platform and entering into a core modernization as well. We are moving to the cloud and modernizing. Call center modernization is something else where we’re pushing hard.”

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