Hurlbert
Provident Bank named Scott Hurlbert as senior vice president, digital channels director with its Information Technology team, the Iselin-based bank announced Jan. 17.
In this position, Hurlbert will manage the bank’s digital channels, including ATMs, online and mobile banking, and customer contact center. He also will be responsible for Provident’s digital strategy.
Vakacherla
“I am thrilled to welcome Scott to our team. He is a leader who understands what digitizing a bank involves from providing a best-in-class digital experience for customers and enabling digitization of processes to assist our employees,” Ravi Vakacherla, executive vice president, chief digital and innovation officer, said in a statement.
Hurlbert brings more than 20 years’ experience in banking technology, and digital and mobile delivery channels to the position, according to the bank. He comes to Provident from People’s United Bank, where he was senior vice president, Digital Banking. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was with People’s for almost 16 years.
Hurlbert earned a bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College.
Provident has been building its digital team in the past few months, including Vakacherla’s hiring in August as well as the addition of Damiano Tulipani as senior vice president and chief information security officer in September.
Founded in 1839, Provident Bank is the wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Financial Services Inc., which reported assets of $13.6 billion as of Sept. 30, 2022. Provident Bank serves customers throughout northern and central New Jersey, as well as Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania and Nassau and Queens counties in New York.
