TAMPA, FL (June 2, 2020) — Best Innovation Group (BIG) a technology and financial services innovator, is pleased to announce that Rick Cranston has joined the executive team as Vice President of Business Development.
“Rick’s focus will be to develop national momentum for many of BIG’s initiatives including FIVE, BIG’s conversational voice banking platform,” says BIG Founder and CEO John Best. “FIVE is where artificial intelligence, the integration of CULedger’s MemberPass, and conversational voice banking, create an intersection of opportunity for the credit union industry. Rick is just the man to help us take the technology and opportunity to the next level.”
Cranston was the co-founder and COO of CULedger, and a co-founder of one of the largest blockchain consortia in the world, CULedger, representing over 70 organizations in the U.S. and Canada. After exiting from CULedger late in 2019, Rick founded PivotAll-ID — which was established to work with international fintech companies to support the growth of the credit union industry.
Prior to CULedger, Cranston was with the Mountain West Credit Union Association (MWCUA) for ten years, most recently as the Vice President of Innovation and Product Development. In this role, he was responsible for creating and deploying innovation initiatives across the MWCUA region.
Prior to his tenure at the MWCUA, Cranston performed in a variety of high-tech leadership positions on behalf of national technology consulting companies. He also served in the military, in both the USAF and USAR. He has more than 30 years experience in technology initiatives, including working with fintech companies – as well as Fortune 500 organizations.
Cranston holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from South Dakota State University and an MBA from the University of Montana.
Rick Cranston
Founded in 2014, Best Innovation Group (BIG) was created to provide clients with the resources to quickly implement digital solutions and adopt cutting-edge technologies. BIG provides research and development in areas including voice banking, distributed ledger, and machine learning, as well as a wide array of consulting services. For more information, visit www.big-fintech.com.
Elizabeth Robins
469.516.4693 | elizabeth@big-cu.com
