Team

Cliff Bunt

Senior Business Architect

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Cliff brings more than 30 years of banking and financial services experience to Core System Partners. During his career, he has worked with many of the largest banks in the United States, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi and Bank Leumi.

Across those institutions, Cliff has supported technology initiatives from early strategy and discovery through vendor evaluation, requirements definition, implementation planning and operational readiness. His broad view of the banking stack helps teams understand not only what a platform can do, but how a decision will affect customers, employees, operations, risk and long-term growth.

At Citi, Cliff worked across numerous banking technology initiatives, helping business and technology teams clarify objectives, document complex requirements and navigate the dependencies that often determine whether a major program succeeds. That experience strengthened his ability to bring order to large, multi-stakeholder efforts while keeping attention on practical business outcomes.

Cliff has helped financial institutions evaluate and select core banking systems, digital banking platforms and other critical technologies across the banking stack. He is particularly skilled at translating business needs into practical requirements and helping executive, business and technology teams work through complex decisions.

At Core System Partners, Cliff serves as a bridge between strategy and execution. Clients value his steady, collaborative approach, his ability to ask the questions that surface hidden risks, and his focus on turning complex technology choices into clear, actionable plans.

“Cliff helps banking teams turn complicated technology choices into clear, executable decisions that align people, platforms and business priorities.”