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Introducing our law firm
"In one's back pocket"
English
Prepositional phrase
in (one's) back pocket
How We Help
Core Contract Negotiation
Know what you’re buying, what you’re paying, and what your provider is committing to deliver. BackPocketCIO helps banks and credit unions evaluate core agreements, negotiate pricing and business terms, and address renewal obligations and vendor accountability.
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AI for Financial Institutions
Move from AI ideas to working agents. BackPocketCIO combines practical use-case development, hands-on builds, and staff training so your institution can apply AI to operational needs with clear ownership and governance.
Projects, Conversions & Implementations
Give critical technology projects the coordination and attention they need. BackPocketCIO provides project management resources to organize requirements, coordinate vendors and internal teams, track dependencies, and support implementation and conversion readiness.
“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.”
- John Maynard Keynes
Making Headlines
BackPocketCIO acquires Resource Management Associates
The acquisition adds RMA’s research and analytical resources, including historical engagements with 100+ financial institutions on the Jack Henry platform.
BackPocketCIO acquires Profit Improvement
The acquisition adds banking advisory experience since 1986, with decades of profitability research and technology contract expertise spanning core processing, card processing, and payment networks.
BackPocketCIO CEO selected to serve on GSBC faculty
Rus Weatherby was selected to serve on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers, teaching profit improvement, profitability, and contract negotiation.
$700+ million community bank selects BackPocketCIO for AI agent development
Selected engagement to combine hands-on agent creation, cross-training for operational needs.
$7 billion financial institution selects BackPocketCIO for technology evaluation and assessment
BackPocketCIO was selected to conduct a technical evaluation and assessment for a financial institution with approximately $7 billion in assets.
$250 million bank selects BackPocketCIO for full core renewal negotiations
BackPocketCIO was selected to lead a full core contract renewal negotiation for a bank with approximately $250 million in assets.
Major fintech selects BackPocketCIO for AI-driven process improvement
BackPocketCIO was selected to support an initiative applying AI to software development workflows, with a focus on identifying issues earlier, reducing rework, and improving delivery efficiency.
$60 million community bank selects BackPocketCIO for core renewal negotiations
BackPocketCIO was selected to support core contract renewal negotiations for a community bank with approximately $60 million in assets.
$500 million bank selects BackPocketCIO for core renewal negotiations
BackPocketCIO was selected to support core contract renewal negotiations for a bank with approximately $500 million in assets.
Community bank selects BackPocketCIO for conversion project management
BackPocketCIO was selected to provide project management resources supporting a core-system conversion, including deconversion coordination and the transition to a new provider.
BackPocketCIO selected for AI speaking engagement
The engagement will bring practical AI perspectives to a major financial technology company’s sales organization.
The Experience Behind BackPocketCIO
Rus Weatherby | Founder & CEO
Rus Weatherby brings more than 30 years of experience across banking, technology, and executive leadership, including CIO and interim CEO roles.
His background combines responsibility for financial institution operations with advisory work in core contract negotiations, vendor relationships, technology strategy, Core conversions, and critical project execution.
His experience also includes forensic analysis and testimony, a career spent evaluating how institutions operate, what their vendors deliver, and where commitments, costs, and business requirements need closer examination.
Rus was selected to serve on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado’s Executive Development Institute for Community Bankers, teaching profit improvement, profitability, and contract negotiation. His work with banking leaders connects executive education with the decisions institutions face in practice.
Today, that experience extends to hands-on AI agent development, implementation, and team training, helping financial institutions connect
emerging capabilities with operational needs and practical business use cases.
A broader base of experience and resources, BackPocketCIO combines Rus’s leadership with experienced banking and technology professionals, specialist resources, and industry relationships.
The acquisitions of Resource Management Associates and Profit Improvement add decades of banking research, analytical resources, and technology contract expertise.
Together, these capabilities support engagements across negotiations, assessments, conversions, project management, and AI implementation.
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