As a Founding Partner of Cornerstone Advisors, Steve Williams leads firm growth and thought leadership efforts while remaining actively involved with major clients in the areas of strategy, technology and performance improvement. Steve has assisted hundreds of banks and credit unions in their efforts to become highly efficient, top performing financial institutions. An experienced private banker with a commercial and consumer credit background, Steve’s more than 25 years of experience in the financial services and consulting industries have provided him with a deep working knowledge of bank operations and delivery systems, particularly in lending processes. He is an experienced facilitator for management retreats and board planning sessions and is in great demand as a speaker at industry conferences and seminars.
Steve is an author of the Cornerstone Performance Report, an annual benchmarking study for mid-size banks and credit unions. He writes regularly for GonzoBanker, Cornerstone’s blog, and has been published in numerous industry periodicals, including American Banker, Bank Director, BAI Banking Strategies, and CU Management.
Steve serves as a faculty member at the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Management Institute of the Credit Union Executives Society. He taught at the National School of Banking and the CUES School of Product and Channel Management.
Steve holds an MBA in Finance, summa cum laude, from Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., and a Bachelor of Science in Business Journalism from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz.