Q2 Holdings has announced a significant addition to its executive leadership team of Katharine Briggs as chief product officer.
Briggs is slated to join the executive leadership team on March 31, 2024. In her new capacity, Briggs is tasked with leading the strategic vision and design of Q2’s offerings, aiming to empower banks and credit unions to better cater to their consumers, small businesses, and corporate account holders. She will be reporting directly to Q2 President Kirk Coleman.
Q2 Holdings, Inc. stands at the forefront of digital innovation within the FinTech industry, specializing in crafting solutions that drive digital transformation for banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. The company’s suite of products and services are designed to streamline operations, enhance customer experience, and foster growth within the financial sector, thereby enabling its clients to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Katharine Briggs steps into her role as CPO with an impressive backdrop of nearly 30 years in financial services, advisory, and technology sectors. Prior to her promotion, Briggs played a pivotal role in leading Q2’s Customer Success organization, wherein she collaborated closely with Product teams to ensure the delivery of valuable and impactful solutions to over 1300 financial institutions. Her tenure at Q2 also includes serving as the General Manager of Q2 PrecisionLender, where she was instrumental in overseeing product, engineering, delivery, and market introduction strategies. Her extensive career also includes positions such as the Chief Operating Officer of a specialty finance company under Blackstone and a Managing Director at BlackRock Solutions’ Financial Markets Advisory team.
In addition to her professional milestones, Briggs’ approach to leadership is notably customer-centric, having cultivated successful, scalable teams through principles of enablement and empowerment. Her journey from a Certified Public Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers to commercial banking at Wells Fargo has endowed her with a deep understanding of the financial landscape, which she leverages to drive Q2 towards its mission of leading in digital transformation.
Katharine Briggs expressed her enthusiasm for her new role, stating, “For over seven years at Q2, I’ve focused on deeply understanding the opportunities and challenges our bank and credit union customers face. I’ve seen firsthand how vital Q2’s best-in-class solutions are for our customers’ missions. As Chief Product Officer, I’m eager to continue our nearly twenty-year focus on innovation and outcomes so that Q2 remains the leader in digital transformation.”
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