UMB hires former IBM exec as chief information officer

Kansas City-based UMB Financial Corp., the holding company for UMB Bank, announced it hired Jig Patel as its new executive vice president and chief information officer.

Patel spent a year as vice president of enterprise information technology at Epiq Systems Inc. of Kansas City, Kan., and nine years at IBM, where he most recently was vice president of global technology services.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Patel is responsible for UMB's enterprise technology strategy, hiring and developing technical talent and using technology to grow the business.

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