Mike Rouse

Current

• President & CEO at Aclaritas, Inc

Past

• President & CEO at Aclaritas
• Chief Information Officer at Goal Financial
• Chief Technology Officer at Toyota FSB

• Chief Operations Officer at RBC
• Chief Operations Officer at SFNB
• Vice President of Operations at S1

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Mercer University

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mike Rouse’s Summary

Mike Rouse is the President & CEO of Aclaritas a consulting firm focused on Strategic Planing, Strategic Alignment, Information Technology and Operations business transformation. Aclaritas clients include leading financial services firms and manufacturing companies like Toyota. Mike has served as the transformation Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Goal Financial. Over the past 18 years Mike has held positions ranging from Vice President of Finance & Operations to Chief Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer with both technology start-ups and some of the world’s largest companies and financial institutions including Toyota, Royal Bank, SFNB.com and S1. At Security First Network Bank (SFNB) as part of both S1 Corporation and Royal Bank of Canada, Mike was a member of the executive management team that built the “World’s First Internet Bank”, and first Internet Banking Software Company. During that time SFNB was the #1 rated online financial institution in the world as ranked by both Gomez Advisors and Forbes each quarter for two consecutive years. At SFNB Mike served as the COO before moving on to positions with Aclaritas, Toyota and Goal Financial.

Mike is a start-up and turnaround specialist with proven measurable results in the areas of Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Product Development, Program & Project Management and Operations & Service Delivery. Building and leveraging technology platforms to enable scalable efficient business models is a core competency.

Mike Rouse’s Specialties:

Information Technology
Strategic Planning
Banking & Financial Services
Product Development
Internet and E-Commerce
Program & Project Management
Technology Development & Management
Internet & Online Technology Applications
Operations & Service Delivery
Emerging Growth Companies
Business Development
Consulting Services

Mike Rouse’s Experience

• President & CEO

  Aclaritas, Inc

  (Financial Services industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Atlanta, GA
  New York, NY
  Chicago, IL

• President & CEO

  Aclaritas

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2009 (8 years )

  Atlanta, GA
  
  Private boutique consulting firm focused on bringing emerging growth and new technology copanies to market.
  
  Business plan development including all aspects of strategic planning, market opportunity assessment, financial planning, business development and tactical execution.

• Chief Information Officer

  Goal Financial

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• Chief Technology Officer

  Toyota FSB

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  Responsible for all aspects of Technology development, implementation and management. Other key accountabilities include strategic planning, product development & delivery, program and project management.

• Chief Operations Officer

  RBC

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

• Chief Operations Officer

  SFNB

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SONE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years )

• Vice President of Operations

  S1

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SONE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Mike Rouse’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MS , Technology Management , 2004 — 2005

  Executive MBA in Management of Technology

• Mercer University

  BBA , Finance & Economics , August 1986 — December 1990