For three decades, Mike Wolfel has worked on the plumbing of finance. At Savana, his campaign is simple to state and difficult to execute: make a bank's many systems behave like one bank.

The former Syracuse rower built a career around coordinated motion - first in advertising, then in financial services. At Nymbus, he is making the case that modern banking wins through accountable partnerships, focused growth and technology that can carry its share of the load.