About Skovgard Consulting

Erik Skovgard is passionate about community banking and began a consulting firm to share his years of experience with community banks. He brings his experience to help your bank define its core purpose, construct a winning strategy, improve strategic clarity and organizational health, and improve business SMARTs (Sales, Marketing, Accounting/operations, Risk management, and Technology/innovation).

A 28-year community banking career equips Erik with vast experience in scaling an organization from very small (Assets $70M, 4 locations, 20 employees, 1,500 customers) to significant scale ($1.8B, 19 locations, 425 employees, and 3 million customers). Erik successfully led an organization that grew rapidly and was a pioneer in culture, innovation, and fintech. He is experienced in navigating regulatory relations and building a robust infrastructure in governance, risk management, human resource, and information security. 

• Led Marketing, IT, bank sales (lending & retail branch network), insurance, wealth management, trust, Century 21 franchise, asset liability, TPRM, BSA, Audit, and treasury.
• Led one of the first banks to enter Fintech BAAS space in 2014.
• Developed the largest community bank mortgage originator in Iowa.
• Developed award-winning government-guaranteed (SBA & USDA) lending division.
• Served a key role in five bank acquisitions.
• Opened five de novo locations, including four branches in the Des Moines Market, which grew over $500M in assets in less than ten years.
• Remodeled the John Deere Tractor works into TechWorks, a technology headquarters.
• Led the building of Risk, Operations, Data Warehouse, SalesForce, BSA, Compliance, Audit, IT, Information Security, TPRM, Legal, and HR.