Bank Leumi appointed Martin Droney executive vice president, chief operations & technology officer, responsible for overseeing the rapidly growing bank’s technology infrastructure and operations.

Based in New York, Droney will oversee a team of more than 100 full-time employees and contractors. He joins Leumi from Fiserv, where he most recently served as chief information officer of the Card Services Division.

“Martin’s extensive knowledge of financial services technology products, and the expertise he gained at one of the largest vendors of products to the industry, will be great assets as he manages Leumi’s expanding technology infrastructure,” said Avner Mendelson, president and CEO of Bank Leumi USA. “Martin will be a key facilitator of the bank’s ongoing growth. His experience, particularly at Fiserv, will help us stay ahead of the curve on the quickly changing technology landscape, including evolving and sophisticated cybersecurity issues affecting banks.”

During his time at Fiserv, Droney was responsible for all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle, project management, security, audit and technology operations. He oversaw a diverse technology portfolio focused on high-volume transaction processing on numerous distributed, mainframe and mobile computing platforms. Droney was also a founding member of the Fiserv Technology Senior Leadership Team.

From 2004 to 2010, Droney worked as director of IT Project Management at GES Exposition Services, and he previously held roles at RWD Technologies, Environmental Elements Corporation, Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers.