BrightStar Credit Union Names Dennis Leiva Vice President of Operations

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Oct. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- BrightStar Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in South Florida with more than 54,000 members, has named Dennis Leiva as Vice President of Operations. He was previously General Manager at CT Miami LLC/Blu Products Inc.

“Dennis Leiva is a seasoned executive in the banking industry with extensive knowledge of operations, branch efficiency, management, finance, sales/marketing and customer service,” said

Michael Tomko, President and CEO at BrightStar.

During his previous position at CT Miami LLC/Blu Products Inc., Leiva enhanced customer service practices, developed global failure-rate analytics and constructed a multi-departmental program to increase efficiency. Prior to this, Leiva spent almost a decade as a Vice President and Collier County Area Manager at BankUnited. He held several prior positions including Financial Advisor, Branch Manager, Relationship Banker and Officer Trainee/Commercial Credit Underwriter. During this time, Leiva designed and implemented tracking tools that enhanced the bank’s efficiency along the entire west coast of Florida, orchestrated a county-wide sales/marketing initiative that resulted in the highest regional sales ranking, and trained managers, relationship bankers and assistant managers on cash flow management and business banking underwriting.

Leiva graduated from Boston University with an M.S. in Banking and Financial Service Management. He received his B.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami. He is tri-lingual, with conversational knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese, and is a Series 6 license holder.

BrightStar Credit Union is a full-service, not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative and one of the largest credit unions in South Florida with more than 54,000 members.  With a total of seven branch locations in Broward County, BrightStar offers a variety of financial services including checking and savings accounts, personal, home equity and mortgage loans and investments and insurance. For more information, visit www.bscu.org.