Ms. Yates joined CEDAR in 2011 and leads the company’s Product Management and Creative teams. She is responsible for all product planning, roadmap development, requirements definition, creative design and product launch execution and she contributes significantly to CEDAR’s sales and marketing efforts. Ms. Yates has more than 20 years of experience in information technology product management.

Prior to joining CEDAR, Ms. Yates held leadership roles with several Fortune 500 companies, including Bank of America and FIS. At Bank of America, she was Senior Vice President over planning and design for the bank’s online and mobile channels. As Vice President of Product Management at FIS, she launched the industry’s first pre-integrated triple-play mobile banking offering, as well as managed internet banking, account opening, bill payment and presentment and strategic planning for emerging electronic banking products. Ms. Yates earned a B.S. in Computer Information Systems with focuses in software engineering and contracts/procurement management.