About the Authors

Bio – Tom Farin

Tom Farin is a widely known banking industry lecturer and consultant. He has delivered national educational programs for the American Bankers Association and the Credit Union National Association. He has served on the faculty of five major national banking schools including the Graduate School of Banking at Wisconsin, Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University, Graduate School of Banking at Boulder, Colorado, Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the CUNA Management School. Tom has also been a featured speaker at a number of regional programs sponsored by state and regional trade associations. Tom is faculty coordinator of a new Financial Management School offered jointly by the Graduate School of Banking at Wisconsin and the Financial Managers Society. His firm is a leader in delivering A/L distance education through partners like GSB-Wisconsin, FMS, and the FHLBs.

Tom is the author of three separate books on financial institution asset-liability management and a popular asset-liability newsletter. He is president of Farin and Associates, Inc., a firm best known for developing and marketing software, seminars, education and consulting in financial institution asset-liability management.

Prior to starting Farin & Associates, Tom spent 10 years with a regional bank holding company where he was involved in retail and commercial banking, electronic funds transfer and management information systems.

Bio – Dave Koch

David W. Koch is an industry lecturer and consultant for the financial institution industry.  He has delivered educational programs for national and state industry trade groups, in addition to several Federal Home Loan Banks and Corporate Credit Unions.  He serves on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and has served as faculty of the CUNA Management School in Madison WI.

Since joining Farin in 1993, Mr. Koch has been a frequent speaker on asset/liability and interest rate risk management to financial executives across the country.  In addition to the speaking roles, Mr. Koch consults with financial executives to help find creative solutions to their business challenges.

Prior to joining Farin & Associates, Mr. Koch worked with a Midwestern consulting firm, assisting financial institutions in the development of asset-liability procedures, policies and measurement systems.

Mr. Koch earned his B.S. degree in Economics at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, IL.