CUneXus

Empowering consumers with perpetual insight into their personal buying power and on-demand access to pre-approved loans at every touchpoint.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Software
  • Location Santa Rosa, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2011
  • Employees 4
  • Website cunexus.com

Company Summary

Our software helps credit unions and banks maximize the profitability of customer relationships. Our patents-pending solution removes the main friction point of the lending process, allowing continuous promotion of all consumer loan products on a pre-approved basis (no applications). Consumers enjoy perpetual insight into their personal buying power accross multiple product lines, with convenient 24/7 online & mobile access to pre-approved funds.

Team

  • Mark DeBellis
    Board Member

    As President of the credit union industry’s premier full-service marketing agency, PSB, Inc., Mark brings a wealth of experience and expertise to CUneXus. DeBellis’ background reflects a combination of both traditional marketing experience and formal financial service training. He joined PSB in 1996, where as President he has led the organization’s expansion throughout the US and abroad, serving a client base of over 700 financial institutions.

  • David Buerger
    CEO

    Dave Buerger is an accomplished financial services marketer and strategic thinker, with a record of superior promotional results and creative excellence. In 2006, he co-engineered the programming logic and methodology at the core of Comprehensive Pre-Screened Lending (CPL) strategy. Under his project management and leadership, an award-winning CPL program was implemented at $1.7 billion Redwood Credit Union (Santa Rosa, CA) in late 2006. One year

  • Darin Chong
    Co-founder

    Darin Chong has well over a decade of operations, marketing and project management experience in the credit union industry. During that time he has been involved in all facets of financial services marketing from promotional strategy and conception to execution and analysis. He established the market research function and developed a comprehensive set of service monitoring programs at Redwood Credit Union, one of the largest and most rapidly grow

  • John Reich
    Co-founder

    An adept and innovative computer programmer, John has excelled in various technology environments, including building new product lines as a software engineer at Cisco Systems. He joined Redwood Credit Union’s Information Technology team in 2003, where he has been instrumental in increasing profitability and efficiency within the organization, providing integrated software solutions that have had a significant impact on customer experience.

  • Jasper Calcara
    Advisor

    After graduating from University of California, Berkeley in 1998, Mr. Calcara moved to Sonoma County to join a small startup firm, D.H. Charles Engineering, Inc. Over the 14 years since, he has helped expand DHC to one of the leading construction engineering firms in the nation, with services provided in all 50 states and most of Canada.

  • Bradley Leimer
    Advisor

    Brad Leimer leads digital channel strategy for Mechanics Bank. His focus is on developing and integrating technology applications and partnerships geared toward improving the client experience and profitability of digital channels. Bradley actively writes and speaks about banking and technology trends, and was recently listed as #11 on Bank Innovator’s exclusive roundup of “2013 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping The Future of Banking.”

  • Craig Durkey
    Lending Strategist

    Craig has been recognized by the financial services industry for expertise and achievement in lending —— having twice received the Credit Union Direct Lending (CUDL) Best Practices Award for excellence in consumer lending. As AVP of Lending Services at Redwood Credit Union, he was responsible for the management of all revolving credit lines, and further served as a key member of the organization’s Asset Liability and Risk Management committees.

  • Gary Ketelsen
    Advisor

    Drawing 30+ years of experience from senior executive roles with companys such as Oracle Corporation and Verity (acquired by HP/Autonomy), Gary has delivered successful sales execution and strategy across the entire spectrum of responsibilities. As CEO of Alien Sport, a small golf products company, Gary established sales channels and marketing programs that lead to a successful sale to a larger industry player.

Advisors

  • Scott Hemingway (IP), Paul Skeith (General Counsel/Transactional)
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • PSB Integrated Marketing
    Unconfirmed
    Various Local Angels
    Unconfirmed
    Friends & Family
    Unconfirmed

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