FUQUAY-VARINA, North Carolina (November 4, 2022) – Fidelity Bank is pleased to announce Joe Zinger has joined its executive team as Chief Information Technology Officer. In his new position, Mr. Zinger is responsible for establishing and managing the strategic goals and policies for the Information Technology department and managing a team focused on infrastructure, banking systems support, and high priority projects that demonstrate Fidelity Bank’s “Right By You” commitment. His office is located at the Fidelity Bank headquarters at 100 South Main Street in Fuquay-Varina.

Joe has over ten years of financial technology experience and over twenty-five years of technology experience across multiple industries. Prior to joining Fidelity Bank, he worked for BB&T/Truist from 2012 through 2022 on their Enterprise Architecture team where he focused on client digital technology. Most recently he managed the IT Strategy team working with emerging technologies that could be leveraged for next generation banking capabilities. He also held multiple leadership positions on the technology team at Carolina Power and Light/Progress Energy/Duke Power from 1999 through 2012. In these positions, he focused mainly on developing customer self-service adoption.

Mr. Zinger graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems. He currently resides in Cary with his wife, Gretchen, and their three daughters.