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Webster Bank Names Head of Enterprise Analytics


WATERBURY, Conn., November 6, 2015 - Webster Bank today named Ray Franz as senior vice president and director of enterprise analytics. He is based in Waterbury and reports to Dawn C. Morris, executive vice president, chief marketing officer.


Franz joins Webster from Subway Restaurants in Milford, Conn., where he had been director of analytics since 2010. There, he was responsible for providing analytics support to more than 42,000 Subway stores in 110 countries.


'Among his many accomplishments, Ray helped evolve Subway's national marketing strategy, including its industry-famous $5 Foot-long program,' said Morris. 'Ray also brings a diverse background to the table, having worked at Pitney Bowes, Priceline.com, as well as in the banking industry.'


A certified Six Sigma Blackbelt, this resident of Trumbull, Conn., earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in marketing and a master's degree in measurement and quantitative analysis from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn.


Living up to the communities he serves, Franz coaches youth baseball and soccer in Trumbull.


Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast and is celebrating its 80th anniversary.



About Webster:

*** Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $24.1 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust, and investment services through 163 banking centers, 316 ATMs, telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank, which provides health savings account trustee and administrative services. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.com.
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