Cass Information Systems, Inc. announced that Martin Resch, President and Chief Operating Officer, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 18, 2023. Resch, 57, has been Cass's President and Chief Operating Officer since February 2022 and will succeed Eric Brunngraber, 66, in the role of CEO. Brunngraber, who has served as CEO since 2008, will become Executive Chairman, effective April 18, 2023.

Prior to joining Cass in November 2020, Resch was senior executive at Bank of the West in San Francisco, California. As executive vice president, Resch functioned as the commercial banking group's chief administrative officer/chief operating officer with responsibility for strategy, operations, finance, technology and human resources, as well as collaborating with a B2B FinTech incubator. His other roles at Bank of the West included corporate treasurer and leading the regulatory response to the Dodd-Frank and Volcker legislation.

Resch, who holds dual citizenship in the United States and Austriaand speaks fluent German, earned his bachelor's degree in computer science from Oregon State University and master's degree in business administration from Cornell University. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Graduate School of Banking in Seattle, Washington.