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United Bank hires chief information and administrative officer

John J. Smith has been hired as executive vice president and chief information and administrative officer of Glastonbury-based United Bank. Smith will lead the information technology, payment operations and project management teams.

Smith comes to United Bank with more than 30 years of experience in financial services technology and operations management. He spent the last 10 years with New York-based CIT Group in New Jersey, most recently as chief information officer for CIT Bank Unit from 2010 to 2015.

Smith has managed all aspects of information technology and operations units, including back-office operations, application development, data center management/operations, network management and call centers.