Frontwave Credit Union CEO and leadership

Bill Birnie is an experienced and accomplished leader with a demonstrated history of developing and implementing long-term growth strategies for leading global companies. Bill has an extensive background in SaaS and hardware-based voice, data, networking, and cybersecurity solutions for the Enterprise, SMB, and Consumer markets. Bill has held executive positions with global industry leaders including Comcast, Motorola, Panasonic, and Honeywell with responsibility for directing some of the industry’s most significant transitions in the areas of wireless mobility, broadband networking, cloud & hosted communications and digital security & compliance solutions.

Most recently, Bill was President of Honeywell Vocollect Voice and General Manager for Honeywell’s Voice Directed workflow solutions business, the global leader in voice-based software solutions that improve productivity, workplace safety, and business performance for the world’s largest global enterprise companies. Bill is a patent holder in wireless technology and previously served as Deputy Commissioner for the President’s U.S. Cloud Commission for state and local governments.

Carrie Foster is a Chief Financial Officer at Frontwave Credit Union. She has worked as VP/Controller at PATRIOT NATIONAL BANCORP INC.

Mr. Leonhardt has been a leader in the credit union lending space since 2005.

After graduating from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics, Mr. Leonhardt spent 10 years working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, where he was promoted rapidly through a series of leadership positions of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Leonhardt joined the credit union industry in 2005, as the Director of Consumer Lending for SchoolsFirst Credit Union in Tustin, CA. After graduating from the Western CUNA Management School in 2008, he went on to serve as Vice President of Lending for several credit unions in Central and Northern California, before being named SVP/Chief Lending Officer for Credit Union ONE in Ferndale, MI, in 2014. He returned to California in 2017, signing on as SVP/Chief Lending Officer for Financial Partners Credit Union in Downey, CA. Immediately prior to joining Frontwave in March 2020, Mr. Leonhardt served as Vice President of Consumer & Student Lending for USC Credit Union.

Mr. Leonhardt brings broad experience in lending operations to Frontwave, with a proven track record of driving excellence, efficiencies, and growth in consumer lending, mortgage lending, commercial lending, and collections.

Bill Birnie is an experienced and accomplished leader with a demonstrated history of developing and implementing long-term growth strategies for leading global companies. Bill has an extensive background in SaaS and hardware-based voice, data, networking, and cybersecurity solutions for the Enterprise, SMB, and Consumer markets. Bill has held executive positions with global industry leaders including Comcast, Motorola, Panasonic, and Honeywell with responsibility for directing some of the industry’s most significant transitions in the areas of wireless mobility, broadband networking, cloud & hosted communications and digital security & compliance solutions.

Most recently, Bill was President of Honeywell Vocollect Voice and General Manager for Honeywell’s Voice Directed workflow solutions business, the global leader in voice-based software solutions that improve productivity, workplace safety, and business performance for the world’s largest global enterprise companies. Bill is a patent holder in wireless technology and previously served as Deputy Commissioner for the President’s U.S. Cloud Commission for state and local governments.