Tom Fite

Title: Blockchain for Business and Government

Track: Blockchain

Tom was named Director of the Department of Financial Institutions early in 2016.  As a lifelong public servant, Tom is excited and energized by his current role and the opportunity to lead fulfillment of the Department’s mission.  Over most of the past two decades, Tom has held a number of positions with the Department, including 15 years of field examination and regional supervision experience prior to being named the Deputy Director of the Depository Division in 2013.

Both nationally and at home in Indiana, Tom promotes the importance of sound regulatory principles.  With exemplary assistance from his coworkers in Indiana, Tom is refining the regulatory process across several industries in an effort to improve efficiencies, while also promoting early recognition of both industry and institution specific risks.  National efforts include participation as the state regulatory agencies’ representative on the FFIEC Task Force on Supervision and FinCEN’s BSA Advisory Group.  Tom represents state regulatory interests during FFIEC Council meetings as an appointed member of the State Liaison Committee.  Recently, Tom was also named Chairman of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors Education Foundation.

Tom earned an undergraduate degree from Ball State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.  Tom and his wife of 17 years are raising their three children in Brownsburg, Indiana.