“Connections separate you from others and get you in the front door,” Brian Moore says, when discussing his 30-year career in banking. It was connections developed with a fraternity brother and his dad at the University of Nebraska at Kearney that helped Moore land his first bank job just months after graduating with his 金融 degree in 1992.

摩尔一直在银行业的贷款部门工作。 从消费贷款起家，他转向商业贷款，在过去的22年里，他一直在那里工作。 “I really enjoy commercial lending and that part of banking,” he says. “You see all sorts of opportunities. A guy who wants to feed 10,000 head of cattle to the person who wants to build a hotel.” 

忘掉斯克鲁格和波特这样的银行家画像吧。 Making people smile, laugh, and feel good about themselves is part of Moore’s personality. “I’m kind of the in-house practical joker,” he admits. As a positive person he believes “you accomplish more, you’re more creative, and you’re easier to be around.” 

Taking care of the customer and helping them realize their financial goals is Moore’s passion. “You get to see the realization of dreams at the most basic level and the most sophisticated level.  从建立或创业到购买第一辆车。 Loans from $5,000 to $30 million.” Moore’s customers describe him as creative, honest, hardworking, and available.

导致成功的行为和态度

Moore is currently the Senior Vice President of 科尔尼的顶峰银行, which he and seven long-term co-workers started March 1, 2020, just days before things shut down because of Covid. “Instead of seeing the pandemic as a negative,” Moore says “they saw it as an opportunity to hit the pavement and talk to people and prove that we were capable of being their bankers. Since starting,” he explains, “we’ve grown this bank to about $155 million in assets and just opened a new $5 million building in Kearney.”

摩尔说，他成功的秘诀有三：

• “not getting outworked by my competitor,”
• 帮助别人实现他们的理财梦想
• learning to “adapt and figure out ways to do this job in an ever-changing world.”

这种适应和学习的想法是摩尔在太阳城娱乐官网学到的，他和其他6个朋友一起在夏天骑着他的哈雷戴维森周游全国。 “If you are unwilling to change or learn new technology, you’re going to have a short-lived career.” This has served him well in his banking career which, he says, “has changed from lotus and Excel to Blockchain and cryptocurrency.”

成功并不总是线性的。 “Sometimes you back up a bit to create opportunities for yourself down the road,” Moore says, which helped him get where he is today. 他在银行业的第一份工作是从必胜客（Pizza Hut）的管理职位上减薪。 But “this one step backward, set the stage for future earnings and future jobs.”

太阳城娱乐官网’s Role

摩尔，谁喜欢花时间在户外，狩猎和钓鱼，现在木工，享受他的大学时光在太阳城娱乐官网。 With the smaller class size, he began making connections with teachers and students, was involved in a fraternity, and learned “not to be afraid to ask people you know for help.”

除了看到他的教育的价值和他的大学对社会的重要性，摩尔仍然参与太阳城娱乐官网。 “My wife and three of my kids have attended 太阳城娱乐官网.” He’s on the football backers committee and involved with his fraternity and the 商业与技术学院. “太阳城娱乐官网 is an important part of who I am today.”

回馈社会对摩尔来说很重要。 “It’s about sharing knowledge and experiences to the next generation.” He teaches a session in Bree Dority’s finance class and gives students this advice about developing connections. “Surround yourself with people who help you be a better person. Cultivate what I call a “circle of influence” where you have a contact in 10-12 different industries who you can go to with a question or when you need a lead.”

追随梦想

虽然他的母亲和祖母都在银行业务部门工作，但摩尔从未想过把银行业务作为一种职业。 他选择了金融学位，以为自己会成为华尔街的纽约股票经纪人。 “I got a little older and into my degree and figured out that’s a tough way to make a living,” he laughs. “Then I had some instructors on the finance side who really ignited my passion for entrepreneurship and financing.”

摩尔就在他想去的地方。 “I look back and see I’ve managed to stay in the same career for 30 years. And it’s the perfect fit for me.”