December - 2020 – Tallahassee, FL - The United Solutions Company (USC) announces Michael Downing as a new addition to its Board of Directors.
USC, a CUSO providing technology solutions to credit unions and other businesses around the country, is excited to welcome the newest member of the board. Each new member brings valuable experience to USCs Board of Directors, including the newest addition.
Michael Downing graduated from the University of Mississippi with a BBA in Marketing in 1987. After graduation, Downing began his career at Dun and Bradstreet as a New Business Sales Representative. For the next six years, Downing worked his way up the ranks to Assistant Vice President Sales. In 1999, he became the Vice President of Sales for Mid-Market Clients. He didn’t stop there. Over the next ten years, Downing would continue to advance to eventually earn himself the title SVP Sales and Global Leadership Team Member.
Downing was selected by the CEO in mid-2010 to serve as one of 15 key executives on the Global Leadership Team, the governing body providing strategic vision for the Corporation. Downing was also asked to lead, the Strategic Client Group, D&B's largest clients, while continuing to grow the Government Solutions Vertical.
In April 2013, Downing accepted a different position as the Executive Vice President in Sales for Sysomos. As a member of Executive Leadership Team, responsible for all North American Corporate Sales for the leading global social intelligence and analytics platform. Sysomos social media and analytics solutions delivers, via a SaaS platform, the insight companies need to develop new strategies, uncover revenue opportunities and make smarter customer decisions using the most complete social media data set available. Sysomos is backed by OMERS, Canada’s largest pension fund with over $60 billion of assets and $6.5 billion of private equity investments globally.
After over two years in this role, Downing was approached by Fiserv to work as an SVP Client Management and Sales Enablement. Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) is a leading global technology provider serving the financial services industry, driving innovation in payments, processing services, risk and compliance, customer and channel management, and business insights and optimization.
Downing brings a wealth of experience and strategic initiatives to USC. USC is excited to have Downing join the Board of Directors this fall.