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Christy Bartlett is Vice President, Enterprise Innovation – Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice at U.S. Bank, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a role she has held since July 2019. She is part of U.S. Bank's Digital Assets and Money Movement organization, which focuses on stablecoin issuance, cryptocurrency custody, asset tokenization, and digital money movement. Bartlett holds skills in treasury management, product development, digital assets, blockchain, and board governance, and has a background as a senior product manager in the banking industry with experience spanning operations management, electronic payments, sales management, and commercial banking.

Beyond her role at U.S. Bank, Bartlett serves as Board Chair of Make-A-Wish Minnesota, a position she assumed in September 2025. She completed the Women in Leadership Institute program through SHRM Linkage Institute in November 2024.

Joseph Borne is Vice President and Principal Experience Architect for Freight and Transportation at U.S. Bank, a position he has held since January 2025. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, he leads research, strategic planning, and user experience initiatives across core service applications within U.S. Bank's freight and transportation division, with a focus on optimizing employee-facing systems and enterprise workflows.

Alongside this role, Borne serves as Creator and Product Developer of U.S. Bank Mobile Cryptocurrency, an initiative he has led since April 2023 following his selection for U.S. Bank's Innovator in Residence program. In that capacity, he conducted market research, competitive analysis, and business development to establish the foundation for integrating digital currencies into U.S. Bank's retail banking offerings. The U.S. Bank web and mobile applications are scheduled to launch cryptocurrency functionality in 2026, giving retail customers visibility into digital assets alongside traditional banking services. Borne has approximately 34 years of professional experience, with a background spanning user experience, user interface design, and operational innovation. He is also active in the FinTech sector as a strategist and entrepreneur focused on healthy consumer technology.

Penny Tyson is Vice President, Enterprise Innovation – Digital Asset & Blockchain Practice at U.S. Bank, a position she has held since December 2022, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her role sits within the bank's Enterprise Innovation function and is focused on digital assets and blockchain.

Tyson has been at U.S. Bank since April 2020, progressing through roles in innovation. She served as Senior Product Manager in Innovation from April 2020 to August 2021, then as Assistant Vice President, Innovation Product Development from July 2021 to January 2023, before moving into her current Vice President position. Prior to U.S. Bank, she spent over nine years at Starkey Hearing in Eden Prairie as a Product Manager, from January 2011 to April 2020. She holds a degree from Columbia University in the City of New York, where she studied from 1984 to 1988.