Stephen G. Sargent, Co-Founder, President & CEO 

Stephen G. Sargent brings more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry to his role as president and CEO  of Cypress Software Systems.  His expertise includes lending and credit policies, scorecard development and deployment, compliance and risk management.  He is responsible for overseeing both the strategic direction and daily operations of the company.

Prior to joining Cypress, Steve served as president and CEO of Tegras Financial Services, a mortgage lending consulting company.  Before that, he was with AmeriCredit Corp., one of the nation's largest independent indirect automobile financiers, where he helped develop the company's credit policies, forecasted loan loss reserves and supervised the rollout of an automated credit application processing solution.  Steve began his career in banking working for Bank One and First City Bancorporation.

During his career, Steve has worked with Fair Isaac Corporation, as well as the credit repositories, to develop credit scoring models and customize and deploy automated credit origination software solutions.

Steve holds a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Accounting, from Texas A&M University; and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, where he majored in Finance.