Dean Trout, Senior Vice President and CIO, retires at the end of this month. His long career in banking started in Akron, Ohio, in the late 1970s. Over the decades, he’s worked for various banks and moved to Milwaukee in 2000 to take a position with Fiserv. Ultimately, he wanted to return to banking, so he took the position as North Shore Bank’s head of IT. 

A Senior Showcase article in Shorelines from February 2024 walks through Dean’s career, his motivations, and his thoughts about North Shore Bank. As he heads into retirement, Dean’s looking forward to spending time with his wife, Nancy, doing non-profit work, working with the church, a bit of travel, and spending as much time with family as possible. 

He reflects fondly on his time at North Shore Bank. 

“I will miss everyone here immensely. Relationships are the most important things we have,” he said. “An employee told me recently, ‘I can honestly say that when you say North Shore Bank is about YOU, that is a true statement.'”

Dana Scherff, who will follow Dean in the CIO role, is grateful to have worked with Dean. 

“I’d like to thank Dean for his years of support and continued confidence in me,” Dana said. “We’ve had quite a journey over the past 20 years. I’m so happy for him with his retirement. I know he’ll go on to do wonderful things in our community and spend quality time with his family.”

Dana’s excited about her new role and looks forward to taking on new challenges.

“Having an opportunity to expand my knowledge and responsibility to further support the bank is wonderful,” she said.

Congratulations to Dean on a great career! Enjoy what’s next! And congratulations to Dana!