Jerald Murphy has been appointed CEO of ACBB-Bits, LL. A subsidiary of Atlantic Community Bankers Bank, the company is a telecommunication services provider exclusively for community banks.

Murphy was previously at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, where he led the company’s infrastructure consulting services on a global level. Before that he was head of infrastructure, networking, and security research globally for META Group, an IT advisory services company. Earlier in his career, Murphy held various technical, sales and marketing, senior management, and industry analyst positions. He also taught electrical engineering and computer science at West Point and conducted research at the Army Research Labs.

After receiving a BSEE from the United States Military Academy, he earned an MSE in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1993.