Honoring All Who Served | Thank You Veterans
In honor of Veteran’s Day, we asked our military veterans to share their experience in the service and how it helped shape them today.
Lateef Frierson
Credit Analyst II, The Bank of San Antonio
What do our company values of Integrity, Service, and Ownership mean to you? It means operating at a high level to ensure I represent the Bank accordingly and provide exceptional service.
How has your military service helped shape you? My service experience helped shape me by teaching me that my team is only as strong as its weakest link.
How have the values you learned in the military translated into civilian life? For me, learning discipline and integrity has translated into civilian life by making me a hardworking and honest employee, father, and overall person.
Leverne Hudson
Relationship Banker I, The Bank of San Antonio
What do our company values of Integrity, Service, and Ownership mean to you? These values mean being honest, transparent, and committed to doing what is best for our clients and our company by working together with humility and ambition.
How has your military service helped shape you? My military service helped shape me through the Air Force’s core values: Integrity, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. The Air Force solidified my personal and professional values of structure, discipline, teamwork, and integrity. These are the same values that TPB strives for.
How have the values you learned in the military translated into civilian life? The structure, discipline, and teamwork I learned in the Air Force have translated quite easily into civilian life. I learned from all to build for all.
How has your military service helped shape you? My military service helped shape me through the Air Force’s core values: Integrity, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. The Air Force solidified my personal and professional values of structure, discipline, teamwork, and integrity. These are the same values that TPB strives for.
How have the values you learned in the military translated into civilian life? The structure, discipline, and teamwork I learned in the Air Force have translated quite easily into civilian life. I learned from all to build for all.
Ben Belmares
Relationship Banker III, The Bank of Austin
What do our company values of Integrity, Service, and Ownership mean to you?
It means keeping the customer’s needs foremost in my mind, providing a high level of service while also maintaining the bank’s outstanding reputation.
How has your military service helped shape you?
My service taught me discipline and the ability to work with different types of people and personalities to achieve common goals.
It means keeping the customer’s needs foremost in my mind, providing a high level of service while also maintaining the bank’s outstanding reputation.
How has your military service helped shape you?
My service taught me discipline and the ability to work with different types of people and personalities to achieve common goals.
How have the values you learned in the military's translated into civilian life? Attention to detail, and the value of a well-done job, regardless of the size of the task.
Kenny Vallespin
VP, HR Business Manager, Texas Partners Bank
What do our company values of Integrity, Service, and Ownership mean to you?
As a soldier and former leader of soldiers, our company values of Integrity, Service and Ownership relate to the very reason why I joined the military. To serve my company like I served my country with the highest degree of integrity and service through incredible professionalism and ownership of my actions.
How has your military service helped shape you?
My military career has shaped me as an employee by providing me with the muscle memory of discipline. I feel like I am disciplined to perform my job at a high level and that starts with consistently being effective and efficient when it comes to doing the right thing, especially when nobody is looking.
How have the values you learned in the military translated into civilian life?
My values from the military have helped me transition into the civilian world by providing me with a foundation of a mission mindset. That may sound very military, but having a mission mindset is knowing where you are, what you stand for, and working towards where you want to go. I use that at home with my family and at work. We live in a world that is ever changing and sometimes the tactics of the mission need to change, but what the military has taught me is not to just be a lifelong learner, but a life long re-learner so I can continue evolve with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to accomplish the mission in this day and age.
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