Frank R. Sanchez is the president of FIS' Strategic Solutions division. His responsibilities include ensuring that FIS consistently develops the strategic software, procesing and integrated financial solutions that drive future growth and strengthen FIS' overall competitive position. In this role, Sanchez reports directly to the CEO, underscoring the importance FIS places on strategic development across multiple buisness units serving customers globally.

Prior to joining FIS in January 2003, Frank was the CEO of Sanchez Computer Associates, a public (NASDAQ: SCAI) banking technology company that specialized in real-time banking systems for the global market, enterprise customer integration systems and complete Internet banking outsourcing. Frank began his career at Sanchez in 1980 and fulfilled many organizational functions, including product architecture and engineering, sales and marketing, and executive management. He designed and built the industry’s first highly scalable, real-time banking system, which has successfully been installed in hundreds of financial institutions spanning 16 countries. In 2001, he deployed the industry’s first core banking system on a Linux platform. Throughout his career, Frank has continually provided technology innovations to the financial services and IT industries and has received numerous individual and corporate achievement awards.

Frank is the recipient of the 2007 Fox Information Technology Innovator Award from Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management. He served on the technical advisory board for high-performance systems at Digital Equipment from 1986 – 1991 and was a director of Transaction Systems Architects (NASDAQ: TSAI), from 2003 – 2005. He currently serves on the Penn State University Remote Campus Curriculum Advisory Board.

Frank attended the University of Connecticut, where he studied astrophysics and finance.