Eric Padelford was recently named senior vice president, chief technology officer at Pittsfield Cooperative Bank.

Padelford will oversee the bank’s information technology department, and work closely with leadership on modernizing technology and platforms to increase efficiency and better serve the institution’s customers.

Padelford had served as vice president, integration architect and developer at Berkshire Bank for the last six years. He has over 22 years of systems architecture and development expertise, serving in IT and development roles at McGlinchey Stafford, and Tech Valley DataPro LLC.

Padelford holds an associates of applied science degree from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., and a bachelor of science degree in information technology from SUNY–Empire State College in Saratoga, N.Y. He lives in Dalton with his family.