Leadership Team

Alberto Paracchini has served as President and CEO for Byline Bank since 2013. Alberto has spent nearly 20 years in financial services, and has held executive positions with numerous companies including Banco Popular North America, BXM Holdings, Inc., Popular Financial Holdings and E-Loan, an internet banking and mortgage company.

Alberto graduated from Marquette University and received his M.B.A., with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with a focus on Finance and Business Economics. He currently serves on the board for Junior Achievement of Chicago and is a member of the Cook County Council of Economic Advisors and Economic Club of Chicago.

He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and resides in Winnetka with his wife Aimee, where they are raising their three daughters. Alberto has completed seven Ironman triathlons and continues to enjoy swimming, cycling and running.

Thomas Abraham has served as President of Small Business Capital (“SBC”) at Byline Bancorp since May 2019. Mr. Abraham was promoted to this position after having served as Senior Vice President, SBA Sales Manager of SBC since December 2016 when Byline Bancorp acquired SBC’s predecessor company, Ridgestone Bank. Mr. Abraham served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Ridgestone Bank from February 2007 through December 2016, where he helped build the government guaranteed lending framework for loan originations, credit processing and closing footprint, as well as sales generation, back-end operations and portfolio servicing. Earlier in his career, Mr. Abraham held business development and commercial lending positions at Popular Community Bank, QuesTech Financial Services, and Sanwa Business Credit. Mr. Abraham received a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University.

John M. Barkidjija has served as Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Real Estate and Specialty Finance of Byline since January 2019. Previously, John was Senior Vice President, Group Head, Commercial Real Estate of Byline since January 2014. Prior to joining Byline, John served as a consultant and Chief Credit Officer at Bridgeview Bank, a Principal with Mbark Financial, LLC, Executive Vice President – Asset Management and Special Asset Consultant at ST Residential, LLC, various commercial real estate lending positions culminating in Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Risk Officer at Corus Bank, N.A. Prior to his career in banking, John also practiced corporate law at Christy & Viener and Jones & Blouch. John received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University’s Columbia College, a juris doctor degree from New York University School of Law and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Owen Beacom has served as Chief Credit Officer at Byline Bancorp since August 2019, following his promotion from Deputy Chief Credit Officer. Owen has more than 35 years of experience in the banking industry. Owen joined Byline in May 2018 following its acquisition of First Evanston Bancorp, where he served as Managing Director, Chief Lending Officer from 2004 to 2018. From 1990 to 2004, Owen held senior lending positions at a number of Chicago area banks including Bank One, American National Bank of Chicago, and Lake Shore National Bank. Since 2012, Owen has served as a member director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago since 2012. Owen has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul University, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Tom Bell is Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer for Byline Bank, where he serves on the Board ALCO. As a member of the Byline Bank Management Committee, he is also Chairman of the Bank’s Management ALCO, Contingency Funding, Pricing and New Products Committees. Tom previously served for three years as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Planning for Anchor Bancorp where he was responsible for treasury, finance and capital management.

Prior to joining Anchor Bancorp, Tom was an Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer for Midwest Bancorp. Tom previously served as a Senior Vice President with for ABN AMRO North America Inc., a Chicago-based Holding Company for the LaSalle Bank Corporation. In his fourteen years of service at ABN AMRO, Tom contributed to multiple disciplines within the asset and liability management, capital markets, treasury and finance functions. Prior to ABN AMRO/LaSalle, Tom spent several years with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Megan Biggam currently serves as Executive Vice President of Retail Banking with responsibilities for new customer and deposit acquisition, customer retention, cross sales efforts and new product development. Prior to joining Metrobank Group in 2008, she was Division Marketing Manager at Washington Mutual (WaMu) overseeing the retail marketing development for the Chicagoland, Atlanta and New Jersey markets. Previous to joining Washington Mutual, she was the Regional Marketing Director for TCF Bank for the Chicagoland and Milwaukee markets. Megan received a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and serves on the SIBS Board for Misericordia Home of Mercy in Chicago, Illinois.

Lindsay Corby is the Chief Financial Officer of Byline Bank, a position she has held
since July, 2015. She previously served as Byline Bank’s Chief Administration Officer from 2013 to 2015. Prior to Byline Bank, she was a Principal at BXM Holdings, Inc. since 2011, where she worked as part of the investor representative team to facilitate the recapitalization of Metropolitan (which later became Byline Bank).

Prior to joining BXM Holdings, Lindsay was a Vice President in the investment banking group of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (“KBW”), where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, complex recapitalizations and valuation activities for U.S. financial institutions. Prior to joining KBW, Lindsay worked at Merrill Lynch as an analyst in its Technology Investment Banking Group.

Lindsay received an M.S. in Accounting, a B.A. in Spanish and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Southern Methodist University. She is a registered Certified Public Accountant.

Donald J. Gibson Jr. has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Byline Bancorp since June 2019. Mr. Gibson joined Byline from MB Financial Bank, N.A., where he served as General Counsel since 2014. Prior to MB Financial Bank, Mr. Gibson was a partner at Chicago-based McGuireWoods, LLP, where he chaired the firm’s community banking industry team. Before McGuireWoods, Mr. Gibson was a partner at Ross & Hardies, L.P., was a founding partner of Tatooles, Foley, Kluever & Gibson, and served as general counsel and assistant general counsel at Boulevard Bancorp, Inc. Mr. Gibson received his BA from Loyola University Chicago and a JD from Loyola University School of Law.

Michelle Johnson is the Chief Risk Officer for Byline Bank with responsibilities for Compliance and Risk Management. Michelle joined the Byline Bank team in 2015, as the Director of Operational Risk Management and was promoted to Deputy Chief Risk Officer in 2018. She has spent the majority of her career in financial services, where she held numerous roles including Enterprise Risk, Information Security, and Mergers and Acquisitions. She also served for ten years with the Army National Guard, as a Military Police Officer, and completed tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois State University, a Master’s of Science degree from Norwich University, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Enterprise Risk Professional (CERP) .

Dana Traci serves as Chief Human Resources Officer bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience focusing on cultivating a positive culture and great place to work. Prior to joining Byline in 2019, Dana was Interim, Chief Human Resources Officer for Discover Financial Services. She held a variety of business line and Human Resources roles since 1994 with Discover including, Vice President of Consulting and Talent, Talent Acquisition and Diversity, and Rewards and Partnerships.

Prior to Discover, Dana worked in marketing for the American Society for Quality Control. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Brogan Ptacin has been Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking for Byline since January 1, 2019. Prior to joining Byline, Brogan served as a Managing Director of First Bank & Trust from 2009 until First Bank & Trust was acquired by Byline in 2018. Previously, Brogan served as Executive Vice President of Midwest Bank & Trust, Executive Vice President of Royal American Bank, and Senior Vice President of American National Bank & Trust. Brogan received an MSBA in Finance from Creighton University