About
Circuit's Mission, Vision, and Values
We believe real progress happens when curiosity, collaboration, and trust come together to create meaningful impact.
Our Mission
Circuit exists to accelerate collaborative innovation that keeps credit unions relevant, human-centered, and future-ready.
Our Vision
We create a connected ecosystem where credit unions shape emerging technologies together by sharing insight, risk, and impact.
Our Values
Stay Curious
Keep exploring what's possible.
Positive Impact
Innovation serves people, not just technology.
Make It Happen
Insight is only insightful when it becomes action.
Trust Is Our Currency
Transparency, integrity, and shared success come first.
Collaboration Fuels Progress
We move faster and farther together.
How We Come Together
Our innovation ecosystem
Circuit powers the cooperative movement’s R&D engine by identifying what’s next and transforming it into actionable pathways for credit unions.
From Spark to Ignition
How Circuit powers innovation
1
Idea
Explore what’s possible through shared insight and early evaluation of emerging technologies.
2
Discovery
Assess what matters, like market fit, member value, operational impact, and risk, to focus collective momentum and coalesce around solutions.
3
Adoption
Build clear pathways to scale by aligning the right partners, defining requirements, and supporting confident action.
Say Hello
The Circuit team
Meet the team powering our cooperative innovation engine.
Ned Tobey
Chief Executive Officer
Ashley Kohlrus
Chief Operations Officer
Ethan Cunningham
Chief Strategy Officer
Bryan Link
Chief Financial Officer
Kristen Jones
Chief of Staff
Circuit By the Numbers
80+
owners in our network
51M+
members
25+
years of shared innovation
$382B+
in assets