'Suck at retirement'

After a diverse banking career that started a week after he returned home from the Vietnam War in 1972, Dave Maraman obviously knows a lot of people in the industry.

Maraman bumped into one of those bankers recently at an industry conference in Chicago. The friend delivered a point-blank message for Maraman: “You suck at retirement.”

The pair laughed over the line, but Maraman admits there's certainly some truth to it. At 67, he's a regional president for BMO Harris Bank, where he oversees business banking for the lender's Florida and Arizona markets. He runs the unit, which includes about $500 million in commercial loans and about 30 offices from Orlando to Naples, from BMO Harris' downtown Sarasota office. There are another 61 offices in Phoenix and Tucson. He visits that region once a month.