Noel Magana

Noel Magana currently serves as the Chief Information Officer at Sierra Central Credit Union, a role held since March 2025. Prior to this, Noel spent over 14 years at First Tech Federal Credit Union, ascending from Senior Manager of IT Applications & Database Services to Vice President of IT Applications, Operations & Enterprise Solutions, overseeing a $13B credit union's comprehensive IT operations and managing a large team and significant budgets. Key accomplishments include reducing help desk tickets by 40% and enhancing resolution times by 600%. Earlier experience includes roles at Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union as Senior IT Engineer and Help Desk Lead, and at Comcast Cable as Lead Data Center Administrator. Noel holds a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from the University of California, Davis.