David W. Eidle has joined Pittsfield’s Berkshire Bank’s management team as senior vice president of corporate initiatives.

In his role at Berkshire Bank, Eidle will head up the bank’s Project Management Office (PMO) and provide leadership, design, direction and strategic oversight for all corporate-wide initiatives including mergers and acquisition integration, primary systems conversions, major business initiatives and program implementation. The PMO will utilize Berkshire’s extensive experience with Six Sigma disciplines to achieve process improvement and efficiency enhancements. In this new position, Eidle will report to Kevin Riley, the bank’s chief financial officer.

Eidle comes to Berkshire Bank from Legacy Banks where he was senior vice president of human resources. He has also served as the integration leader for the conversion of Legacy Banks to Berkshire Bank leading up to and since the merger transaction. He brings to his new role more than 25 years of strategic planning and financial management experience in the areas of human resources, commercial and retail banking, operations, MIS and sales management for global, national and regional banks.

"We are very excited to have Dave joining us in this important position. His vast experience in financial and human resources management as well as project development and implementation will serve us well as we continue on our path of growth and expansion," said Riley.

Prior to joining Legacy, Eidle served as senior vice president of human resources at Sovereign Bank/Santander USA. Prior to joining Sovereign he was the senior information officer for the corporate banking division of Bank of America’s northeast franchise (formerly FleetBoston Financial).

"I sincerely welcome this unique and challenging opportunity with Berkshire Bank," said Eidle. "This role encompasses all aspects of my career and gives me the ability to make a meaningful impact in helping the bank achieve its future growth goals."