40 Under 40: Brandon Pylate, bank branch manager

Brandon Pylate

AGE: 27

FAMILY: Wife Sara, who is a teacher at Jackson High School. One daughter, Emma.

EMPLOYER: Montgomery Bank

POSITION: Branch manager, Jackson

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

Brandon is a member of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, on the finance committee for New McKendree United Methodist Church, Treasurer of United Methodist Men, Captain of Friends of Scouting for Boy Scouts of America, and a member of Junior Achievement. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri and has been with Montgomery Bank for over three years. He is also involved with the Jackson Senior Center.

HIS TYPICAL DAY:

Every morning I take my daughter Emma to Gordonville to my mother-in-law's house. I get to work between 7:45 and 8 a.m. I go over the loan list from the day before. I do commercial loans and oversee other loans also at the Jackson branch. I wait on customers and try to make things run smoothly. " work with a good group people so they don't need much supervision. That frees me up for other things.

MOST SATISFYING PART OF HIS JOB:

Helping customers fulfill their ideas from building spec homes to starting a trucking company. I like to see them be successful.

THE WORST HAIRCUT HE'S EVER HAD:

When I was a kid I had a bowl cut. It looked like a bowl had been turned upside down on my head.

HIS FAVORITE SONG FROM THE '80s:

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson.

HIS BIGGEST FIRST-DAY BLOOPER:

I messed up my first home-equity loan. I had the customer sign on the wrong line. I had to redo the entire loan over, not just reprint it.

HIS MOST EMBARASSING WORK MOMENT:

When my wife gave birth to our daughter, she was a month early. I was at a meeting and a lady at the bank told me my wife was already 5 centimeters dilated and to get there quick. I forgot the name of the hospital. All I could say was "the one down the street."