Watson will be based in the Salt Lake City, Utah; Cunningham in the Denver, Colo. office.
Watson, who has an extensive background in banking, was SVP of business development of Zion Bank from September 2017 through last month. He was with Wells Fargo for 13 years and was director of business development from July 2008 through September 2017.
Cunningham came to Eide Bailly from Riveron where he worked from February 2017 through this month. He was the business development manager for the last two years four months. A CPA, he was senior portfolio accountant for BMC Investments/BLDG Management Company from January 2016 through January 2017.