Mr. Allen Wu immigrated to the US at early age with his parents and two younger brothers. He spent his childhood in College Park MD. Mr. Wu graduated from UMCP with a Mechanical Engineering degree.He was employed by Lockheed Martin and later SAIC as Test Engineer and System Engineer from 1996 to 2001. Worked on projects such as FAA Display System Replacement (DSR), Air Traffic Control (ATC) Missile Defense Program, National Imagery Mapping program, etc.Looking for a more challenging life, in 2001, Allen quit his job and joined the US Navy as an Engineering Duty Office, he was commissioned as a Naval Officer in Oct of 2001. He stationed at Washington Navy Yard, and spent most of the Navy service in Norfolk Naval Shipyard. As LTJG and LT, Mr. Wu served in various surface warfare ships.Mr. Wu retired from the Navy in 2011 with an honorable discharge and the rank of Lieutenant.During his service, he formed his first company part time in the residential mortgage. Under his leadership, he built a sales team of over 600 loan officers in the DC, MD and VA areas.When 2008 mortgage crisis arrived, Mr. Wu saw the opportunities and rebranded his company to Sequoia Properties and Management, which was to provide services in short sale, foreclosure sale, REO, etc. His team was responsible for thousands of successful short sale negotiations for RE company such as Keller Williams, Century 21, ReMax and many other local real estate brokers.Seeking for next venture, Mr. Wu decided to go back to the lending industry, this time, his focus is on the commercial lending. In 2018, he transformed Sequoia Properties & Management to Sequoia Lending and provide funding for businesses across the USA. The product lines include Fix n Flip, Construction, Business acquistion, working capital, equipment, commercial properties, etc.Currently, the company has partnered up with more than 500 funding sources, such as private money, hedge funds, institutional funds, local banks, private investors, which can fund projects from small business loans to development, construction, etc.Mr. Wu’s goal is to build Sequoia Lending as a brand name company to provide solutions to small businesses across the country.