Joe Applegate Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

I lead a team responsible for driving the company's strategic priorities, enhancing operational effectiveness, and ensuring sustainable growth

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Responsible for working closely with executive leadership to insure alignment with business objectives. Assist in the coordination of all aspects of IT including planning, design, evaluation, purchasing, implementation, and support. Align IT goals to strategic plans. Work closely with business stakeholders and development team in an Agile/Scrum environment. Established and cultivated strong relationships with key decision makers serving as a trusted advisor and business partner

Greater Detroit Area

Evaluated emerging technologies and their impact on the business objectives. Directed and coordinated all research projects. Responsible for contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, and technical implementations. Worked closely with executive leadership on all IT projects by assessing risk and implementing technologies beneficial to the company and its goals. Directed technical consulting for several sister companies.

Greater Detroit Area

Worked directly with the CEO and executive leadership team to lead and coordinate all aspects of IT and operations. Provided strategic technology vision to executives to forecast growth and allocations against projected company revenues and initiatives. Scaled technology and operations during company growth from 12 to 1000+ team members.

Greater Detroit Area

Worked directly with the CEO and executive leadership team to lead and coordinate all aspects of company operations. Responsible for creating, tracking, and improving company profit margin. Responsible for leading several business initiatives requiring extensive collaboration among numerous departments and groups.

Greater Detroit Area

Worked alongside the CEO and executive leadership team to start Rock Connections as a sister company to Quicken Loans. Planned and administered all technology and operational systems. Created and lead the IT support team. Reviewed all infrastructure capacity requests for compliance with security and internal business controls. Developed and managed all vendor relationships. Developed IT standards and policies designed to streamline desktop and software support.

Managed multiple projects involving retail mortgage banking to improve call center efficiency, reporting, and operational functionality. Designed and implemented several business critical CRM and Dialing platforms. Prototyped new procedures and trained new users on software enhancements. Led project teams, internal and external, to achieve project defined milestones and deliverables. Interviewed, trained, and mentored new business analysts.

Interviewed with clients and gathered information pertaining to their unique financial situations, needs, and objectives. Effectively overcome concerns and objections to gain the client's commitment. Maintained a thorough understanding of product and company guidelines to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction and customer pull through. Negotiated rates and terms while working closely with the underwriting team to achieve timely approvals and closings.