Chris Karageorge Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, CO, US

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Analyze stock market conditions to assess probable outcomes
• Utilize charting software and order flow technology
• Plan and execute trades using risk management to maximize profits and limit losses.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for leading a region of high-performing Mortgage Loan Originators in Southeast Texas, Louisiana and California.
• Maintaining profitability for branch P/L's
• Drive strategic growth through recruiting and business development
• Grew company staff from under 500 to over 1,000 employees as National Recruiting Leader (2020)
• Grew Southeast Region from $150M annual sales to over $500M by recruiting an additional 19 sales and 10 support team members (2020-2023)
• Presidents Club Award Winner 2020-2023

Houston, Texas, United States

• Created and built the first ever recruiting division at Thrive.
• Hired and led 4 full-time staff recruiters
• Grew company workforce from under 500 employees to over 1,000

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for company growth through recruiting, marketing and sales coaching.
• Led company rebrand and implementation of new CRM, POS system and AI ticketing/learning center and 3rd party sales-tools.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Began as Area Manager with offices in Houston, TX and San Antonio, TX. Transitioned into National Expansion Manager role in August 2017.
• Opened branch locations in Houston, TX and San Antonio, TX as Area Manager
• Started and built the internal recruiting department with 3 Recruiters
• Implemented ATS system, marketing initiatives, training and system development for the recruiting staff
• Recruiting Team brought on 5 branches with 22 total originators in 4 months. Expected volume in 2018 from these hires is approximately $175M

Houston, Texas, United States

• Hired to start the Houston market for Prospect
• Recruited 14 Loan Officers and 2 LOA's
• Opened 3 branches in Houston metro
• 232 loans closed for $48M+ in volume (48% Government)
• Average 175bps net profit to the company

Houston, Texas, United States

• Hired as first ever Regional Manager nationwide for new Retail Channel
• Recruited 8 Loan Officers and 1 Assistant from January-October 2015
• Responsible for training, mentoring and coaching all new hires
• Achieved highest production volume in entire Retail Channel YTD (37% higher than 2nd place)
• Recruited the top 2 producers YTD in entire Retail Channel
• Ranked #1 in Retail Channel for ExpressPass success rate, e-Delivery percentage and "IWR" scores

Houston, Texas, United States

• Hired to grow Houston/Woodlands Market and establish new branches
• Took over existing Houston Branch and returned it to profitability within 2 months after posting losses for the previous 6 months prior to my hire
• Retained Branch Employees after previous manager left company
• Recruited and hired a new Loan Coordinator for the Branch

Houston, Texas, United States

• Managed all aspects of Origination Activities for largest UAMC division in the country
• Achieved record Closed Loan Capture Percentage (81%) by strengthening relationship with builder management and sales staff
• Partnered with Homebuilding Division President and Sales Management Staff to create and implement sales strategies which attributed to a 20% increase in closing volume
• Grew division to 21 associates by recruiting and training an additional 4 Loan Officers, 2 Loan Officer Assistants, and 2 Production Managers to meet demand expectations and provide top-level service to Lennar

Houston, Texas, United States

• Directly Managed a team of 6-9 Loan Officers
• Leveraged experience to coach Loan Officers towards increased market share, higher quality underwriting submissions and better customer care
• Quickly established solid relationships with builder management and sales staff to gain trust, which led to higher capture and increased revenue for the division
• Fulfilled duties of Vice President when absent

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Originated Mortgage Loans for affiliated Homebuilder - Lennar Corporation
• Captured 96% of builder-affiliated business
• 9.54/10 Customer Satisfaction Score - highest in the company
• Over 1,000 loans closed with $384,000,000 volume
• Lennar Sales Advisory Award Recipient
• Named "Super Mortgage Professional" by MPLS/St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business - 2009-2012