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Remote From Greater Tampa Area

Prepared for and attended trials, hearings, depositions, and settlement conferences related to foreclosure and title matters. • Represented the company in 252 legal matters, 165 in-person appearances, and had a 100% resolution rate. • Managed all aspects of foreclosure litigation. Prepared trial plans, loan briefs, witness questions, review and execution of affidavits. • Reviewed Florida matters to determine if an affidavit was acceptable versus a witness. • Directed cases through the litigation cycle to develop an effective plaintiff or defense strategy.

Greater Denver Area

Prepared for and attended trials, hearings, depositions, and settlement conferences related to foreclosure and title matters. • Represented the company in 2,763 legal matters, 1,944 in-person appearances, and had a 99.7% resolution rate. Resolved approximately 32% of foreclosures through consent or affidavit which saved the company travel costs. • Participated in matters with loans in 39 states. • Attended the HUD Hope Now borrower seminars in California. • Responsible for reviewing legal documents and executing affidavits.• Able to direct cases through the litigation cycle, review files and develop an effective plaintiff or defense strategy. Tasks included preparation of trial plans, loan briefs, witness questions.• Trained 11 personnel in witness preparation for reverse mortgage loans, managed the witnesses. • Responsibilities included legislation and regulation changes, including implementing changes with foreclosure counsel.

Greater Denver Area

Managed post-closing including collateral delivery in 24 hours, loan boarding in 24 hours, HUD government insuring in 30 days, final documents in 30 days after recording. • Oversaw U.S. post-closing operations of Atlanta, GA and Roseville, CA Operations Centers. Monthly volume was 3,500-4,500 closed loans. • Managed the offshore India post-closing contracts and performance: Funding Review, Warehousing, Government Insuring, Final HUD-1, Trailing Documents.• Accountable for insurance of FHA loans and confirming pooled transactions. Approved to in-sure HUD HECM loans through the HUD Lender Insurance Program. • Trained and supervised personnel in post-closing operations – 25+ U.S. based staff and 45+ offshore India staff.

Greater Denver Area

• Sales of post-closing services and technology products, sales support and contract development.• Created the government insuring division, responsible to insure FHA and VA loans and certify pooled transactions.• Manage and train internal and external personnel in post-closing operations for loan review, document resolution, delivery and development of the workflow.• Managed the operations to sustain a 50% cash position and at least 65% profit margin.

Denver, Co

• Responsible for the operations of 22 post-closing production contracts, increased profit margin from 47% to 64%. • Production contracts included insuring of FHA and VA loans, pool certification, final document retrieval.• Analysis of the industry for changes and estimating the effect on operations and profitability.• Managed accounting, finance, budget, payroll, and contract service operations.• Changed the administrative duties to decrease overhead expenses by over $650,000 annually.