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Correspondent Channel Manager responsible for the overall loan performance, profitability, product development delivery and strategic initiatives for Fifth Third Mortgage. Focused on business development activities, profitable pricing strategies and timely product development. Manage national sales force responsible for developing whole loan sale relationships with quality Mortgage Bankers and Banks that are originating loans for sale. Start up channel for Fifth Third Bank in 2011, currently has over 300 clients active originating loans in forty-five states.

East Coast Operations Manager for Wholesale Mortgage Division. Managed six regional production sites with up to 1500 employees. Funded between $1.5b - $2.0b in loans per month from originated by wholesale brokers located Northeast and Southeast region of the US. Implemented strategic initiatives to improve efficiencies and leveraged technology to improve processes associated with loan delivery and velocity of loan fundings.

Developed strategic sales programs for FHA, VA, USDA and Reverse Mortgages for the Southeast Wholesale Channel Sales force. Increased market share of FHA and VA 25% year over year, presented at training workshops and worked with sales force of 75 accounts executives and regional managers.

National Sales Manager for Alternative Lending Channel that originated $2.5b - $3.0 billion in mortgage loans that sold whole loans to Wall Street investors and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Managed sales force of twenty accounts executives and three regional managers with an approved client base of over 600 banks and mortgage bankers that sold loans into the secondary market.

Correspondent Lending Sales Manager for prime and alternative lending loan acquisition. Responsible for pricing, product development and national sales force.

Regional operations manager for wholesale, retail and correspondent originations.

Northeast correspondent sales manager, two time Account Executive of the year.

Operations for New Jersey offices and training manager an eighteen office roll out in Northeast and Southeast regions.

Branch manager for the largest net receivable branch in the New Jersey region.