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North Carolina, United States

Responsible for the overall Government Guaranteed Lending business for LendingClub Bank

Charlotte Metro

Responsible for the overall SBA lending business for The Fidelity Bank.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for the overall SBA lending business for Lendstream Small Business Finance. Lendstream is an affiliate of Capital Crossing, an industry leading underwriter, investor and servicer of commercial real estate and small business loans. Since 1987, Capital Crossing has purchased and managed more than $5 billion in assets nationwide, both for its own.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for overall SBA lending division for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the U.S. As one of the largest SBA lenders in the country Bank of America Merrill Lynch provides capital to small businesses for the purpose of growing and expanding their business. Our purpose is to help make their lives better through the power of every connection.

Responsible for overall SBA lending division for TD Bank whose territory stretches from Maine to Florida and also includes out of footprint origination offices throughout the U.S.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

As Regional Sales Manager, my responsibilities include growing Wells Fargo presence and loan production through our 10+ offices in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. As the #1 SBA lender in the United States since 2009, Wells Fargo provides capital to small to medium sized businesses for commercial real estate acquisition, refinance or.

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• Top 1% Producer - Selected to receive the Summit Award in 2007, awarded to top 1% of 4,000 GE Real Estate employees for production increase of over 100%.
• Business Turn-Around – Chosen to take over the underperforming southeast region and improved performance from bottom ranking to #2 out of 5 within two years. Made tough people decisions, hired and developed new team.
• Business Turn-Around – Chosen to take over the underperforming southeast region and improved performance from bottom ranking to #2 out of 5 within two years. Made tough people decisions, hired and developed new team.
• Product Development – Partnered with marketing department to develop exclusive new products featuring lower costs and quicker approval times. These products grew from zero to 40% of overall loan production within three.
• Doubled Customer Touch Time - Initiated process improvements, including new pre-screening and loan packaging procedures. Increased team’s efficiency as non-sales tasks were eliminated or shifted to support staff.
• Developed and Delivered Sales/Product Training – Worked as part of a team that developed and delivered training to 100-person sales team and back office support teams that helped increase the production of first year.

• Merger Integration and Transition – Chosen to create a new territory following merger of real estate and equipment lending platforms. Retained all top talent, moved existing employees to new territory, opened five new.

• Business Start Up/Substantial Growth – Started a new region from the ground up. Growth plan increased management team from two to nine, sales team from 15 to 54 and opened 20 new offices.
• Awards - Selected in the top 1% of 50,000 GE Capital employees to receive Pinnacle Award in 1998. Award recognized regional production increase of 150%.