•A highly accomplished strategic executive with a wealth of expertise in business, finance, operations, and system design and implementation within the Mortgage industry and a proven track record of success in leadership roles at Freddie Mac, Acenden Limited, and Lehman Brothers.•Offers broad-ranging expertise in Corporate Development, with the ability to manage opportunities end-to-end. Scope of experience includes developing strategic analyses, preparing financial analyses for acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures, structuring and negotiation transactions, pre-acquisition financial and operational due diligence, day 1 operational readiness in acquisition and startup scenarios, and post-acquisition integration. •Experienced in Chief Administrative Officer activities that include formulating strategic vision, developing business plans, managing budgets, overseeing compensation processes, creating internal communications plans, liaising with internal and external auditors and regulators, and achieving operational efficiencies. •Drives successful outcomes by effectively managing through metrics, delivering continuous improvement, implementing risk management strategies, optimizing costs, and fostering innovation.•A tech-savvy leader who delivers creative solutions to ever-changing business needs while capturing increased efficiency and productivity. Visualizes broad situations with a command of the details necessary to ensure the successful resolution of challenging issues. Areas of Expertise:• Mortgage Servicing• Default Management• Mortgage Origination• Operations Management• Mergers & Acquisition• Risk ManagementSelected Career Achievements:▪Directs servicing operations at Freddie Mac, supervising a team of ~200 and ensuring the overall quality of execution through all economic and market conditions. Optimizes headcount and expenses through improvements in efficiency and effective management of volume. Has resulted in a decade+ of year-on-year cost reductions.▪Minimized losses in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis through implementation of loss mitigation strategies including modifications, short sales, active foreclosure oversight, and optimized liquidation/disposition pricing and channels. ▪Sponsored and executed the Investor Reporting Change Initiative, the most significant change and improvement to servicing portfolio reporting and remitting in the history of the Freddie Mac process.Email me at kburke2a@gmail.com or call me at (908) 432-8830.