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United States

Dunlap, Tennessee, United States

Naples, Florida Area

Recruited to head major strategic initiative to make bank major player in mortgage loan industry by building first portfolio mortgage loan division, including loan programs, underwriting, and transforming policies to remove barriers to growth while maintaining strong credit posture. Managed staff of 7 servicing entire southern Florida territory.◆ Restructured loan policies and procedures for entire bank footprint across 3 states to increase production by 500% over 5 years with near-0 deficiency ratio, while adding few staff.◆ Grew mortgage loan volume by over 100% in first year, and substantially increased total bank portfolio volume while maintaining strong credit quality. ◆ Developed and implemented employee development programs, including enhanced training in loan processing and underwriting, that achieved 0 turnover during tenure.◆ Maintained consistent "top producer" rank in sales in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, with similar production on target for 2020.

Naples, Florida Area

Brought on by new bank to create new residential loan department, establish sound lending practices, and build out team to grow production. Managed staff of 8 serving Southwest Florida region.◆ Accurately identified emerging market trends, and strategically developed product portfolio aligned with bank's financial goals to drive consistent, year-for repeatedly exceeding expectations, starting as Vice President and being named as Senior Vice President with oversight of all Southwest Florida loan production division.◆Obtained Freddie Mac mortgage vendor approval for brand-new bank within unprecedented first 12 months because of stratospheric volume growth and benchmark lending practices.over-year revenue growth from $25M in 2011 to $80M in 2014.◆Consistently promoted during tenure

Naples, Fl

Engaged to head development of Southwest Florida loan production operations and instilled corporate culture of engagement and productivity with strategic goal of increasing market share and loan volume.◆Built and managed high-performance team of 8 lending professionals.◆Created new lending team, and developed and executed market-relevant strategies and policies that quickly ramped up loan production.◆ Continuously improved daily operations, decreased turnaround times, and streamlined workflows to deliver exceptional customer service and high customer satisfaction and retention rates.

Recruited to transform and managed mortgage operations serving entire state of Florida after 2005 acquisition of First National Bank of Florida. Focused on improving culture, employee engagement, and performance, slashing employee turnover, and resolving quality and customer service problems.◆ Led turnaround and transformation of statewide mortgage business by realigning targets with corporate 5-year financial plan, and creating new workflows for loan setup, processing, underwriting, closing, and after-sale follow up.◆Boosted divisional profitability from 13th to 3rd out of 16 divisions within first 12 months, and generated $1B in loan volume by end of second year.

Proved leadership at very young age by turning around sales operations after 2 previous managers had failed, bridging gap between sales and operations, improving workflows, increasing sales by 50%, enhancing customer satisfaction, and leading department back to profitability.

Bachelor Of Science

Honors Graduate, Banking

3-year graduate program in all banking disciplines

Education record