Chief Operations Officer And President
Puget Sound Title Company
University Place, Washington
• Earned fast-track promotions by accepting increasingly responsibilities for operations management• Oversaw all business units including sales, finance, human resources, marketing and operations• Served as sole business development and client relationship manager for top 5 volume customers• Landed government contracts for title service through open RFP process including: tax lien service for Pierce County Budget and Finance as well as sewer liens for Pierce County Sewer Department• Gained thorough working knowledge of customer service, title examination, recording, accounting, reconveyance, escrow closing and document signing• Maintained consistent focus on cost savings without sacrificing high levels of customer service, compliance, quality control and underwriting• Launched new escrow division and successfully added two additional escrow branches• Participated in purchase, underwriting and auditing of contract receivables secured by Deeds of Trust and real estate contracts• Implemented title examination QA/QC process which reduced future legal issues by 95%• Improved title examination turnaround from 3 days to 24 hours by introducing automated and streamlined processes • Recruited, trained and supervised staff of 48• Allocated and coordinated personnel and resources to meet variations in monthly workflow volumes• Organized corporate board and shareholder meetings and maintained all corporate stock records including purchases and sales• Completed quarterly financial reports• Negotiated and oversaw third party vendor relationships• Negotiated tenant leases in corporate-owned building• Developed company processes and procedures• Managed and reconciled 15 bank accounts with balances up to $200MM