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United States

Working with residential and commercial customers with their roofing and solar needs. Whether a new roof is required or if damaged by Mother Nature.

Managed the effective operation of personnel, equipment, and other internal and external resources necessary to perform the efficient escrow closing work flows for residential homebuilder in Central Florida.Managed 14 person team in three separate Florida locations, directing closing and post-closing workflows and processes.Implemented new operating procedures that improved post-closing efficiency.Resolved all closing and title issues that arose in order to meet closing deadlines and quotas.Completed approximately 1200 settlements in 2022, with 303 settlements in December alone and 169 of those in the last four days of the month.

Hired to establish a residential mortgage division and title company for Brunswick Bank and Trust.Developed an $22 million pipeline of commercial loans for the commercial division in 12 months.Installed Encompass as the residential mortgage front-end system to improve loan process.Set up Title company with NJ Department of Insurance. And Old Republic National Title.Managed mortgage and title pipeline increasing customer satisfaction from origination to closing resulting in $15 million in closed loans in 12 months.

Gettysburg, Pa, Us

Tripwire is a leading provider of explosive products, explosive training, canine training, and tactical operations training for federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and the military. Tripwire maintains an 11,500 sq. ft training facility on our nine acre tract of land in Gettysburg, PA. We conduct training classes for the military and first responders, federal to local level at the site, witch is staffed with former military and civilian bomb technicians, highly experienced in the handling of energetic materials. We are also staffed with skilled canine trainers and firearms instructors and tactical operators.

Wall, New Jersey, Us

Solicited realtors, attorneys, and lenders to originate new mortgage loans for the bank.Applied deep industry knowledge to enable the bank branch staff to obtain mortgages for customer's purchasing or refinancing .Expedited loans through the system with compete documentation while enhancing the customer's experience with the banks loan process.Closed $30 million in loans in 2018.

Ewing, Nj, Us

Identified and researched client initiatives that impacted the foreclosure, bankruptcy and post-sale departments.Recommended and facilitated mitigation of potential exposure from accounts identified as high risk for litigation and title issues.Served as liaison between clients , upper management and attorneys.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Sales & Marketing Representative selling new homes in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Led operations and sales at Garden State Title Agency and merged with the newly formed Chestnut Title Agency.Improved operations and sales increasing profitability 50%.Integrated new and existing staff to build a cohesive team and increase productivity to 100 loans per quarter.ABA with Atlantic Home Loans.

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Established a new title agency licensed in NJ & PA.Collaborated with mortgage banks, attorneys,realtors and banks to develop an independent residential and commercial title and settlement business closing approximately 450 units/year.Led budgeting, licensing, settlement,account reconciliation and Board of Directors reporting.Streamlined operations form the title order to issuance of finial policy.Increased sales volume with new customers and repeat business year over year.ABA with First Choice Loan Services.

Set up operations center to provide title and real estate related services to an affiliated mortgage network and bank with over $1.5 billion in annual mortgage volume through offices located across the US. Established trust and communication between title company and mortgage branch managers to encourage them to use ENTA. Also solicit independent residential and commercial title and settlement service business.

Hired to increase capture rate and eventual manage the New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York title operations for he builders title company.Developed marketing programs that attracted business from homebuyers, attorneys and lenders. Established strategic relationships directly with high-end buyers.Regularly met with sales staff and project managers to develop a rapport between the builder and title agency.Within a year, opened a new operations center in New Jersey, which was consistently rated second highest in profitability int eh company.Hired, trained and managed a staff of 12 to handle the title workflow.Implemented procedures and work flows within the office and across other builder divisions and lenders that ensured the homebuyers closed on time.Instituted programs that enabled the team to work efficiently and profitably.Increase the title agency capture rate form 10% to 70% in the builders New Jersey market, 95% in the Pennsylvania market and 35% in the New York market.

Established relationships with mortgage bankers, banks realtors and attorneys to place title insurance with GST. Increased production through controlled business arrangements with numerous banks and lenders for the ordering of title insurance. Streamlined the closing process

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing And Management

Hs, College Prep