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Z.
Vanessa Giacoman, CMB
Ms. Giacoman is a 16-year mortgage banking career veteran experienced
in building de novo mortgage banking
platforms as well as in serving as a turn-around agent for existing
platforms. Ms. Giacoman began her career by creating
a de novo mortgage banking platform, introducing
innovative process flows & technology which were deemed to be
revolutionary
by industry consultants in the late 1990s. Serving as
President and CEO, she grew the company from 36
employees to over 300 employees funding $1 billion in annual loan
origination volume,
maintaining net profit margins and diversifying the company’s sources of
production with a multi-channel originations platform consisting of a
Hispanic-focused
call center, retail sales division and wholesale sales channel.
Ms. Giacoman has served on both private and public sector
boards, and is actively involved in non-profit organizations that
strengthen communities. Serving on the board of Pacific
Mutual
Real Estate Investment Trust, she established an advisory council and
collaborated
with the public and private sectors to negotiate re-zoning initiatives
for the REIT
to invest in distressed neighborhoods in Oakland, California. Ms.
Giacoman is a strong advocate for
fair lending practices, appearing as a guest expert speaker on various
media
outlets such as Univision TV/Radio, NBC, Telemundo and ABC to educate
the local
community on issues surrounding personal finance and the economy in
general.
Most recently, Ms. Giacoman joined partner Calvin Hamler in
an existing mortgage banking operation, serving as the company’s Chief
Operating Officer. As COO, Ms.
Giacoman drove down the organization’s cost to produce by 109 basis
points in
nine months and drove down the overall cost to originate by 30 basis
points in
three months.
Ms. Giacoman is a graduate from the Harvard School of
Business, the Graduate School of Political Management at George
Washington
University, holds a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley
and
holds several designations from the Mortgage Bankers Association of
America,
including the well-respected CMB (Certified Mortgage Banker)
designation.
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Calvin
B. Hamler, AMP
Mr. Hamler is a Wall Street finance professional with a
background as a NASDAQ market maker, risk arbitrage trader, money
manager and
independent futures trader. A Summa Cum Laude
graduate in finance and
economics from the University of Denver, Mr. Hamler is experienced in
all
facets of mortgage banking as an owner / operator. He has
earned the well-respected AMP
(Accredited Mortgage Professional) designation from the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America and served on the board of directors of the
Colorado
Mortgage Lenders Association in 2008. Mr.
Hamler is actively engaged with his peer network in the local and
national
mortgage and banking communities.
In his most recent venture, Mr. Hamler co-founded and served
as CEO and Managing Member of an 8-year old independent mortgage banking
company that began as a two-person startup.
Mr. Hamler established and implemented the overall strategy and
vision,
built corporate culture, managed the firm’s capital, and oversaw the
operation
of over 640 employees at the company’s peak.
Utilizing a multi-channel originations platform consisting of
four
direct lending call centers, a boutique retail branch network and a
wholesale
sales channel, Mr. Hamler’s operation originated and funded over $2.6
billion
in exclusively FHA / VA and conventional conforming residential loan
production
across a 30-state footprint, generating over $80 million in revenue.
Mr. Hamler built his company’s mortgage banking operations
center from the ground up, relying heavily on technology and a robust IT
staff
of software engineers and project managers to develop proprietary
systems. He assembled a seasoned compliance staff that
included six on-staff attorneys and veteran industry compliance
professionals. Leveraging his capital markets expertise,
Mr.
Hamler built his own secondary marketing / capital markets trading and
hedging
operation from the ground up, hedging the company’s loan pipeline
internally. The
end result was a distinct competitive advantage by employing the most
sophisticated forms of secondary market delivery, including AOT
(Assignment of
Trade) and co-issuance of mortgage backed securities, selling directly
to
Fannie Mae.
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