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Vice President, Lending Technology

First Republic and its subsidiaries offer private banking, business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage services.

LEADING COMPANIES TO SUSTAINED PROFITABILITY THROUGH MARKETING AND SALES INNOVATION As a SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEADER, I am experienced at driving startups, turnarounds, and market leaders across the financial services, advanced technology and telecommunication industries to new levels of growth and customer satisfaction. Strong general management and P&L experience.REVENUE GENERATION AND GROWTHPlanned and successfully executed international expansion strategy for an organization that drove 100x increase in revenue.CUSTOMER-DRIVEN BUSINESS MODELS AND PROCESSESBuild effective business models, streamline processes and create and execute strategic initiatives that propel multimillion dollar revenue gains and generate traction in competitive markets. Created, led and implemented sales processes that increased sales and infused sales culture into multiple organizations.MOTIVATIONAL LEADERInspire teams to exceed expectations in complex environments and drives customer acquisition and retention by building lasting and valuable relationships across sales, product development, marketing and service delivery.STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING / CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERCreate and execute the strategic plans that drive transformational change and offer high value customer service. Established multi-faceted company and product growth/profitability strategic goals that increased customer base by 25%.EXPERTISE THAT DRIVES GROWTHSales ManagementTurnaround ManagementStrategic Business PlanningProject ManagementRelationship DevelopmentFinancial Analysis and PlanningLeadership DevelopmentContract NegotiationM&As / Divestiture / SalesProduct Strategy / Development