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Mark Pappas CEO & President
Mr. Pappas is the CEO and President of Clearpoint Funding, Inc. Prior to joining Clearpoint Funding, Inc., Mr. Pappas was one of the original founders of MortgageIT Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of MortgageIT Holdings Inc, a public company that was purchased by Deutsche Bank in 2007). While serving as President, Mr. Pappas helped to build the company from its infancy and managed the sales force and business development. Mr. Pappas also founded IPI Skyscraper, which was one of the largest mortgage brokerage firms in the country. He has been in the Mortgage industry for over 20 years. |
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Phillip Kukafka CPA Chief Lending Officer
Mr. Kukafka is the Chief Lending Officer for Clearpoint Funding, Inc. He is currently advising on all of the company’s hedging of mortgage loans, pipeline risk management, auditing and risk management, and product development. Prior to joining Clearpoint Funding, Inc., he spent the last three years working at Deutsche Bank as a Director on the syndication desk. Mr. Kukafka was the Chief Lending officer of MortgageIT Inc. from May 1999 to January 2007 when the company was purchased by Deutsche Bank. In his capacity as the CLO he managed the company’s Capital Markets team which included hedging and pipeline risk, creating and implementing risk management policies and reports, and product development. From 1994 to 1999 Mr. Kukafka worked at Deutsche Bank as a Vice President in the Business Controller area. Prior to that he worked at Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co. and Hiltzik Schneider Erhlich & Co CPA firms |
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Greg O'Connor Chief Operating Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. O’Connor is the Chief Operating Officer of Clearpoint Funding, Inc. Prior to ClearPoint Funding, Mr. O’Connor was a founder and CEO of ClearPoint's predecessor Company where he spent the previous 12 years building the business into a boutique mortgage banking and services firm. Mr. O’Connor has built a career in the mortgage industry leveraging his entrepreneurial skills in business process and operational workflow design. ClearPoint Funding was created with a single focus: To uniquely service the mortgage banking needs of today's mortgage professionals on a nationwide basis. |
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Keith G. Bilodeau Senior Vice President Wholesale Production
Prior to joining ClearPoint, Mr. Bilodeau was a SVP & Head of Wholesale Lending for Deutsche Banks MortgageIT lending platform. Mr. Bilodeau joined MortgageIT in 2000 and established the company’s first wholesale lending branches, as well as the company’s post closing facility in Madison, WI. Mr. Bilodeau was responsible for all Wholesale Lending activities for the mortgage origination platform, as well as a key member of the Credit Committee. Prior to joining MortgageIT he spent 10 years as VP Regional Manager for CrossLand Mortgage with responsibility for wholesale and retail lending in the central US. Mr. Bilodeau also spent the previous 9 years in Capital Markets for US Bancorp, GE Mortgage and Commonwealth Mortgage managing investor relations, trading and securitization. |
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Donald Epstein Chief Financial Officer & Secretary
Mr. Epstein is the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Clearpoint Funding, Inc. Prior to joining Clearpoint Funding, Inc., he was the CFO for Residential Home Funding from 2009 - 2010, CFO for Refinace.com from 2007 to 2008 and CFO for MortgageIT Inc. from 2002 to 2006. At MortgageIT, Mr. Epstein played a key role in completing both the IPO and subsequent restructure into a mortgage REIT. Mr. Epstein is a CPA with over 18 years of mortgage banking experience. Prior to MortgageIT he served in various senior financial positions at Bank of America, Wells Fargo and California Federal Savings Bank. |
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