J. Peter Scherer joined our predecessor in December 1999 and currently serves as our President and Head of Operations. Prior to this position, Mr. Scherer served as Chief Operating Officer of our predecessor. Mr. Scherer was responsible for reshaping Origen into a leader within the Manufactured Housing Finance Industry and instilling a "lean and mean" profit culture.
Mr. Scherer has more than 20 years of experience including all aspects of real estate development, finance, management, operations and leasing.
Prior to joining Origen and its predecessors, Mr. Scherer was Senior Vice President of The Taubman Company, a publicly traded shopping center REIT and one of the nation's leading real estate development firms.
W. Anderson Geater, Jr. joined our predecessor in April 2000 and currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include financial management, banking relations, accounting, financial reporting and regulatory reporting. Mr. Geater serves on various executive management committees.
Mr. Geater has more than 25 years of banking and financial services experience including capital market transactions encompassing both debt and equity.
Prior to joining Origen and its predecessors, Mr. Geater was Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for UFS Holdings, LLC.
Mark Landschulz joined our predecessor in February 2000 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Portfolio Management. He leads the Portfolio Management group, focusing on capital market execution and portfolio analytics. He brings a breadth of experience to the organization as he has spent the last 15 years in a number of leadership roles in the housing finance sector, most notably with GE Capital.
Prior to this position, Mr. Landschulz served as Chief Financial Officer for our predecessor.
Paul Galaspie joined our predecessor in March 1994 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for the day-to-day performance of Origen Systems, supporting the company's key objectives through the use of technology, and maintaining an experienced staff of systems managers, programmers, and support specialists. Prior to this position, Mr. Galaspie served as Project Manager, responsible for the development of the Origen loan origination system, databases, and management support systems, creating the infrastructure that supports Origen's long-term growth plans.
Mr. Galaspie has more than 13 years of experience in information systems and development. Prior to joining Origen and its predecessors, Mr. Galaspie was a Senior Programmer Analyst for Saxon Mortgage Funding Corporation.
Ben Sergi joined our predecessor in June 2003 and currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Operations. Mr. Sergi directs all of the day-to-day responsibilities for loan underwriting, processing, funding, the Dealer Services Group and Mortgage Operations Group.
Mr. Sergi has more than 19 years experience in the retailer/broker finance arena and has served in a wide variety of finance industries including automotive, recreational vehicle, marine and manufactured housing.
Prior to joining Origen and its predecessors, Mr. Sergi's most recent position was with HomePride Finance Corp, where he served as the Executive Vice President, National Sales and Operations. He previously served as the Senior Vice President, Sales and Operation, for the CIT Group and worked in the sales finance division at Key Bank.
Laura Campbell Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Laura Campbell joined our predecessor in November 1999 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. In this position, Ms. Campbell develops, implements and directs the human resource and training activities of the company, and provides counsel to Origen's managers and employees.
Ms. Campbell has over ten years of human resource experience in various lending and servicing areas including manufactured housing, mortgage banking and commercial lending.
Prior to joining Origen and its predecessors, Ms. Campbell served as Vice President, Human Resources for DMR Financial Services.
Brett Thomas Senior Vice President, Servicing
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Brett Thomas joined Origen in June 2004 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Servicing. In this capacity, Mr. Thomas is responsible for all loan servicing aspects of Origen's owned and serviced portfolios including foreclosure, bankruptcy, remarketing, collections, titling, insurance, tax, customer service, QC and loss mitigation. Prior to this position, Mr. Thomas served Origen as Vice President, Collections and Vice President, Default Services.
Mr. Thomas has more than 20 years experience in consumer and commercial loan servicing. Before joining Origen, he served as Senior Manager, Customer Care Center for IKON Office Solutions, Vice President, Operations for Money Management International, and Vice President, Collections and Workouts for GE Capital Mortgage Services.
Ronald Klein Chief Executive Officer
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Ronald A. Klein has served as a director and the Chief Executive Officer since August 2003. He is a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Klein joined Origen Financial L.L.C.'s predecessor in February 1999 and currently serves as Origen Financial L.L.C.'s sole manager and its Chief Executive Officer. From 1999 until Origen's formation, Mr. Klein served as a director and as Chief Executive Officer and President of Bingham Financial Services Corporation, a predecessor of Origen. In addition, he has served as the Managing Director of Equity Growth L.L.C., a private real estate investment company since 1994. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Klein served as Executive Vice President of Alaron Inc., an international distributor of consumer electronics. Prior to joining Alaron Inc., Mr. Klein was a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange since 1985. Mr. Klein has also served as the Managing Director of a financial derivatives trading firm and, before 1985, he was in the private practice of law.
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