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Our Team

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  Stephanie Box

  Director of Servicing Operations

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  Stephanie Box

  Director of Servicing Operations

  As Director of Servicing Operations, Stephanie is responsible for managing the day to day operations of the Transaction Management, Portfolio Servicing and Portfolio Management Teams within AlphaFlow. Her focus is on creating a seamless customer experience for both Lenders and Borrowers along with managing the performance of the portfolio.

  Prior to AlphaFlow, she was Senior Vice President of Account Management and Transaction Management of a $9B residential portfolio for a specialty servicer, leading the implementation of all client onboarding and relationship management. Stephanie held the position of Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management at 3Point Asset Management, overseeing a $418M residential portfolio for one of the largest American investment management firm. She also served as Assistant Vice President at Arch Bay Capital, LLC, managing a $1.2B residential portfolio for a NY based hedge fund.

  In her spare time you can find her managing her son and daughter’s sports team and posting food pictures on her foodie Instagram account.

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  Darryl Chu

  VP Finance

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  Darryl Chu

  VP Finance

  As VP of Finance, Darryl is responsible for guiding strategic financial decisions at AlphaFlow and overseeing financial management functions including accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury and tax.

  Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Darryl was the Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer at Shellpoint Partners LLC, a leading national mortgage originator and servicer. During a period of rapid growth, Darryl was responsible for expanding Shellpoint’s mortgage origination capabilities by increasing access to liquidity by over $3 billion while decreasing cost of funds. Throughout his 20+ year career, he has led finance transformation initiatives, maximizing department efficiency through in-house developed automation and implementing third-party ERP systems.

  Darryl began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers followed by Deloitte, serving financial services clients in assurance and advisory. Darryl has a BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia and a DPA in Chartered Accounting from McGill University.

  Darryl grew up in Vancouver, Canada and now calls New York home. He enjoys spending time with family, traveling the world and is an avid ice hockey fan.

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  Adam Craver

  Operations Analyst

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  Adam Craver

  Operations Analyst

  Adam is a Servicing Operations Analyst responsible for portfolio monitoring. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Adam was at PNC Financial Services Group where he was a Loan Closing Analyst responsible for a $150MM portfolio of commercial real estate loans.

  Adam grew up in Brooklyn, New York and has a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh.

  Outside of the office, Adam enjoys perfecting his pour over technique, learning new languages (he studied four in college), and playing Australian Rules Football.

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  Mark Eissler

  Senior Software Engineer

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  Mark Eissler

  Senior Software Engineer

  Mark Eissler is a Senior Software Engineer at AlphaFlow. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Mark was a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Valimail where he focused on the Platform team and contributed to several open source initiatives.

  Mark joined his first startup in 1996: way before it was cool. Since then, he led engineering initiatives at several other startups, co-founded a strategic and interactive marketing agency in Seattle (Mixtur Interactive), and founded two startups in San Francisco (TapaTip and BiggerBuys).

  Mark graduated with a BS in Computer and Information Science from the University of Maryland but had previously studied film and television production at Ryerson University in Toronto; Mark worked in commercial television production for several years before he switched things up and joined his first startup.

  When not at the office, Mark sometimes contributes to open source, runs whenever there's time, goes on long hikes with the dog, spends time with the family, and has his eyes set on getting back into the visual arts through photography and video production. Oh yeah, he's also a really amazing cook.

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  Gianmarco Gonzalez

  Senior Investment Analyst

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  Gianmarco Gonzalez

  Senior Investment Analyst

  Gianmarco is an active part of the day-to-day underwriting and execution of investments at AlphaFlow. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Gianmarco was an early employee and Analyst at Fund That Flip, a technology enabled platform for the origination of loans in the SFR real estate sector. During his time at Fund That Flip, Gianmarco was an integral part of scaling the underwriting processes and operations, participating in >$100M of loan origination.

  A native of NJ, Gianmarco is passionate about traveling, seeing the world, and any experience that takes him outside of his comfort zone. After having spent 4 years overseas, he graduated with a BA from the Universidad de Navarra located in Pamplona, Spain. He appreciates top-tier soccer and is an avid supporter of F.C. Barcelona. When he is not visiting comedy clubs around NYC, he is planning his next adventure around the globe.

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  Sally Harris

  Sr. Investment Analyst

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  Sally Harris

  Sr. Investment Analyst

  As the Sr. Investment Analyst, Sally is responsible for reviewing and underwriting loans. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Sally was a Valuation Analyst at Sundae and LendingHome serving as the in-house expert determining property values for distressed homes. She performed initial intakes of prospective borrower applicants to evaluate and determine the feasibility of short-term lending.

  Prior to this Sally was a Senior QC Appraiser for Axis Appraisal Management Solutions, Inc. responsible to analyze residential appraisals, REO’s, and FHA reports to assess validity and accuracy, per USPAP standards and industry criteria.

  Sally has a BS from University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse and is a State of California Certified Real Estate Appraiser with over 18 years in residential real estate appraisal. Sally enjoys backpacking, hiking, running, vacationing in Hawaii and spending time with her family and friends.

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  Michael Mach

  Frontend Engineer

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  Michael Mach

  Frontend Engineer

  Michael is a Frontend engineer at AlphaFlow. Before joining the team, he worked at a software consulting company as a Frontend Engineer.

  Michael graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Davis. After working as a lab technician for about a year, he decided to pivot over to software engineering. Michael took several coding courses at City College of San Francisco before interning at a nonprofit and startup. When the internships were over, he got accepted into App Academy, a full-stack coding boot camp with an acceptance rate of <3%. Within two months of graduating, he landed his first full-time engineering job.

  Michael’s hobby includes playing video/board games, eating tasty foods, traveling, and hanging out with family.

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  Gus Nordhielm

  Frontеnd Engineer

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  Gus Nordhielm

  Frontеnd Engineer

  Gus is a part of the Frontеnd Engineering team at AlphaFlow. His goal is making complex processes simple to understand and control.

  Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Gus was a Software Engineer at Lightstorm Entertainment - the production company behind the upcoming Avatar sequels. There, he was responsible for wrangling a complex delivery pipeline into a monolithic internal tool. This included understanding the needs of diverse users, creating a consistent design language, and maintaining an organized codebase.

  Gus began programming by self-teaching and freelancing. He eventually attended a Web Development Immersive at General Assembly in Los Angeles to vet his skills and connect with other developers.

  Outside of work, you can find Gus messing around with his Raspberry Pi, trying to cook out of the Alinea cookbook, or playing pool with his partner.

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  Joe Pasalodos

  Director of Underwriting

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  Joe Pasalodos

  Director of Underwriting

  Prior to joining Alpha Flow, Joe amassed over 30 years in the mortgage industry in the operations and underwriting side on both the conventional, alt prime and hard money lenders. Most recently, as VP of Operations for a start up that financed energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, he was able to contribute to the growth of that company from 20 employees to over 250 booking over 30 million a month in small projects at its height. This unique exposure to a myriad of residential mortgage and lien products allowed Joe to work with lenders in the correspondent lending space, direct to borrower, and home improvement contractors.

  Joe attended Florida State University majoring in business administration. In his spare time, Joe enjoys racquet sports, volunteerism, international travel, and anything to do with the ocean.

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  Nathan Scharfe

  VP of Engineering

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  Nathan Scharfe

  VP of Engineering

  Nathan leads product and engineering. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, he was an early engineer at MoPub where he was tech lead for the real time bidding exchange team and scaled the product from inception up to serving billions of ads per day. Later, as Director of Engineering at MoPub, Nathan oversaw all things in the ad serving stack and served as a key employee in the diligence process that led to Twitter’s acquisition of MoPub. While at Twitter, he worked across the stack as a Staff Engineer on high leverage projects to seamlessly integrate MoPub’s ad serving platform into Twitter’s current ad offering. Prior to MoPub, Nathan was a founding engineer at IntoNow, which was acquired by Yahoo! 12 weeks after launch.

  Nathan has a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

  Outside of the office, Nathan enjoys Brazilian jiu-jitsu and finding adventures around the world. Having trekked to Mt. Everest Base Camp in Nepal, gone Heli-Snowboarding in Alaska, and explored the untouched reefs off the coast of Bonaire, he is always looking forward to his next excursion.

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  Chase Scott

  VP, Servicing Operations

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  Chase Scott

  VP, Servicing Operations

  As VP of Servicing Operations, Chase is responsible for all loan servicing and asset management operations at AlphaFlow.

  As a 10-year mortgage servicing and asset management veteran, Chase specializes in establishing operations and building high-performing teams. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Chase was at LendingHome, where he built and led a full, in-house Servicing and Asset Management team — which included Customer Care, Loan Administration, Default Prevention, Loss Mitigation, Foreclosure, REO, and Portfolio/Investor Management functions. There, his team managed just over $1B in assets. He also has held leadership roles at Nationstar Mortgage and Conventus. Chase graduated from Texas State University.

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  Ryan Singh

  Operations Analyst

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  Ryan Singh

  Operations Analyst

  Ryan is responsible for the collateral documentation of AlphaFlow. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Ryan worked in the same industry, as the Head of Collateral for Automation Finance. At Automation Finance, Ryan managed the collateral documentation for a company with $180MM+ of Non-performing Loan assets. Ryan began his career at the private mortgage bank Bridgeview Mortgage in Long Island, where he focused on Mortgages and Real Estate closings.

  Ryan received a BA in Spanish Linguistics from Temple University, and a Paralegal Certificate in Legal Studies from Nassau Community College. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys cooking for his family/friends, staying up to date with new technology, binge-watching TV series, traveling around the world, as well as spending time with his wife and son.

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  Hanna Soskina

  Senior UX Designer

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  Hanna Soskina

  Senior UX Designer

  Hanna is the team's core designer. She is an artist at heart, but technical in her execution of transforming her visions into code.

  Hanna has a relentless focus on creating the best customer experience possible, and is a passionate customer advocate. Every decision she makes is underpinned by a philosophy of enhancing the investor experience at every step of the way, by using the best tools and approaches for any given task.

  Hanna has a MS in Industrial Design from Belarusian National Technical University.

  In her free time you can find Hanna reading, riding her motorcycle, or out in the ocean with a kiteboard.

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  Hunter Strassman

  Director of Accounting & Finance

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  Hunter Strassman

  Director of Accounting & Finance

  Hunter is responsible for the finance and operations of AlphaFlow. Prior to joining AlphaFlow, Hunter worked in the renewable energy industry, as the Head of Finance for Karbone. At Karbone, Hunter managed the financial operations of a commodities brokerage, boutique investment bank and research division, as well as an investment company with $200MM+ of solar assets in the Northeast. Hunter began his career at the public accounting firm Grant Thornton in their New York office, where he focused on hedge funds, private equity and fund of funds.

  Hunter received a BS in Accounting from Bentley University, and a MS in Taxation from Baruch College. Hunter is a licensed CPA in the State of New York, is a member of the AICPA, and holds the Series 7, 63, 24 and 27 certifications from FINRA. He has also passed the CISA and CRISC exams administered by ISACA.

  In his spare time, Hunter enjoys barbecuing with friends, staying up to date with new technology, trying out breweries around the country, as well as spending time with his wife.

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  Ray Sturm

  CEO

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  Ray Sturm

  CEO

  As co-founder and CEO of AlphaFlow, Ray is obsessed with ensuring that users have a good experience while getting up to speed within the real estate investing space. He created AlphaFlow to empower real estate investors with the data, transparency and tracking that used to be accessed only by investment professionals.

  Ray is a leading entrepreneur in financial technology (FinTech). Prior to launching AlphaFlow, he founded RealtyShares, one of the industry's top platforms for real estate investing. His early career in finance included investment banking at Bear Stearns, Lazard Frères and CCMP Capital and serving as Director of Business Development for SmartDrive Systems. Ray has a BBA-Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a JD/MBA from the University of Chicago.

  Outside of the office, Ray enjoys hiking, camping, and working on his small pinot noir production in Oregon.

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  Matthew Tran

  Operations Analyst

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  Matthew Tran

  Operations Analyst

  As an Operations Analyst, Matt is responsible for monitoring our loan portfolio. He works directly with our third-party vendors and lenders to conduct bi-monthly portfolio reviews, onboard new lenders and services our portfolio.

  Prior to joining the AlphaFlow, Matt worked in the Defense Industry as a Financial Analyst where he developed and maintained financial models, and provided analytics to the Production Divisions to monitor efficiency and ensure accuracy to an annual forecast and budget of $120mm. He was also the lesion between the Business Systems Analyst and FP&A department, where he was responsible for data analytics and strategic planning. Matt also honed his expertise within the Sales industry by managing client relations and processes with Fortune 500 companies. He focused on process development, data, and financial analytics, as well as the successful implementation of the Salesforce ecosystem to automate financial and sales operations, supporting an annual performance of $300mm.

  Matt is a big risk taker who enjoys traveling, going to concerts, and personal development.

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  James Wonsever

  Senior Software Engineer

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  James Wonsever

  Senior Software Engineer

  As a Software Engineer for AlphaFlow, James is responsible for building the tools that make AlphaFlow flow.

  Previously, James was at Salesforce on the Salesforce Community Cloud team. Before moving over to Community Cloud, he worked as a performance engineer.

  James has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

  Outside of work, James spends his free time snowboarding, rock climbing, and playing chess. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 9 years.

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