N icholas G. Hahn

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER * CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER * CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Dynamic Leadership * Accomplished COO/CFO * Collaborative Management Style * Strategic Visionary

ACCOMPLISHED C-Level Executive (COO, CFO, CAO) Seasoned financial, operational and administrative strategic

executive with integrity and ethics. Broad management and board of directors reporting experience with ability to lead

organizational change and direct performance enhancement initiatives. Devise and execute strategic plans, organize and focus

operational units on key business drivers, and deliver and monitor operating results in a cost effective manner. Public company

and capital markets operation. Entrepreneurial-minded work ethic. Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Ohio, and

Chartered Global Management Accountant (“CGMA”).

CORE COMPETENCIES

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Strategic planning/tactical implementation Culture enhancement/integration

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Forecasting, modeling, budgeting Team building; mentoring; grooming

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Financial and administrative infrastructures Leadership development

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Cash management, lines/funding facilities Compliance and risk management

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Internal controls and SOX Capital raise and debt financing

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Mergers and acquisitions; integration Bank and investor relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

C-LEVEL INTERIM MANAGEMENT ADVISER/CONSULTANT, Dec 2009-present

Provide COO/CFO, board reporting, treasury, strategic planning, and investment banking services in the banking,

insurance, and mortgage origination, servicing, direct mail, and loan origination systems industries.

Provide initial capital raise, strategic planning, and financial management and modeling services to a start-up

insurance venture.(Oct 2013-current)

Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer of Residential Finance Corporation (Dec 2012-Oct

2013), a privately held mortgage banking company headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Manage and develop financial and administrative infrastructure to facilitate company growth.

Created financial infrastructure to manage agency (Fannie) and government (Ginnie Mae)

securitizations.

Interim Chief Financial Officer of Capitol Bancorp Limited., (July 2011-December 2012) a publicly traded $2.5

billion multi-bank and financial services holding company operating in ten states.

Acting Chief Financial Officer of Chrysalis Holdings, LLC and NewDay Financial, LLC (Dec 2009-March

2011), a national government guaranteed lender and provider of analytical marketing, mortgage lead

generation, loan servicing, and loan origination system application services.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Senior Lending Network (a wholly owned subsidiary of KBC Bank N.V., Belgium) New York, NY, Feb 2006-Dec

2009. Marketing, lead generation and mortgage services company offering reverse mortgage origination and

servicing.

Direct all financial functions, including treasury, cash management, bank and investor relations, secondary

marketing, business unit P&L management, investor, regulatory and management information reporting.

Raised over $10 million in equity capital through private placement.

Created financial and administrative infrastructure to facilitate entering into two new business lines and

doubling of revenue in less than two years. Resulted in company being largest independent organization of its

kind in the reverse mortgage industry.

Managed the due diligence and successful sale of the company to an international bank achieving multi-million

dollar liquidity event for two principal shareholders.

Executed Ginnie Mae (“GNMA”) securitizations of $600 million reducing financing and asset/liability risk.

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Negotiated and implemented a $1.5 billion funding facility, enhancing the structure, terms, and corresponding

cash management process, saving 160 basis points and over $500 thousand in funding costs annually.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

DeepGreen Financial, Inc., 2004-2005 (Cleveland, OH)

Private equity owned and internet based home equity line mortgage bank offering second lien mortgages (HELOCs

and HELOANS) to super-prime borrowers.

Direct all finance and accounting functions, including funding operations, cash management, investments, bank relations,

financial accounting, board reporting, taxation, and secondary marketing.

Negotiated and closed on a $450 million debt facility as primary funding source for all production.

Re-engineered and implemented new cash management process to facilitate daily funding of mortgages saving over

$100,000 annually. Negotiated, cultivated, and nurtured new banking and investor relationships.

Negotiated and closed a $500 million loan sale agreement that resulted in a $15 million annual revenue stream.

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT-FINANCE

Countrywide Financial Corporation, 2003-2004 (Calabasas, CA)

Publicly traded mortgage bank offering first and second lien mortgages to prime and sub-prime borrowers,

mortgage servicing, capital market distribution of mortgage securities, and full service retail banking.

Coordinate all production accounting and finance activities supporting four channels of mortgage origination.

Manage planning, budgeting, and reporting for all production division heads.

Conceptualized, designed, and established a centralized production accounting structure to support three

production channels. Devised the organization structure and hired new accounting professionals.

Managed the redesign and development of a new fee system that resulted in significant risk mitigation for the

company.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT CORPORATE CONTROLLER

Associated Banc-Corp, 2001-2003 (Green Bay, WI)

$20 billion multi-state, full-service publicly held bank with commercial, consumer, and mortgage lending

portfolios, bankcard origination/processing, and wealth management services

Organize and lead accounting and internal control functions of a regional bank with $15 billion in assets. Coordinate financial

and administrative policy formulation, budgeting, financial analysis, SEC and regulatory reporting, financial and regulatory

audits, and management accounting.

Conceptualized, designed, and established a centralized corporate finance team structure to support five strategic business

units. Generated annualized $280,000 of savings versus decentralized finance structure.

Coordinated and performed due diligence on $1.1 billion bank holding company. Identified operating and back office

synergies that will help make the transaction accretive in the first year of ownership.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER

CoBank, ACB, 1996-2000 (Denver, CO)

$70 billion Government Sponsored Enterprise (“GSE”) cooperative bank that finances rural America’s largest

agricultural, rural electric and telecommunications companies, and exports of commodities through the USDA.

Direct all accounting and control functions, including investments, debt and derivatives back-office operations, management

reporting and taxation.

Advised executive management on strategy formulation and merger and acquisition activities. Conceptualized and

established a strategic joint venture to provide trade credit financing.

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BIG 4 AUDIT, CONSULTING, CONTROLLER, CFO (Public Accounting, Brokerage, Retail) 1982-1996

(Chicago, IL)

EDUCATION

University of Chicago

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Concentrations in Finance and Policy

DePaul University

Bachelor of Science in Commerce, (BSc), Major: Accounting; Blue Key National Honor Society, Delta Mu Delta

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) registered in State

of IL; licensed in State of OH. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”); IL and OH CPA

Societies. Financial Executives International (“FEI”).

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