Executive Team

Lee J. Jundanian, Chairman and CEO

Recently honored with the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the Financial Services category in Maryland, Lee Jundanian is a noted expert in the field of payment stream conversions. A pioneer in the creation of secondary markets for lottery payments, structured settlements and other illiquid financial products, he has originated over $2 billion in B2C transactions through retail channels with a zero default rate. Founder and Chairman of Stone Street Capital, Inc., 1989, sold to a Merrill Lynch backed group in 2007. Co-founder of Stone Street Financial in 1999, a B2C finance company in the life settlement industry. The firm was highly successful in monetizing life insurance policies, effectively converting policies into financial planning tools for the aging demographic in the U.S. Sold to Toronto based, Maple Leaf Partners Financial Group, Inc., in 2002. Formerly corporate and transaction attorney with Dechert Price and Rhoads, NYC. B.A. Holy Cross College; J.D. and M.B.A. Georgetown University.

Jeremy Brown, President and COO

20 years experience as an entrepreneurial C-level executive running start-up and mature businesses in a variety of service industries. CPA. Experience includes COO of a national audio visual services company with 50 locations in North America and 200 employees; President & CEO of a commercial construction contractor with 500 employees; and President of a retail computer company. CPA; BA Duke University.

Richard (Rory) O'Connell, Chief Financial Officer

20 years experience in finance and operations with heavy emphasis in specialty finance. Experience includes Chief Operating Officer of Insurent Agency Corporation; Securitization Consultant to the Industrial Bank of Japan; President and Chief Operating Officer of Singer Asset Finance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Radian Group Inc; SVP and Treasurer of a publicly held NYSE company. M.B.A., Rutgers University.

Joseph Looney, General Counsel

Prior to joining RapidAdvance, Partner at Hudson Cook, LLP,one of the nation's top financial services law firms, specializing in the area of financial services compliance. Practice including representation of national and state banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, credit card issuers and investment banks. Federal law practice included Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, USA Patriot Act, Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. State law practice included debt collection laws, sales finance laws, credit card laws, mortgage lending laws, payday lending laws, usury laws and privacy laws. Clients included Capital One, PNC Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citizens Bank, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and others. Prior to Hudson Cook, associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. J.D. University of Maryland.

Barry Davis, Vice President of Business Development

Prior to joining RapidAdvance, Principal at First Annapolis Consulting, working with top 20 Acquirers, ISO's transaction processors and card associations. Expertise included developing sales and portfolio growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and back-office audits for VISA. 10 years active duty with US Navy including flying F-14 Tomcat fighter jets in Desert Storm. Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy; M.B.A. Northwestern University Kellogg Business School.

Raffi Boghosian, Vice President of Sales

Prior to Rapid Advance, President and Chief Operating Officer of PCN, LLC, a Bethesda, MD based national consumer finance company. Prior, Morgan Stanley, Washington DC. Ranked #1 nationally, 2000-2004, from graduating class of 250 financial advisors nationwide. Ranked #1 in Washington, DC, metropolitan complex for all advisors with less than five years of tenure. 2002 National Sales Director's Award. B.A. University of Maryland at College Park

Nish Aghajanian, Vice President of Marketing

25 years experience in the following disciplines: sales and service management, product marketing and partnership/affinity marketing. Experience includes President, Brann Direct Services, a division of Snyder Communications providing multicultural sales/service support to Fortune 500 companies with a staff of 1200 employees selling in 12 languages; SVP Marketing Operations, Buckingham Mortgage; Director, Affinity/Partnership Programs, Sprint/Global One; National Call Center Sales Director, Sprint; Senior Manager, Product Marketing, MCI Telecommunications. B.S. Marketing, Miami University of Ohio.

Testimonials

"With RapidAdvance I was able to purchase inventory and pay overdue bills. Since then my business has been moving along very well. Service is excellent and I couldn't be happier with the deal I received."

- Narciso Gomez, Grocery Market

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