Joe Stephenson is the President of Open Mortgage. As a seasoned mortgage banking executive with more than 28 years in the financial services industry, he leads the day-to-day management of the enterprise. Prior to joining Open Mortgage, Joe was the Senior Vice President of Operations for American Advisors Group, where he led more than 550 employees supporting multiple sales channels, including wholesale, a centralized call platform, a national distributed platform, and a traditional mortgage platform.
In three years with AAG, Joe was responsible for the infrastructure build-out that included growing the operating platform 85% and implementing a national remote support strategy. During his career, Joe has held executive-level positions across multiple originations, operations, and process design platforms for financial industry leaders including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.
Joe earned a B.S. in accounting from Salisbury University Perdue School of Business. He currently resides near Phoenix, Arizona with his significant other, Summer, and their 5 children. In his spare time, Joe coaches his girls’ softball teams, cheers hard for the University of Maryland, and enjoys spending time in the Arizona mountains riding quads, camping, and snowboarding with his kids.