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Bryan DeShasier

Denver,Colorado

Summary

As a growth and efficiency-focused Chief Operating Officer, I have a proven track record of leading organizations through turnaround, significant growth, and innovation periods. With expertise crossing client strategy, experience and retention, manufacturing, human resources, process optimization, vendor management, and more, my leadership style is characterized by a commitment to promoting continuous improvement and operational efficiency while driving profitability and exceeding business goals. My ability to collaborate effectively with all stakeholder levels while inspiring teams to achieve peak performance positions me well to steer companies toward their strategic objectives. Leveraging my 20+ years of experience encompassing strategic planning, leading operations and client strategy, and multi-site, multi-team leadership, I am poised to make an impact in a role and contribute to a forward-thinking organization's sustainable growth and success.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Board Member

Khesed Wellness
01.2024 - Current

Advisory Board President

Roadmap For Aging
06.2023 - Current

Chief Operating Officer

FractiPro
04.2023 - Current
  • A fractional executive, consulting, and advisory operations solutions company.
  • I founded FractiPro and developed a vision to offer customized, industry-agnostic, on-demand fractional COO solutions supported by experienced operations leadership with wide-ranging expertise across multiple verticals like fulfillment/manufacturing, client strategy, experience, and retention, risk management, quality assurance and control, business process optimization; facilities management, vendor management, and learning and development to name a few.
  • Successfully implemented a focused growth strategy for a new customer vertical, resulting in a 67% revenue increase year-over-year and securing two new corporate clients at the new premium rate.
  • By realigning our service offerings with client needs, we maintained a 100% client retention rate, ensuring continued business relationships and a stable revenue flow.
  • Process automation and optimization enhanced operational efficiency by 65%, leading to substantial cost savings by eliminating the need for additional hires and increasing profitability.

Chief Administrative Officer

Promontory MortgagePath
03.2018 - 04.2023
  • A fintech startup focused on comprehensive combined SaaS and fulfillment solutions for community banks across the US.
  • Served in an executive leadership role tasked with driving business operations, process improvements, and strategic direction, including a go-to-market (GTM) process discovery to accelerate the company to the next growth phase.
  • Oversaw multi-site, multi-team operations and functions, including client strategy and experience, business process optimization with continued monitoring and improvement, program and project management, fulfillment manufacturing, risk management, facilities management, third-party/vendor management, learning, and development.
  • Launched a client experience program that led to an NPS increase of more than 60 points over six months. This program increased customer retention, strengthened customer relationships, and increased revenue.
  • Guided business critical changes to operations and processes, cutting implementation timing from 15 to 6 months. These changes grew the client base by 250% in the first year and cut origination time by 50% while remaining a market leader in efficiency and scale.
  • Built and implemented a program and project management office to standardize enterprise-level processes and practices that successfully implemented over 100 projects of varying sizes to completion – including significant organization, SaaS, and managed services redesign and rebranding.
  • Influenced growth by driving the adoption of automation technologies that shortened test cycles by 60%, shortened implementation duration by 30%, and significantly improved time to revenue.

Head of Compliance Risk Management

Clara Lending
04.2016 - 03.2018
  • Fintech startup focused on digital innovation in retail mortgage lending.
  • Onboarded as employee number six in this director-to-consumer fintech lender start-up organization.
  • Developed and implemented the Compliance Risk Management Program, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, investor, and residential housing agency requirements, laws, and regulations.
  • Drove enhancements in lean manufacturing processes, cutting cure-related operational losses from $20,000 over three months to less than $100 monthly.
  • Developed and executed a detailed compliance strategy for residential mortgage lending, focusing on loan origination and servicing channels. This strategy resulted in our passing 100% of the regulatory exams
  • Influenced the re-engineering of the loan manufacturing processes, reducing quality and operational error rates to less than 5%, significantly below industry standards and regulatory requirements.

SVP, Enterprise Mortgage Risk and Compliance

Zions Bancorporation
10.2013 - 03.2016

As a seasoned senior executive focused on risk and compliance, I led developing and implementing an industry- and regulatory-standard enterprise residential mortgage lending compliance risk management program. My approach centered on building strong, trust-based partnerships with key stakeholders, notably the Corporate Risk, Compliance, and Audit groups, to ensure a seamless, integrated framework to maximize control and eliminate redundancy.

  • In six months, we collapsed eight mortgage operations groups across multiple states and time zones into one centralized operating center of 100+ employees, with no interruption in mortgage fulfillment services to affiliate bank customers.
  • Led the implementation of a regulatory-standard Risk Control Self-Assessment and controls management system and process enhancements, successfully reducing operational losses from over $5,000 to less than $500 monthly.
  • Developed and implemented the effective First Line of Defense Testing and Monitoring Program, laying the groundwork for an improved, more standard culture of quality and compliance. This program reduced cross-channel, quality-impacting error rates to below 7%, improving revenue retention through operational reliability and reduced opportunity reputational risk.

Education

Ph.D. - Higher Education - Diversity in Higher Learning

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

MBA - Finance

Hood College
Frederick, MD

Skills

  • I Get Things Done!
  • Fintech, SaaS, B2B, B2C
  • Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Operational Efficiency & a Culture of Continuous Improvement
  • Risk Management & Compliance
  • P&L Management; Budget
  • Client Strategy, Retention; ARR
  • Product Development
  • Multi-Site, Multi-Location Experience
  • Program and Project Management
  • Change Management
  • Managed Services / Professional Services

Timeline

Board Member

Khesed Wellness
01.2024 - Current

Advisory Board President

Roadmap For Aging
06.2023 - Current

Chief Operating Officer

FractiPro
04.2023 - Current

Chief Administrative Officer

Promontory MortgagePath
03.2018 - 04.2023

Head of Compliance Risk Management

Clara Lending
04.2016 - 03.2018

SVP, Enterprise Mortgage Risk and Compliance

Zions Bancorporation
10.2013 - 03.2016

Ph.D. - Higher Education - Diversity in Higher Learning

University of Denver

MBA - Finance

Hood College
Bryan DeShasier