Leadership

Bruce Witherell

Chief Executive Officer

David Essex

Chief Operating Officer

Ed Donohue

Chief Administrative Officer

Jordan Brown

Chairman - Technology Advisory Board

Bruce Witherell

Chief Executive Officer

Bruce has more than 35 years of finance and mortgage market experience across small and large companies. Through Primestone, he cultivates next-generation technology and skilled management to solve business challenges for financial services clients. Previously he was CEO of Promontory MortgagePath (PMP), a fintech provider and an outsourced loan processing and trading company. Earlier, he was the CEO of FirstKey Mortgage, a national lender and portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management. Before joining FirstKey, Bruce was the Chief Operating Officer of Freddie Mac (post conservatorship) responsible for all operations and technology groups, and the Single-Family and Multi-Family business lines. Bruce has also held global and national executive leadership roles at both Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Bruce began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston and Household Finance.

David Essex

Chief Operating Officer

Dave has more than 30 years of finance and operations experience, ranging from fintech start-ups to global financial services organizations. He has built and run corporate, finance and risk functions for multiple organizations. As one of the founding partners of Primestone, he specializes in business assessment and advises on scalable growth, acquisition integration and financing strategies with a heavy focus in the financial services and mortgage-related fields. Previously, Dave was CAO/CFO at Promontory MortgagePath (PMP), a fintech provider and an outsourced loan processing and trading company. Prior to PMP, he held senior financial positions at FirstKey Holdings (a Cerberus portfolio company), Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Dave began his career at Ernst & Young.

Ed Donohue

Chief Administrative Officer

Edward Donohue previously worked as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley for more than a decade, holding various senior positions including Chief Administrative Officer of Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and the Global Mortgage Lending business, and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Technology and Reengineering & Expense Management divisions. Earlier, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, where he served as Chief Audit Executive, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Aurora Loan Services, and Chief Administrative Officer of Global Technology & Operations. Mr. Donohue began his career as a CPA at Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG).

Jordan Brown

Chairman - Technology Advisory Board

Brown has more than 20 years of experience in loan-origination product design, development and deployment as well as significant experience in capital markets, loan servicing analytics, process reviews and related due diligence. His career has focused on building, marketing and deploying technical solutions to solve operational management issues, including the development of loan pricing engines and loan origination, secondary marketing, and servicing systems. At MarketWise, Brown has spearheaded financial firm technology transformations, implementations of artificial intelligence, system selections and IT reviews. He is an industry leader in streamlining operations and maintaining IT/cybersecurity best practices. Prior to starting MarketWise, he held senior management positions with GHR Systems/FIS, Tuttle Decision Systems and ALLTEL (currently Black Knight Financial). He regularly is a featured speaker at financial technology industry events and a frequent contributor to major industry publications.

About Us

The Primestone Housing Solutions team is a group of seasoned housing professionals with extensive experience in the housing industry. Our advanced technology lets corporate guests search properties, see client-specific pricing, explore building and neighborhood amenities and then lease properties — all from the convenience of their desktop or mobile device. Guests can choose from a broad selection of modern, fully-equipped apartments in the most desirable locations. All of our furnished apartments feature state of the art WiFi, voice assistants (Alexa) as well as designer furniture, high-end appliances, and top-of-the-line fixtures. Most properties also include doormen, fitness centers, pools, and parking. Guests can count on our five star, high-touch service approach which includes 24/7 maintenance and on-call personal concierge services offering recommendations and reservation assistance for dining, travel, and healthcare.

 

Primestone Housing Solutions is a division of Primestone Partners. Learn more https://www.primestonepartners.com