Wingspan Portfolio Advisors Appoints 30-Year Veteran as COO

""Wingspan Portfolio Advisors"":http://www.wingspanportfolioadvisors.com/, a diversified mortgage services company headquartered in Texas, named longtime industry expert Arleen Scavone to the newly created post of COO.

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With more than 30 years of experience in the financial services arena, Scavone is well-versed in operational management, technology, and business development for large organizations. Prior to taking her new position, she [COLUMN_BREAK]

was founder and president of OpExNow, a process improvement and management consultancy focused on serving major lenders and servicers. (She will remain working in that position as well, according to Wingspan.)

Before founding OpExNow in 2009, Scavone worked in senior management positions for a number of institutions, including a 10-year stint at Washington Mutual, where she served as SVP and national operations manager before taking the role of SVP and national sales manager.

""At about 2,000 team members, Wingspan is a midsize organization by Arleen's experience, but we are growing very rapidly,"" said Steven Horne, president and CEO of Wingspan. ""Arleen will be a great addition as we continue to diversify and expand, both geographically and with new business lines.""

""I was very familiar with Wingspan Portfolio Advisors since they were a client of mine, and have watched them grow for years to become an innovative leader in multiple sectors of the mortgage business,"" Scavone remarked. ""Though a lifelong Californian, I look forward to working in Dallas to help the company with its exciting plans for the future.""