Executive Team:
Contact MBI Financial's senior management team via email or by calling our headquarters at 214/468-0000.
Patrick A. McGeeney - Chief Executive Officer
John M. Farkas - President, MBI Mortgage
Greg Block – Executive Vice President, Operations
Rey Lerma – Director of Sales
Keith Morgan – Director of Sales
Brett Faryniarz– Director of Sales
Seamus Donohoe – Director of Sales
Larry Weisinger – Director of Sales
Eric Conner – Vice President of Operations
Patrick A. McGeeney - Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
patrickm@mbifinancial.com
Patrick A. McGeeney is the chief executive officer, founder, and a board member of MBI. Throughout his career, McGeeney has held senior executive positions in the real estate industry, shepherding companies from concept into multi-state mortgage and real estate operations. Prior to founding MBI, he served as CEO of Availent Financial, the parent company of Availent Mortgage, and as COO for Realtec Real Estate Corporation. McGeeney also worked in the special bank marketing division of Young and Rubicam, where he developed targeted marketing and branding programs aimed at reaching consumer audiences. He is particularly knowledgeable on selling to the Hispanic market. McGeeney graduated from Southern Methodist University and attended graduate school at Our Lady of the Lake University . He sits on the Board of Directors of Home Solutions of America, Inc. (AMEX: HOM) and serves on the Associate Board of the SMU Cox School of Business.
John M. Farkas - President, MBI Mortgage
john@mbimortgage.com
John M. Farkas, the President of MBI Mortgage Inc., is a 25-year mortgage banking industry veteran with a national reputation for overseeing clean and profitable lines with his warehouse lenders. Farkas has spent 20 years of his career in senior management positions at leading companies in the industry, including Household Bank, Crest Savings and Loans, Loan America Financial Corp., and First Home Mortgage. Most recently he has been consulting with small- and medium-sized mortgage brokerage companies, helping them transform into efficient and profitable businesses.
Greg Block – Executive Vice President, Operations
greg@mbimortgage.com
Greg Block has 20 years of experience in operations, logistics, customer service and process improvement. Prior to joining MBI Mortgage Inc., Block was the Chief Operating Officer at Northland Funding Group, a mortgage banker and broker in Austin , Texas . He has also held senior management positions at Point One Telecommunications, Century Tel Telecommunications, IPC Technologies, and Dell Computer. While at Dell Computer, Block developed the infrastructure and processes for the creation of Dell Ware, the software and peripherals division of Dell Computer. He also served as Managing Crew Chief in the United States Air Force for five years.
Keith Morgan – Director of Sales
kmorgan551@aol.com
Keith Morgan graduated from University of Texas at San Antonio in 1992. He started in the mortgage business in 1996 as a loan officer and started Statewide Mortgage & Lending in 1998 with Rey Lerma. Keith grew Statewide Mortgage & Lending from $0 to revenues of over $2.5 million/year and was acquired by MBI Financial in March 2006.
Brett Faryniarz – Director of Sales
brett@newhorizonloans.com
Brett Faryniarz began in the mortgage industry 10 years ago with Norwest Mortgage in their builder division. Realizing a need to help sub-prime borrower's with better loan options, Faryniarz established New Horizon Financial, Inc. in February of 2001. He played in the NFL for 8 seasons with various teams, including: LA Rams, SF 49ers, Houston Oilers & Carolina Panthers. Faryniarz graduated from San Diego State University in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance.
Rey Lerma – Director of Sales
reylerma1@yahoo.com
Rey Lerma is a native Texan, who along with his wife Jessica resides in San Antonio. Rey has more than 13 years of leadership experience in the sales and management area.
He, along with his business partner Keith Morgan formed Statewide Mortgage and Lending in January of 1998. Rey and Keith met in the Fall of 1988 while attending the University of Texas in San Antonio, where both received their bachelor of arts degrees in psychology in the Fall of 1992. Through hard work and persistence, Statewide Mortgage and Lending has proven itself a leader in the mortgage community in Texas. Rey has been able to fuel the growth of Statewide Mortgage and Lending by developing and implementing direct mail campaigns that drive phone traffic to each of its offices, regardless of what is happening in the financial markets. Rey's ability to recognize and identify niche markets has been a key factor in promoting the growth of Statewide Mortgage and Lending. Rey's exceptional track record is based on his philosophy that great companies are built by having the right employees and a set of systems that operate hand in hand.
Seamus Donohoe – Director of Sales
seamus@mbimortgage.com
Seamus Donohoe was the owner of Northland Funding, a mortgage brokerage firm acquired by MBI Mortgage in September of 2005. Throughout his eight years in the mortgage brokerage industry, Donohoe has proven himself to be an effective sales person and strong team leader. For example, within his first year of business, Donohoe successfully closed $10 million in production, and has increased his loan production volume every year since. He has also groomed many loan officers to be successful as well.
Larry D. Weisinger – Director of Sales
larry@mbimortgage.com
Larry Weisinger was the owner of Northland Funding, a mortgage brokerage firm acquired by MBI Mortgage in September of 2005. With a decade of experience in the mortgage industry, Weisinger began his career as a loan officer and quickly achieved recognition as an effective sales leader. He has experience training sales professionals to become top producers.
Eric C. Conner – Vice President of Operations
eric@mbimortgage.com
Eric Conner has spent 14 years in a variety of service management positions in the mortgage banking industry. Before joining the MBI Financial team, he owned and operated his own mortgage brokerage operation. Conner's expertise lies in originating conventional, conforming and non- conforming FHA and VA loans, as well as in marketing, account development and loan officer training. He attended Southwest Texas State University , where he studied finance and marketing.
