Tom O’Hallaron

Tom O’Hallaron, President and COO, has held senior positions with debt capital market groups at Countrywide Capital Markets, Incapital, and Advisors Asset Management running syndicate, trading, strategic initiatives, and data analytics over the last 27 years. Most notably, he was part of the eight-person senior management team that built Countrywide Financial Corporation’s commercial real estate finance business which was launched in 2004 and grew into one of the largest lending platforms in the United States focused on middle markets, closing over 1,250 commercial real estate loans totaling over $11.5 billion. Tom’s other endeavors included starting a specialty green coffee importer and wholesaler, InterContinental Coffee Trading, which grew to $15 million in gross revenue over two years before he sold it to Netherlands-based Daarnhouwer & Co B.V.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and a minor in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Completed graduate coursework in applied mathematics, quantitative economics, and accounting from VCU, DePaul University, and the University of Richmond. He holds FINRA series 24, 7, and 63 licenses and previously IIROC (Canada) NE and PDO licenses.