Management Team
 

Dawn M. Willey
Founder

   

Dawn brings over 25 years experience to the consumer and small business lending and payments industries. Prior to establishing Bridgeforce, Dawn was Executive Vice President of MBNA through its startup and growth years. During Dawn’s 16 year career at MBNA, she managed operations, and guided the investment evaluation and development of strategic business technology initiatives for collections, fraud, credit acquisition and portfolio risk management.

As CEO of Bridgeforce, Dawn has led the company to profitable performance since its inception. She credits the company’s success to their deep experience and commitment to delivering high impact results for their clients, which represent top banks, consumer and small business lenders, student loan providers, and financial service software providers in the U.S. and U.K.  

dwilley@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
             
 

Matt Scarborough
CEO

   

Matt’s wide-ranging expertise in the credit industry spans a number of continents — as well as disciplines, including economics and engineering. As head of Bridgeforce’s international and investments practice, whose clients includes some of the world’s largest banks and investment firms, Matt designs and orchestrates numerous credit initiatives, including business processes such as lending and payments, collections and recovery, as well as investment portfolio due diligence and management. Prior to joining Bridgeforce, Matt owned and managed a software company that provided security solutions for banking, healthcare, and governmental agencies. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters Degrees in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Delaware.  

mscarborough@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
             
  Brian S. Reiss
Managing Director
US Practice
   

Brian brings a unique combination of creativity, financial and technical insight, and operational zeal to Bridgeforce’s client engagements as the head of Bridgeforce’s US Practice. For Bridgeforce clients, that may mean a new roadmap or end-to-end solution that addresses the credit challenges they may be facing. Brian advises and helps clients with their challenges across the entire credit lifecycle, as well as oversees implementation for key domestic clients. Brian has over 15 years experience in the credit and financial industry, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Finance from the University of Delaware.  

breiss@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
             
  John M. Savage
Managing Director
Risk Technology & Solutions
   

John brings 25 years IT experience to mission critical applications in the financial sector. John also has an extensive knowledge of telephony and industry standard lending technologies, as well as a solid foundation in lending strategies and analytics. When it comes to assessing the technical and/or operational needs of Bridgeforce clients, John’s knowledge of the credit industry’s leading tools and software translates into solutions that keep our clients efficient and highly competitive. Prior to joining Bridgeforce, John held management positions in the aerospace, banking, education and software industries. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering Technology from Delaware Tech.

jsavage@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
             
  Andrew Domino
Managing Director
Bridgeforce Ltd
   

Andrew has over 18 years in the financial services industry and is currently focused on expanding Bridgeforce’s International Practice. Andrew has held a variety of roles, most recently as the Chief Operations Officer for MXT Card Services, a start-up credit card and portfolio management company. Prior to that role, Andrew was the Operations Risk Director for Bank of America consulting China Construction Bank in Shanghai, China. His areas of focus in China were Call Center Strategies, Staffing Optimization, IVR efficiency, Customer Service and Call Forecasting,. Andrew served as the Chief Operating Officer for the joint venture with Bank of America and IXE Banco in Mexico City where he created a credit acquisition department focused on judgmental lending, re-designed collections and optimized staffing levels in Fraud and Customer Service. Throughout his career, Andrew has held management positions in Collections, Customer Marketing and Marketing Strategies, Hispanic Marketing, Customer Satisfaction, Education, Customer Retention, Activation and Activation Strategies and Telesales. His most recent engagements at Bridgeforce have involved authorizations / fraud strategies in Central America and mortgage risk mitigation and consumer lending strategies in the United Kingdom.

adomino@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
 
Don Sanders
Senior Credit Risk Advisor

Don has over 30 years experience in the consumer finance industry. He is credited with several technological solutions in the field of risk management for which he has achieved eminent status as both a leader and a change agent. In his management positions at Korvettes Department stores, Citicorp, and Commercial Credit Corporation, for example, he instilled a credit culture based upon science and technology, introducing such advances as credit scoring and decision support software. In 1990, Don co-founded Credit and Risk Management Associates, Inc. (CRMA), a risk management, marketing, consulting, data warehousing, and systems integration firm that was acquired by Fair Isaac Corporation in 1996. Don also served as a Board Member heading the Risk Committee for Metris Companies prior to its acquisition by HSBC and continues to actively advise companies in both a Board and non-Board level capacity. Don holds a B.S in Accounting from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD, and a Master of Science in Administration, with a concentration in Business Financial Management, from George Washington University.  

dsanders@bridgeforce.com

 

 

             
  Steve Stark
Director
US Practice
   

Steve brings 25 years of well rounded experience from line through leadership positions with several industry leading financial institutions in the areas of; collection call center management, risk and operational strategies, and technology. He is strategically focused with hands-on expertise in nearly all aspects of the credit life cycle across several products. Steve has an established track record of identifying business opportunities and developing new strategies for achieving results. While at Bridgeforce, Steve has lead initiatives both domestically and abroad with top 10 financial firms including mortgage and home equity loss mitigation, collection, recovery, acquisition, line management, authorizations, fraud, strategy alignment, and creating executive level dashboards and analysis. He has a solid understanding of the business and a unique ability to lead teams to focus on areas of greatest importance for bottom line results. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Delaware.

sstark@bridgeforce.com

 

 

   
             
  Satya Yadav
Director
Decision Science Practice
   

Satya is a unique talent in this industry – a Ph. D Statistician that has over 15 years of direct experience in developing, implementing, and monitoring advanced models and strategies for the entire credit life-cycle combined with a strong understanding of the lending and payments businesses that he has served. Prior to joining Bridgeforce, Satya worked at American Express, Chase Auto Finance, and Barclays; where he not only owned and managed their end-to-end modeling capability, but also was very active in helping the business deal with its tactical and strategic challenges by combining the art and science aspects of analytics. He has a proven track record of exceeding clients’ expectations by striking the right balance between the cost, quality and speed components of any given initiative. Satya will lead our Decision Science Practice. Satya holds a Ph. D. degree in Applied Economics and Statistics from the University of Minnesota.

syadav@bridgeforce.com

 


 

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