John Santilli

John Santilli is a production-oriented executive and skilled business builder with over 30 years of experience successfully building lending organizations in real estate and financial services. As chief production officer at Unitas Funding, he leads go-to-market strategy, broker/investor partnerships, and scalable operations for their private-money lending platform. Previously, as chief revenue officer at Rehab Financial Group, he drove the growth of their unique 100% financing product for real estate investors, overseeing a midsized lending team across marketing, sales, operations, and technology. At American Business Financial Services, he scaled Upland Mortgage from a small operation to one with $55 million in annual revenue, 5,600 in lifetime loan originations, managing teams that included scaling from five to 300+ full-time employees. And during his brief hiatus from lending, John spent time at a private equity marketing firm, where he fine-tuned his marketing expertise, helping build the business from its inception to over $250 million in annual revenue. His unique acumen in operations and technology, combined with his deep expertise in lending and real estate investing, has consistently delivered results when it comes to building businesses from their inception to their maturity.