Hammerhouse Expands Eastern U.S. Office and Hires Talent To Accommodate Growth

Hickory, North Carolina location doubles in size to meet increased needs of Mortgage Banking clients. Hires Lisa Medeiros and Brandi Floyd to support and service existing and new client partners

MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA (I-Newswire) October 31, 2012 - Hammerhouse LLC, an expanding national recruiting and strategic growth firm for the financial service industry with mortgage sales and leadership placement at its core, announced today it has doubled the size of its Hickory, North Carolina office, the Company’s Eastern U.S. headquarters, to meet the increased demands of their expanding client base. In addition, Hammerhouse has hired Lisa Medeiros as Recruiter/Strategic Growth Partner and Brandi Floyd as Recruiting Coordinator, to support and service clients’ strategic initiatives for production growth. Both of these developments will also help Hammerhouse prepare for the launch of the Company’s operations talent recruiting division, Tactical Ops Recruiting Quality or TORQ powered by Hammerhouse.

“The need to expand our Hickory, NC office is a direct result of the increased demand from our Mortgage Banking clients for experienced retail and wholesale production professionals that focus on purchase business and have transferable relationships from referral partners and past customers,” commented Eric Levin, Managing Partner at Hammerhouse and head of the Eastern U.S. “The hiring of both Lisa and Brandi will ensure we are positioned to offer our clients the service and support they need to find model-matched origination to grow their production channels, and in the not too distant future, experienced operational professionals through our new division TORQ.”

Lisa Medeiros joins Hammerhouse with over 25 years of experience in executive recruiting and sales, with significant exposure to the financial services industry. Previously, Ms. Medeiros was an Executive Recruiter with a recruiting firm focusing on sourcing Mortgage Banking professionals. Prior to this position, Ms. Medeiros held various sales positions in financial services and other industries. In her new role at Hammerhouse, Ms. Medeiros will partner with clients to support their production platforms growth in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern markets.

Brandi Floyd joins Hammerhouse with a strong background in inside/outside sales support, marketing and public relations. In her new role as Recruiting Coordinator, Ms. Floyd will be supporting the Eastern U.S. recruiting team as well as clients in the day to day management of all sales support and marketing activities.

About Hammerhouse LLC

Hammerhouse LLC is an expanding national recruiting and strategic growth firm for the financial
services industry with mortgage sales and leadership placement at its core. Founded in 2008,
Hammerhouse partners with clients to source, attract, model match, hire and retain revenue-generating human capital at all levels of an organization---- from production to executive leadership. Through
its unique model matching process, Hammerhouse helps mortgage bankers and depositories as well
as private equity firms entering and expanding in the market, expand top line revenue by adding experienced mortgage professionals that focus on purchase business and have developed transferable relationships from referral partners and past customers. For more information on Hammerhouse LLC, please visit http://www.teamhammerhouse.com.

Media Contact:
Cara Hopkins Director, Client Relations
Telephone: 949.655.0385 x129
Email: cara.hopkins@teamhammerhouse.net