Leadership
WILLIAM B. SHEPRO
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Shepro was appointed Chairman of the Altisource Board of Directors in May 2019 and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Altisource Board of Directors in July 2009. Mr. Shepro previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ocwen Solutions, a business unit of Ocwen Financial Corporation. From 2003 to 2009, he served as President of Global Servicing Solutions, LLC, a joint venture between Ocwen and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Shepro also held the positions of Senior Vice President of Ocwen Recovery Group and Senior Vice President, Director and Senior Manager of Commercial Servicing at Ocwen. He joined Ocwen in 1997. Mr. Shepro also serves on the boards of certain Altisource subsidiaries. He holds a Bachelor of Science in business from Skidmore College and a juris doctor from the Florida State University College of Law.
Executive Officers
MICHELLE D. ESTERMAN
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Esterman serves as Chief Financial Officer of Altisource. Before joining Altisource, Ms. Esterman served as Senior Manager, Audit & Enterprise Risk Services for Deloitte & Touche, LLP where she held various positions from 1996 to 2012, including a two-year rotation with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Ms. Esterman began her career with Georgia-Pacific Corporation in 1994 and is a certified public accountant (Florida). She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting and a Master of Accountancy with a concentration in tax from the University of North Florida.
GREGORY J. RITTS
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Mr. Ritts has served as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Altisource since February 2018 and has served as General Counsel since joining Altisource in October 2014. Before joining Altisource, he served as Senior Vice President. Deputy General Counsel of Publicis Groupe, an advertising and communications group, beginning in June 2010. Mr. Ritts also served as Global Vice President of Business Affairs and Corporate Development at Razorfish LLC and held various senior legal positions with aQuantive, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Ritts began his career with Nixon Peabody and Perkins Coie as an associate attorney. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.
Management Team
TRAVIS BRITSCH
SVP, General Manager - Marketplace
As General Manager of Marketplace at Altisource, Travis Britsch is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for Hubzu® and Equator.com, which includes overseeing the development of new product and technology offerings, driving asset management, brokerage, and auction performance as well as ensuring compliant and high performing operations related to each REO, foreclosure, CWCOT, short sale, and non-default property managed and sold. Travis has over 17 years of experience in the default real estate industry and is a licensed real estate broker and auctioneer in many states.
JUSTIN DEMOLA, CMB
SVP, Origination Solutions
President, Lenders One®
As president of the Lenders One® Cooperative, Justin leads its day-to-day operations and strategic execution. With nearly 30 years of mortgage, consulting and business development experience, he brings extensive leadership know-how to the role. He joined the organization in 2019 as Vice President, Sales and most recently served as Managing Director. Before that, Justin served in prominent positions at several independent mortgage banks, including Chief Operating Officer of MLB Residential Lending, LLC and President of The Hills Mortgage and Finance Company, LLC. He is a licensed mortgage loan originator and Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB). In addition to his responsibilities at Lenders One, Justin serves as resident CMB instructor for the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s CMB Final Prep Course, where he shares his insight and support with current students. Justin serves on the Mortgage Bankers Association of New Jersey Board of Directors and is a member of the MBA MORPAC Committee.
PHIL JOHNSEN
SVP, General Manager - Servicing & Real Estate Solutions
As General Manager of Servicing & Real Estate Solutions at Altisource, Phil is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for Altisource Field ServicesTM, Granite Risk Management®, Premium TitleTM and Springhouse®. He brings broad experience in a variety of business leadership, executive sales, marketing, and operations positions in the Mortgage, High-Tech, and Financial Services industries. Since 2002, he has focused on the Mortgage Industry, running valuations, field services, default/servicing business development, and servicing consulting companies and business units.
ISRAEL MEIR
Chief Strategy and Technology Officer
Mr. Meir serves as Chief Strategy and Technology of Altisource. Previously, he was President, Technology Services of Altisource. Before joining Altisource in February 2014, Mr. Meir was a principal at the Boston Consulting Group. He began his career as a software engineer at Polaroid's Imaging Science Lab in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Meir holds a bachelor's in liberal arts from Harvard University.
ED MORAN
Chief People Officer
Mr. Moran joined Altisource as our Chief People Officer in March 2020. Prior to Altisource, Mr. Moran was Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Ocwen Financial Corporation after progressing through HR leadership positions since joining Ocwen in 2006. He has also served in HR leadership positions at Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories with a background in learning and development. He holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Widener University.