10 Wintrust operations leaders
EVP, Operations, Chief Operating Officer at Wintrust Business Credit and Senior Vice President of Operations are current titles held by these Wintrust operations leaders. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Wintrust from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anna Jimenez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President of Operations · Wintrust Financial Corporation
Anna Jimenez has been Senior Vice President of Operations at Wintrust Financial Corporation since August 2010, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Anna Jimenez also lists Senior Vice President of Operations at FBOP Corporation from 1996, a role the profile shows with no end date.
Brenda Schwartz
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Operations · Wintrust Mortgage
Brenda Schwartz was Senior Vice President, Operations at Wintrust Mortgage from February 2022 to August 2023 and has been Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives there since August 2023, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Brenda Schwartz was Vice President, National Processing at Wintrust Mortgage from 2012 to 2022.
Kariann Braga
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Operations Manager, Managed Assets Division · Wintrust Financial Corporation
Kariann Braga has been Senior Vice President - Operations Manager, Managed Assets Division at Wintrust Financial Corporation since February 2023, based in St Charles, Illinois. Kariann Braga was Vice President - Operations Manager, Managed Assets Division there from 2019 to 2023 and Vice President - Loan Operations at STC Capital Bank from 2012 to 2019.
Kevin Schulke
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · Wintrust Financial Corporation
Kevin Schulke has been Senior Vice President Operations at Wintrust Financial Corporation since July 2009, based in Des Plaines, Illinois. The profile headline gives the same title, Senior Vice President Operations at Wintrust Financial Corporation, as the current role.
Lisa McNeme
LinkedInExperience: SVP Operations · Wintrust Commercial Finance
Lisa McNeme was SVP Operations at Wintrust Commercial Finance from May 2015 to November 2021 and has been SVP Special Projects there since November 2021, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Lisa McNeme was Operations Manager-AIG Commercial Equipment Finance, Inc. at AIG from 2006 to 2015, and the profile lists specialties in operations and loan and lease documentation.
Maria Muro
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President- Loan Operations Manager · Wintrust Bank Chicago
Maria Muro has been Senior Vice President- Loan Operations Manager at Wintrust Bank Chicago since October 2014, based in Des Plaines, Illinois. Maria Muro was Senior Vice President at Cole Taylor Bank from 2008 to 2014 and First Vice President/Coml Lending Services at ABNAMRO/LaSalle Bank from 1993 to 2008.
Mark Geary
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer · Wintrust Life Finance
Mark Geary has been Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer at Wintrust Life Finance since June 2009, based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The profile headline gives the title as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at Wintrust Life Finance.
Scott Sudbury
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · Wintrust Mortgage
Scott Sudbury was Senior Vice President Operations at Wintrust Mortgage from June 2019 to May 2026 and Vice President of Underwriting there from 2018 to 2019, based in South Jordan, Utah. Scott Sudbury was Vice President of Underwriting at Veterans First Mortgage from 2008 to 2017.
Tanya Power
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer at Wintrust Business Credit · Wintrust Financial Corporation
Tanya Power has been Chief Operating Officer at Wintrust Business Credit at Wintrust Financial Corporation since February 2025 and Group Senior Vice President there since 2019, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Tanya Power was Senior Vice President at Wintrust Financial Corporation from 2011 to 2019 and Vice President, ABL Operations Manager at First Chicago Bank & Trust from 2009 to 2011.
Thomas Sang
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Operations · Wintrust Mortgage
Thomas Sang has been EVP, Operations at Wintrust Mortgage since February 2017, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Thomas Sang was Senior Vice President, Mortgage Operations at PNC from 2011 to 2017 and Director of Mortgage Operations at BMO U.S. from 2008 to 2011.
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Match the person's operations area, whether bank, loan, mortgage, life finance or commercial finance operations, to the decision you face. Check the dates on each Wintrust role to judge how recent their view of the work is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your operations role at Wintrust?
- 02How do you decide which manual steps in loan or mortgage operations to automate first?
- 03What have you learned about keeping service levels steady while an operations team changes its systems?
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