Executive Biography
Dan Cutaia
President and Chief Operating Officer
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
Dan Cutaia is president and
chief operating officer of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, where he
oversees and directs all operations relating to the company’s
infrastructure. Cutaia has over 20 years
of executive level experience in mortgage lending, encompassing each step of
the mortgage cycle, for both retail and wholesale markets. Throughout his career, he has grown both
wholesale and retail operations, managed the sale of a major mortgage
origination business, and closed out and disposed of mortgage assets and
liabilities, with special emphasis on investor repurchases and defective loan
disposition.
Prior to joining Fairway,
Cutaia was the founder and president of Aucita
Mortgage Capital, a firm specializing in the purchase and servicing of
defective residential mortgage loans. Before founding Aucita
Mortgage Capital, Cutaia spent close to two decades with Waterfield
Financial Corporation in various senior executive capacities. During that time, he expanded the company’s
business by managing the retail channel, and created and managed the
organization’s wholesale business operations.
He also oversaw the company’s initiatives in product expansion and
managed numerous operations related to the company’s infrastructure, such as
post production and delivery, and product and credit risk.
Cutaia began his career with
Meritor Mortgage where he developed a new territory and quickly ranked as one
of the Top 10 producers for the company within his first year. He is a cum laude graduate of