Hammerhouse Adds Sheri Ellen Schwartz to its Team

MISSION VIEJO, CA, July 27, 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, has announced the hiring of Sheri Ellen Schwartz as VP, Senior Strategic Growth Partner. Sheri Ellen will help support Hammerhouse's client growth and expand the company's national mortgage recruiting infrastructure. Sheri Ellen will report directly to Drew Waterhouse, managing director and CEO of Hammerhouse and will be based in our Orange County, CA office.

Sheri Ellen's sales, recruiting and management career spans more than 20 years. As she began her focus in the mortgage and banking industry in 2000 working internally with regional and national mortgage bankers and depositories. She has been involved in sourcing, attracting, helping to hire and retain all levels of professionals nationally in Wholesale, Retail, Builder, Real Estate Joint Ventures and Escrow related organizations. She has extensive experience in both Sales and Operations placements from senior level leadership to individual contributors and is well connected and respected within the mortgage community.

"We feel grateful to have the opportunity to build a business by creating value for the clients we work with and the candidates we represent. Model-Matching and the Six Core Components have allowed us to develop a sustainable business model while growing our team of headhunters. Sheri Ellen brings a track record and reputation which will complement our growing team. Her experience and market knowledge will empower us to create more opportunity for our clients and her existing relationships sooner," said Drew Waterhouse, Managing Director. "Given the current state of the mortgage market our clients (depository and non-depository lenders) are seeking individual originators and teams of originators with transferrable, referral-based, purchase-oriented business, as well leaders and executives with experience building and managing high achievers. As the industry evolves over the coming years we believe these types of talented mortgage professionals will be in increasing demand."

Sheri Ellen's career began in 1990 with Kinko's Inc. as a Human Resources Manager and Regional Trainer for 35 branches in the Los Angeles area. She made a move to The Automobile Club of Southern California where she managed 4 states as a Human Resources representative responsible for employee relations, benefits and recruiting. Under her leadership the call center grew from 200 to 500 employees. Throughout her career Sheri Ellen has proven to be a trusted consultant to the candidates she recruits and the clients with whom she works. Sheri Ellen lives in Aliso Viejo, CA with her son, Alexander. She enjoys working out, practicing yoga, Tai Chi and listening to Smooth Jazz. She also loves spending time with family and friends.

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