Executive Changes: ProVest Announces Four Executive Appointments

Tampa, Fla.-based ProVest announced today that Michele Fisser Wolfe and Fred Zakula have been appointed vice presidents, responsible for Florida and Illinois operations, respectively. Additionally the company announced two chief information officers: Craig Walicek, CIO of infrastructure and Randolph Hucks, CIO of application development.   

ProVest is a process server provider for the mortgage default industry. The company’s expansion is a direct response to the constantly increasing demand in the default industry. ProVest recently exceeded 500 employees, more than quadrupling its personnel since January 2006.  

As vice presidents in charge of regional operations, Wolfe and Zakula are responsible for managing active clients, employees and new service processing cases while working with attorneys, mortgage servicers and government personnel to enhance efficiencies in the service process.  Wolfe has more than 15 years of management experience in the mortgage banking industry ranging from bankruptcy, foreclosure and litigation law practices, to default servicing management in prime, sub-prime and master servicing. Prior to joining ProVest, she held senior management positions with Impac Mortgage Holdings Incorporated and First American Default Technologies, among others.  

Zakula has directly managed outsourcing operations for many of the nation?s largest mortgage servicers, such as First American National Default Outsourcing, and he developed default processes for special servicing/reverse mortgage operations and tracking processes.  Zakula speaks regularly at MBA and regional industry conferences, providing both individual and panel presentations on critical issues.   

As CIO of infrastructure, Walicek oversees ProVest’s support structure and information systems, ultimately contributing to bridging the gap between attorneys, mortgage servicers and homeowners.  He brings solid experience to ProVest as the former executive IT director of Cort Business Services, where he helped manage the 2,500-employee company’s systems that operated both internally and with clients in more than 30 countries.   

Hucks joins ProVest from Emprimis, a Web-based human resources applications provider.  In his new position, Hucks is responsible for application development and maintenance of ProVest’s technologies, which ultimately increases collaboration and saves both time and money for all parties involved in the service of process.  With almost 15 years of C-level experience leveraging technology to streamline field data research, Hucks brings innovative and proven management skills to the ProVest team.