Samuel Bjelac has joined Foundation Mortgage as senior vice president, national sales, TPO.
Bjelac has more than two decades of experience leading top-performing third-party origination (TPO) and wholesale sales teams at many of the industry’s most respected mortgage institutions.
Most recently, he served as senior vice president of national sales, TPO at Carrington Mortgage Services, where he helped drive significant non-QM growth and deepened relationships with broker partners nationwide.
Previously, Bjelac held senior leadership roles at LendingOne, Sprout Mortgage, Flagstar Bank and CoreVest Finance, earning a strong reputation for building high-impact sales teams, expanding distribution channels, and delivering innovative non-QM and conventional solutions to brokers and borrowers alike.
“Sam’s deep knowledge of the TPO and Non-QM sectors, paired with his passion for broker partnership, makes him an invaluable addition to our leadership team,” says Marc Halpern, CEO of Foundation Mortgage, in a release. “His proven ability to inspire sales teams and forge meaningful industry relationships will help accelerate our growth and advance our mission of common-sense lending built on a rock-solid foundation.”