Joe McKone has been promoted to executive vice president of corporate operations at First Franklin Financial Corp., a national mortgage lender based in San Jose, Calif.Formerly senior vice president of the company's National Sales Group, Mr. McKone will be responsible for all facets of risk management, mortgage operations, compliance, corporate underwriting, business controls, and process improvement, First Franklin said. Before joining First Franklin in 1999, he was senior vice president and regional sales manager at Waterfield Financial Corp. and a vice president and area manager at Norwest Mortgage/Wells Fargo. First Franklin can be found online at http://www.first-franklin.com.
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