Julie Braun

Vice President, Executive Lending

Julie found that she was on the fast track to success without even knowing where her company was taking her.  After graduating from Hofstra University in 1990 with a degree in Political Science/ Business, she landed a job at the Conglomo Bank Corp.  Conglomo was an aggressive company eager to gobble up the competition and expand throughout the region.  They had a modern management plan: offer the bare minimum service, keep management costs low, and make the shareholders happy.  Julie had been promoted up through the ranks from loan processor to loan officer, and eventually to Assistant Vice President.  Each promotion offered her less and less support staff.  In the end, client relationships suffered tremendously.  

When you're happy with your company, you tend to be smarter, nicer, and a lot more successful.

When she left her position to start a family, she began to think seriously about the kind of company with which she wanted to associate herself.  The Hamptons Mortgage Corp offered her a flexible schedule that worked perfectly with raising children and enjoying a marriage.  Team management proved a better approach to handling loans and took the pressure off one individual.  More importantly to her and you, were the results; happier loan officers tend to be smarter, nicer, and a lot more successful.