About Us

Jim has over 20 years of experience in consumer finance, spanning product development, strategy, management, legal and regulations, operations and business development. Well known as an industry pioneer, he spent more than a decade as Co-CEO and President of Unison Home Ownership Investors before founding Unlock, where he helped to build and launch the original shared equity product. Prior to that, Jim was a senior executive at Nomura Holding America’s commercial real estate lending and private equity units, and a partner in an Arizona-based mortgage brokerage firm. 

Paul has more than a decade of experience driving strategic business operations at high volume technology companies. He brings a creative and innovative background to Unlock, having been a proven leader at Reali, Unison Home Ownership Investors, EY and Accenture. While at Reali, Paul helped develop and execute the plan to transition the company from a technology firm to a multi-product real estate company. At Unison, he was instrumental in standing up the business operations function, which accelerated product implementation and mitigated disruption across the organization. Throughout his career, he has delivered meaningful enterprise business value through technology and analytics. 

Kevin has spent the last decade launching consumer finance products at venture-backed fintech companies. He served as general manager at LendingHome, Haus, and Unison Home Ownership Investors, where he scaled teams, launched new consumer finance products with profit and loss accountability. Kevin is passionate about customer experience and building products that address real needs. He started his career at PwC where he performed merger and acquisition due diligence for technology companies and private equity clients. 

Heather is a veteran human resources executive with deep experience developing and building capital teams for organizations in the technology, healthcare, global finance, real estate and homebuilding sectors. She held key HR positions with Offerpad, Banner Health, American Express and PulteGroup, prior to joining Unlock to lead to lead the company’s people operations. 

Michael has nearly two decades of experience in consumer finance, with expertise in consumer debt, financial behavior, and financial stress. Before he joined Unlock, he led corporate communications for Freedom Financial Network, and previously led communication and marketing teams at Unison Home Ownership Investors, H&R Block and MedExpert International. He also has served as news director and associate producer for iHeart Radio and as a communications advisor for early stage fintech startups. 

Peter is a capital markets expert with more than a decade of experience in capital formation and strategy. A fintech and financial services industry veteran, Peter previously held senior leadership roles at Pagaya Technologies Ltd., Figure, SoFi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. Most recently, Peter was the Head of Partnerships and Capital Development at Pagaya, where he led the business development and capital formation strategies leading up to the company’s initial public offering. 

Lee has nearly two decades of experience in the residential mortgage industry, directing risk management, compliance and legal functions for both public and privately held organizations. Before joining Unlock, Lee served as general counsel and chief compliance pfficer at Arc Home LLC, a leading non-agency mortgage lender, where he oversaw all legal affairs. He also spent 13 years at PHH Mortgage.