About Unlock

We provide families simple
financial solutions.

We’re not a lender.

Or a bank. We are a team of consumer finance, mortgage and real estate leaders helping the everyday American homeowner who has been left behind by the traditional home and finance system.

We enable homeowners to access home equity without getting a loan. This gives them greater flexibility and control over their finances allowing them to pay off high interest debt, make home improvements or pay for a child’s education.

Home Equity Pioneers

4.7
on TrustPilot
7,000+
Happy homeowners
A+
Rating with the BBB

Unlock is helping homeowners access their equity in the following states:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington
Our People

Committed to supporting homeowners.

Jim Riccitelli

CEO & Co-Founder

Jim Riccitelli

CEO & Co-Founder

Jim has over 20 years of experience in consumer finance, with a focus on product development, strategy, management, legal and regulatory, operations and business development. Before co-founding Unlock Technologies, he spent more than a decade as Co-CEO and President of Unison Home Ownership Investors, the pioneer in the Home Equity Investment industry. Jim was previously 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.

Jim holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from Iona College and an MBA from Columbia University with Beta Gamma Sigma honors. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Brian Elbogen
Chief Investment Officer
Kevin Nerney
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operation Officer
Paul Tucker
Chief Product Officer
Dan Foster
Head of Asset Management & Co-Founder

We are experts from a wide variety of backgrounds