Franklin Credit Management Team
Chairman – Thomas J. Axon
Thomas Axon is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Franklin Credit. Mr. Axon served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer from 1994 until 2000. Since 1985, Mr. Axon has been the President and principal owner of RMTS Associates, LLC. Mr. Axon holds a BA in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College and attended the New York University Graduate School of Business.
Information Technology – Bruce Grabau
Bruce Grabau is the Vice President of Information Technology at Franklin Credit. Mr. Grabau came from a long background of hands on IT infrastructure administration before moving into leadership roles. His "in the trenches" experience gives him great insight when planning, budgeting, and executing projects. During his career he has practiced all aspects of IT including datacenter overhauls, software development, VOIP, virtualization, general infrastructure management, as well as disaster recovery planning and implementation. Mr. Grabau attended Franklin Pierce College, continued to Chubb Institute and during his career has received many IT certifications.
Chief Operating Officer – Glenn Murphy
Glenn Murphy is the Senior Vice-President of the Asset Recovery and REO departments. The Asset Recovery department oversees the filing, enforcement and collection of money judgments. The REO (real estate owned) department, is responsible for managing or disposing of properties acquired through foreclosure in an orderly, timely, and cost-efficient manner in order to maximize clients' returns on assets, and coordinates property preservation for all first-lien properties serviced by the company and the administration of the company's Property Inspection and Homeowner Relief programs. Mr. Murphy joined Franklin Credit in 1998, and has had various roles in loan acquisitions, REO and Asset Recovery. A former U.S. Marine, Mr. Murphy graduated from Pace University, and holds a BA in Accounting, as well as an MBA (finance) with honors from the Pace/Lubin School of Business.