Title Senior Vice President Company Bio Sam Bready is Senior Vice President with the Five Star Institute in Dallas, TX. In this role, Bready is responsible for strategy development, new business initiatives, and the Five Star Institute's educational curriculum and programs. Prior to his current role, Bready spent 25 years in mortgage servicing and all functions in default management - from collections through REO. He has been responsible for borrower home retention programs, portfolio liquidation and asset disposition, and has been a part of two major servicing platform start-ups. In the years before joining Five Star, Bready worked with companies such as Vantium Capital, Home Servicing, Capital One, Avelo Mortgage, and CitiFinancial Mortgage. He holds a degree in Economics from James Madison University.