As president of retail lending, Tom Fiddler oversees all Retail loan production, including both operations and sales across more than 200 locations in 50 states across the country. A national leader in transforming sales teams, Tom is well known for inspiring deep loyalty from his teams and nurturing a culture where top producers thrive.

Tom’s impressive career spans nearly four decades of both originations and operations leadership. He began as a retail loan originator, quickly rising to area sales manager before founding his own company in 1995, which he later took public. Following pivotal leadership roles at American Home Mortgage, Countrywide and Prospect Mortgage, Tom joined loanDepot in 2015, where he most recently served as senior vice president of production for the East Division.

Tom earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wheaton College in Chicago.