Meet The Panelists for The How To Attain & Retain Talent/Is Remote Work Here To Stay? Event
He specializes in government lending and is a VA and FHA expert. With that background, he was more than capable of achieving this new found passion. To date, Mr. Clennan has hired, trained, and molded hundreds of loan officers into successful Originators. Many have stayed with the company, many have taken what they learned and have opened their own mortgage companies. Regardless of whether they stayed or moved, he is proud to have been a part of their success.
In his role as Vice President of Sales, Robert is charged with the expansion of Mortgage Solutions Financial into new markets, and to further secure our current markets. It is his goal to build his company up to three billion in annual fundings over the next three years. In today's regulatory environment, one can never be too careful. Mortgage Solutions Financial (parent company of Freedom Financial Services) puts compliance first in order to secure a future for all of our employees. From his first telemarketing call to his most recent executive decision, Robert J. Clennan’s loyalty and passion lays with the employees and the company that he serves.
Rashaad is an active leader in local cybersecurity trade and professional groups and a frequently referenced cybersecurity subject matter expert for trade organizations such as ISC2, NJBIA, NJBA, and others. His credentials include CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional – one of the gold standards in information security accreditations.
In addition to cybersecurity, he is actively involved in the community, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association.
Rashaad is also the Founder of ApprenticeIT. ApprenticeIT is an experiential learning program where students are taught the latest in IT skills alongside senior engineer mentors from Domain while they provide services to local businesses. ApprenticeIT bridges the gap between education and employment while at the same time providing low cost IT services to local businesses and organizations. It is one of the first Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeships for IT Generalists in the State of New Jersey.
Rashaad is the recipient of numerous awards, including Innovator of the Year 2016 by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, the 2017 David Sarnoff Award for Advocacy and Community Engagement, and the 2018 MCCC Foundation Spirit of Education Award. Rashaad and his partner (and wife) Michelle Bajwa are Founders of the Domain Future Tech Academy with the Boys and Girls Club of Trenton. The Future Tech Academy is an afterschool program to teach high school students basic tech skills and to create a career pathway in technology.
One of Rashaad’s other passions is alternative energy vehicles. Rashaad founded the Non-Profit NJCleanDrive in 2008 and has been at the forefront of promoting electric vehicle infrastructure in New Jersey ever since. Domain Technology Partners has been recognized by the NJ DEP as a leading participant in the Drive Green New Jersey program with one of the largest fleet of Chevrolet Volts and other plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles in the state of NJ. Rashaad also serves on the Board of Keep Middlesex Moving, the regional Transportation Management Association covering Central New Jersey.
Prior to his role with Domain Technology Partners Rashaad held positions at Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals and American Cyanamid Corporation (later sold to American Home Products then Pfizer/Wyeth)
Rashaad is a graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, and currently lives with his wife and three children in Monroe Township, NJ.