John Butler is currently Executive Vice President - Direct Sales Operations, Nationstar Mortgage, formerly known as Centex Home Equity. He was promoted to his current position in September 2005 and reports to the Executive Vice President - Retail Operations.



Mr. Butler is responsible for the overall management for Direct Sales, including P&L, budgeting and forecasting and the daily activities of the production teams. Direct Sales consist of three centralized sites located in Lewisville, Texas; Tempe, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado.



Mr. Butler has 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. He began his career in 1982 with Transamerica Financial Services in California. At Transamerica, he was a Branch Manager for 6 years and was promoted to District Manager in 1991, a position he held for three years. From 1994 until 1997, Mr. Butler was the Vice President of Direct Sales in Laguna Hills, CA, for Ford Consumer Finance. In 1997, Mr. Butler was hired at Nationstar Mortgage as Vice President with the responsibility of opening the Direct Sales division. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2002 and relocated to Tempe, AZ to open the second Direct Sales division location. In 2005, he relocated to open the third Direct Sales division location in Denver, CO.



Mr. Butler graduated from the University of San Diego with a bachelor's in Business Administration.