The people behind the platform

Experience that stays close to the detail.

The leadership team brings decades of lending, operating, capital markets and compliance experience to a focused business-purpose real estate lending platform.

MC Leadership

Michael Celenza

Chief Executive Officer

Michael brings 40+ years of lending industry experience and 30+ years in senior leadership. Most recently, he served as Interim CEO, Chief Lending Officer and Head of Capital Markets at Snap.Build. His background spans residential transition lending, ground-up construction, bridge, light and heavy rehab, DSCR lending, capital markets and platform development.

  • 40+ years of lending industry experience
  • 30+ years in senior leadership roles
  • Former Interim CEO, CLO and Head of Capital Markets at Snap.Build
  • Experience across RTL, GUC, bridge, rehab and DSCR lending
DN Leadership

Dennis Neubert

Chief Operating Officer

Dennis brings 40+ years of senior management and C-level experience. He most recently served as CEO of Siesta Coast Capital and previously as CEO of Planet Home Lending, with additional leadership experience in financial-institution turnaround assignments. He holds a Juris Doctor degree.

  • 40+ years of senior management and C-level experience
  • Former CEO, Siesta Coast Capital
  • Former CEO, Planet Home Lending
  • Juris Doctor
LG Leadership

Layne Gordon, Esq.

Chief Compliance Officer

Layne brings 30+ years of finance and compliance experience. He founded and served as President of Acme Funding and has experience across corporate finance, debt structuring, capital formation, mortgage lending and compliance. He holds a B.S. in Finance and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.

  • 30+ years as a finance executive
  • Founder and President, Acme Funding
  • Corporate finance, debt structuring and capital formation experience
  • B.S. Finance and Juris Doctor

Leadership depth

Experience aligned around execution.

MRC Capital Partners brings together senior experience across lending, operations, capital markets, specialty finance and compliance.

The leadership backgrounds span private credit, mortgage aggregation, residential transition lending, capital formation, operational management and regulatory disciplines.

Leadership model: Credit, operations and compliance sit at the executive level so underwriting discipline and execution remain connected to decision-making.

General company information

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