Our Team
Foundation Finance Company (FFC) is a nationwide sales finance company that provides full-service consumer financing solutions in order to help dealers and contractors close more sales.
Our management team has extensive experience in consumer financing for dealers and retail networks.
Alex Mladek
Chief Executive Officer
Alex is one of Foundation Finance's founding partners. He has over 20 years of experience in the consumer finance industry. Alex has extensive experience in strategic planning and forecasting, compliance, capital raising, maintaining bank relationships, securitizations and financial reporting. He graduated with a Masters of Accountancy from the University of South Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Andrea McCullion
Chief Business Development Officer
Andrea has more than 15 years' sales and management experience in the consumer finance industry, previously running one of the largest retail finance branches in the country for a nationwide consumer finance lender. She is experienced in underwriting and collections along with business development, writing and graphic design and holds an M.B.A. with marketing emphasis.
Ryan Woller
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan holds a degree in business and has more than 15 years' experience in collections, account servicing and funding/legal compliance in the consumer finance industry. He has effectively managed up to 200 collectors and has a strong background in nationwide lending and collection laws.
Craig Gadke
Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Data Officer
Craig is an accomplished, results-oriented IT professional with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of development, quality and technical management within many different industries - military, manufacturing, banking, healthcare, insurance and retail. He is experienced in overseeing multiple global development teams while effectively improving overall operations.
Andrew Malkowski
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew has spent over 9 years in the consumer finance industry and has experience in modeling, analytics, process engineering and financial reporting. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University.
Ravi Radhakrishnan
Chief Credit & Risk Officer
Ravi has previously held leadership roles at several prominent financial institutions, along with various other public/private fintechs. He has over 20 years' experience in consumer finance fields from credit risk strategy to product innovation and analytics. He earned his B.S from the National Institute of Technology, India and his M.S. from Virginia Tech.
Ravinder Battu
Chief Technology Officer
Ravinder is a thought leader and an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience driving innovative technological initiatives that drive business growth and delight customers. He has diverse experience across multiple verticals (Telecom, Networking, PropTech, FinTech) and scale (Startups and Fortune 500).
Zack Weber
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Zack has over 12 years' experience as a practicing attorney, primarily in consumer finance. He has served in regulatory and compliance leadership roles at various financial institutions. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.