Joseph Peterson

Chief Financial Officer

Joseph (Joe) Peterson is Xactus’ Chief Financial Officer, responsible for overseeing the company’s financial operations, including managing the strategic direction of Xactus’ accounting and finance functions, developing policies, procedures and financial controls, overseeing financial systems, ensuring the accuracy of internal and external reporting, identifying investment opportunities, securing funding and managing risk.

Previously Joe served as EVP & CFO for Sagent Lending, a leader in the mortgage servicing technology space and backed by Warburg Pincus. During his four years at Sagent, Joe was responsible for all aspects of finance and helped the company achieve 40%+ revenue growth and double-digit margin expansion over his tenure. Prior to Sagent, Joe was EVP & CFO for National Response Corp (NRCG) where he led global Finance, Human Resources and Technology for a 2,000-employee public company. He also spent time in various CFO roles in both mid-sized private equity fintech companies and larger public financial services companies including close to 14 years at American Express.

Joe began his 30-year career in public accounting at Ernst & Young. He holds a B.S. in accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at NYU.