Halo Companies, Inc.

Understand the Issues. Create a plan. Obtain the Best People. Manage the Growth.

Halo continues to experience enviable growth.  In 2008, Halo sales grew to 252% of 2007’s numbers. Currently Halo has over 100 employees and independent contractors and 34,618 square feet which is 23 miles north of downtown Dallas

This kind of growth has been meticulously calculated and manged; there is no reason to expect growth to be diminished.

Halo Has Obtained the Best People

The perfect marriage of financial experience and in-depth understanding of the all encompassing lapse of our financial system has produced Halo Companies. Halo does more than understand; it translates complex financial issues with their knowledge and technology into customized solutions for their clients’ specific needs.

Scalable technology has served to provide a one stop shop solution for a target demographic of middle-class Americans who have been the victims of this country’s financial chaos.

Halo understands the effect hiring the right employees, surrounding them with great managers, and engaging them in their work.

Officers and Directors

Cade Thompson, Chairman/CEO/Director
A Co-Founder of Halo Companies, Inc., Cade Thompson has a proven record in multiple financial services industries. Graduating from Abilene Christian University studying Finance, Accounting, and History, Thompson gained further insight and experience while studying abroad as a Presidential Scholar at Oxford University.

After earning his Series 7, Series 63, and Life & Health Licenses, he helped build a prospering financial advising agency under the umbrella of the broker dealer, World Group Securities. During the refinance surge at the turn of the decade, he expanded his experience by joining and eventually owning Halo Group Mortgage. Since then, Thompson has been instrumental in the developmental growth of Halo and its subsidiaries.

Paul Williams, Vice Chairman/CFO/Director
Paul Williams has over 30 years of business experience primarily in the capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. Williams has served as the Chairman or CEO of numerous companies operating in various industries, both domestic and international, including one other publicly-traded company. He has helped open company offices in China, Russia and Latin America. Williams is also heavily involved in local, state and national civic affairs. He was appointed to three terms on the Board of the Texas Economic Development Council in Austin.

In 2009, Williams was awarded the CFO of the Year Award by the Dallas Business Journal for companies under $50 million in revenue. In 2007, Williams served as the Chairman of the Board for the Frisco Chamber of Commerce. He still serves on the Board today, and has also served on the boards of three other local and regional chambers in years past. He recently served two years on the advisory board of a local bank. Williams graduated from Austin College in Sherman with a double-major in Economics and Business Administration. He also graduated from the Institute of Organization Management.

Tony Chron, President/Director

Tony Chron joined Halo Companies, Inc. in September 2009 to serve as President, bringing with him more than thirty-three years of experience in both public and private companies. Prior to joining Halo Companies, Inc., Chron was a Senior Partner with Trademark Property Company, a major mixed-use and retail developer and served in various executive capacities including, most recently, as Executive Vice President. Chron also served as Associate Corporate Counsel and Director of Real Estate and Property Management for Pier 1 Imports, Inc., General Counsel and Vice President of Real Estate for Sunbelt Nursery Group, Inc., and Vice President of Real Estate and Real Estate Legal for Michaels Stores, Inc.

Chron has been a licensed attorney in the State of Texas for more than twenty-six years. Chron graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from South Texas School of Law in 1983. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree from Abilene Christian University.

Jimmy Mauldin, Chief Strategy Officer/Director

A Co-Founder of Halo Companies, Inc., Jimmy Mauldin has broad strategic experience, primarily in sales and marketing. Mauldin has a proven track record, setting a national sales record with Henco, Inc., serving as Vice President of Sales for Associated Publishing, Co., and developing multiple start-up companies, including several e-commerce programs.

Mauldin served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fund America Now, a national fund-raising company, and also established and serves as a director for the Halo Institute for Financial Education, a 501(c)(3) corporation.

Scott McGuane, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer

Scott McGuane joined Halo Companies, Inc, in January 2009, bringing with him more than twenty years of experience in financial services, retail lending and residential mortgage with companies such as Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., Bear Stearns, Citigroup, and AIG. Before that, McGuane provided consulting for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions process reengineering and change management across a wide range of industries, including start-up ventures, non-profits, banking, telecommunications, energy and public utilities.

He has successfully managed product pricing and positioning, lead system development, licensing, operational responsibilities, and marketing efforts such as branding, point-of-sale, branch offices, online, direct mail, and telemarketing. McGuane received his Master of Business Administration at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and received a Bachelor of Science from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.

T. Craig Friesland, Chief Legal Officer/Director

T. Craig Friesland is a Co-Founder of Halo Companies, Inc. Additionally, Friesland practices law in his own firm. Previously, he practiced with one of the largest law firms in Texas for over six years. Friesland was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1998 and serves as a member of the Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section, and the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is also a member of the Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section, and the Tax Section of the Dallas Bar Association.

Friesland graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1998. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Richard Morris, Director

Richard G. Morris, a Co-founder of Halo Companies, has served as a Director since its inception in January 2007. Prior to joining Halo Companies, he served in various positions with United Parcel Service from 1976 until March 2002, most recently, from January 2001 to March 2002 as one of its three District Operations Managers. In that role, Mr. Morris was responsible for 5,400 employees, a staff of 18 senior managers, a monthly operating budget of approximately $28 million, and revenues in excess of $35 million. After departing UPS in July 2002, Mr. Morris became the principal owner of Rammco Distributors, Incorporated, an equipment rental company which he still owns.

In July 2004, Mr. Morris co-founded Blue River Development, Inc., a real estate investment and development company, and is currently the sole owner and operator of this company. In August 2008, Mr. Morris acquired Port City, Inc., a plastics manufacturing company which Mr. Morris also currently owns and operates.

Manage Growth

Halo Companies has carefully focused its growth on sustainable and productive relationships. Extensive research and development frame Halo’s consulting model, which is built on an algorithmic foundation that creates sustainable client relationships and authentic growth.

Halo works to identify those clients will benefit most from its solutions and return the clients to a solid financial base. Halo’s refined technological strategies deliver results that have a profound impact on the lives of its clients and in return Halo’s bottom line.

Halo Companies, Inc.
One Allen Center
Suite 500
700 Central Expressway South
Allen, TX 75013
Phone: 214-644-0065

About Halo Companies, Inc.

Halo Companies, Inc. is a nationwide holding company based in Allen, TX with ten subsidiaries that operate primarily in the consumer financial services industry including debt, mortgage, real estate, credit, loan modification, and insurance. Halo has been recently recognized by Inc. Magazine, Comerica Bank’s Collin 60, and the SMU Cox School of Business Dallas 100. For more information about Halo Companies, Inc., visit www.myhalogroup.com.

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