First Guaranty Mortgage Adds William Johns as Director of Enterprise Data

First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC) has announced that William Johns, an expert in enterprise data management specific to the financial services industry, has joined the company as director of Enterprise Data.

“William brings a plethora of knowledge, leadership and top tier experience, to FGMC," said Ben Sizemore Jr., chief information officer of FGMC. "We intend to leverage his collective achievements, expertise, and global vision for enterprise data management, to drive our data warehousing strategic initiatives. William deeply understands the core necessity for aligning strategy and objectives with data management, governance, analytics, and business intelligence.”

Johns brings more than 15 years of data management experience and executive level leadership to FGMC. Prior to joining FGMC, he worked in senior leadership roles in Enterprise Data Management at the Federal Reserve Board; Enterprise Data Services at Capital One Bank; the middle market ERP practice of Ernst & Young LLP; and consulting to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Johns received his bachelor of science (Finance) degree from Virginia Tech–Blacksburg, Va. Johns is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds internationally-recognized designations for the CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional), PMP (Project Management Professional) and MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)–MS SQL Administration.