Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 26, 2003

Stephen Gordon – Commercial Capital Bancorp Inc (ccbi)

STEPHEN H. GORDON is one of the founding stockholders of Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc., and has served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since June 1999 and as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Capital Bank since it was acquired in January 2000. Mr. Gordon has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Capital Mortgage since the formation of CCM in April 1998. Mr. Gordon has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of ComCap since founding the company in February 1997. Prior to founding ComCap, Mr. Gordon served as the sole shareholder, Director and President of Gen Fin, Inc., the general partner of Genesis Financial Partners, LP, a hedge fund, from July 1995 to December 1996. From October 1988 to July 1995, Mr. Gordon was an investment banker with Sandler O'Neill & Partners, LP, a New York-based investment-banking firm, and was a partner of the firm from January 1992. At Sandler O'Neill, Mr. Gordon specialized in advising management and Directors of financial institutions on such issues as strategic planning, capital and liquidity management, balance sheet management and restructuring, asset/liability management, and the enhancement of shareholder value. During such years, much of Mr. Gordon's focus was on the restructuring of loan and securities portfolios and the development of funding strategies for his clients. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief history of your company and an

overview of your operation?

Mr. Gordon: Commercial Capital Bancorp is the holding company for

Commercial Capital Bank,