Mr. Taglia is a member of the Capital Assets Group of FTN Financial, a subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank, concentrating on loan sale / securitization strategies, asset backed structuring and portfolio analysis. His duties also include client support for mortgage banking related issues with an emphasis on hedging and risk management. Previously, Mr. Taglia was the division manager of the Home Loan Center for Northern Trust Company, Chicago, responsible for all mortgage operations. Additionally, in an administrative capacity, Mr. Taglia was President and CEO of NT Mortgage Holdings LLC and NTG Services LLC, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Northern. Prior to Northern Trust, Mr. Taglia was Senior Vice President of First Chicago Mortgage Services, an affiliate of the First National Bank of Chicago (Bank One). He directed all areas of secondary marketing and development of corporate strategy for the firm's pricing, hedging and loan sales. He began his career with Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Mr. Taglia is Past President of the Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association (1996), a frequent speaker for the MBA (Faculty Fellow, 1995 / Master Faculty Award, 1998) and a former senior faculty member for the Freddie Mac School of Mortgage Finance. Mr. Taglia is currently a Plan Commissioner for the Algonquin Township (McHenry County, IL), on the Legislative Committee for the Illinois CPA Society, and the Advisory Board for Contemporary Services, Inc., Schaumburg, IL. He previously served as a member of the Illinois Residential Mortgage Board (State of Illinois - Office of Commissioner of Residential Finance), Fannie Mae's Midwest Marketing Advisory Council, Chair of Alltel's Secondary Functional Advisory Committee, Freddie Mac's Midanet Advisory Board, GMAC / RFC's Eastern Advisory Council and was the mortgage banking representative on MCAP (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago). Mr. Taglia has authored several articles for Secondary Marketing Executive, Futures Magazine, and the Chicago Board of Trade.

Mr. Taglia graduated from the University of Illinois (BS, Accounting, 1969, Chicago), and became a CPA in 1971. He is also a 1994 MBA Graduate - School of Mortgage Banking, and achieved his CMB designation in 1995. Additionally, he has participated in the London Business School's MBA Graduate Shadowing Program.