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Michael Taliefero
Michael Taliefero is Managing Director and co-founder of the Washington D.C.based
Compliance Technologies, Inc. (ComplianceTech). ComplianceTech is an
innovative consulting firm specializing in fair lending and risk analysis services to banks,
thrifts, mortgage companies and government agencies. Mr. Taliefero has spent his entire
professional career studying the housing industry activities in a regulatory context. In
recent years he has been involved in integrating social science research methods with
legal analysis to improve executive decision-making. Mr. Taliefero supervises lender
self-evaluations, compliance audits, compliance technology development, and
compliance-related statistical analyses and research for clients nationwide.
Mr. Taliefero formerly held the position of Staff Vice President, Government Agency
Relations for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBAA). In the various
MBAA positions he led lobbying efforts on a wide range of bank/thrift regulatory and
secondary market issues.
Prior to his tenure at the MBAA, Mr. Taliefero served as Ginnie Mae's Section Chief
Attorney, a supervisory position in the Office of the General Counsel at HUD. Previous
attorney positions at HUD include tax-exempt bond financing attorney and Fannie Mae
regulatory oversight attorney. Mr. Taliefero holds a J.D. degree from Northwestern
University School of Law and a B.S. degree in Business Management (Finance) from
Indiana University. He also has also completed two years of graduate study in public
finance at The American University. Mr. Taliefero has over 26 years experience in the
housing and mortgage finance industry.