Ms. Rittmanic serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Second Avenue.  Her responsibilities include Accounting, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Risk Management and Human Resources. 

Prior to joining Second Avenue, Ms. Rittmanic was the SVP Finance for Home Partners of America, Inc. (HPA), a $4.5B single family residential REIT.  She was a senior member of the Executive team and responsible for Public and Private debt placement of approximately $4B and associated compliance, Treasury, Risk Management (insurance placement/claims- all lines) and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Prior to joining HPA, Ms. Rittmanic managed and led finance and accounting teams at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Toplander Corporation, YesMail.com, SAP Labs & SAP Campbell (f/k/a Campbell Software).  At Campbell Software, Ms. Rittmanic was part of the executive management team that completed a successful merger with SAP America in early 1999.  At YesMail.com, she was part of the executive management team that led YesMail through a successful initial public offering in September,1999 and subsequent acquisition by CMGI in 2000.  Early in her tenure at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher), she was responsible for global Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and led the company to become the first December 31 year-end corporation in the U.S. to comply with the legislation.  She ended her tenure at the company as Chief Financial Officer for Risk Placement Services, Inc., Gallagher’s wholesale insurance division. 

Ms. Rittmanic is a registered CPA, received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Minor in French, from Bradley University, and received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Oversaw the acquisition and management of over 900 apartments and condos in Chicago.

BA in Marketing and Finance, Fairfield University.

Mike’s vast experience in Residential Design and Construction gives him the unique ability to both cosmetically and structurally assess a Rehab/Turn property quickly and accurately, convey that message concisely to Vendors and support staff and develop a path to resolve issues and create marketable, budget driven solution that are both executable and scalable. This same experience contributes to his understanding and ability to develop best practices, procedures and policies on the R&M side of the business. Mikes lifelong passion for Architecture and Design has led him to positions as City Design Review Consultant, Elected Architectural Review Board Member, membership in the NAHB, NARI, ILCA, OLCA, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Various Historical Associations over the years. Mike grew up and attended College in Southern California, spent over a decade in The Pacific Northwest and now resides with his family in Evanston, Illinois.

At a major real estate services firm, served as the analytics designer in the development of the company’s proprietary portfolio strategy diagnostics tool, producing more than $15M+ in practice revenue during 2017. Utilized Alteryx, to capture big data and design workflows that automate data mining, cleansing, and process inefficiencies. Visualized data through Esri Server to provide demographic and capital markets insights.

On behalf of a major metro, led the product development of a Ruby on Rails SAAS technology. Provided data analysis, modeling, and product consulting to win new business and scale the operation. Managed the metro’s consumer platform to track the frequency and depth of engagement with city assets and events for more than 100,000+ users.

Asia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Africana and Latin American Studies from Colgate University, and has completed Master’s coursework in Geographic Information Systems from John Hopkins University.