Mike Pavlin is Westlake’s Senior Vice President of Operations and
has two primary goals: to ensure Westlake is operating as
efficiently as possible, and to solidify Westlake’s
organizational structure.

“Efficiency is a major goal, you have to ask ‘where are the
opportunities to help reduce operating expenses?"’, explains
Mr. Pavlin. "Additionally, an important part of a newly
maturing organization isformalizing its structure. One of the
keys to improving efficiency is building the relationships between departments. You have that, and you can work with greater confidence.”

Mr. Pavlin brings extensive experience with automotive financing to Westlake, coming from Long Beach Acceptance Corp., where he was also VP of Operations.  Prior to LBAC, he was at Mitsubishi Motor credit for nine years. His experience emphasizes technology, accounting, compliance, and servicing.