Ready Capital Corporation announced the addition of Richard Katzenstein and Alex Ovalle as Managing Directors and members of the senior leadership team, both reporting to CEO Tom Capasse. Richard Katzenstein joins as Head of Strategic Partnerships charged with increasing commercial real estate lending volume through a variety of existing and newly formed strategic partner relationships and strengthening loan sourcing channels. Alex Ovalle joins as National Sales Manager to drive momentum for the Structured Fixed Rate and CMBS platforms at Ready Capital, as well as lead the development of a construction product in collaboration with the Bridge team. He completes a three-pronged dedicated sales leadership team alongside Richard Katzenstein and David A. Cohen, who is a Managing Director and the Co-Head of the National Bridge Lending platform and who has been with the Company since 2015.  Richard Katzenstein brings more than 30 years of real estate capital markets experience most recently as Senior Vice President and National Director of Mortgage Loan Production and Sales at Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation. Prior roles also include leadership positions at Freddie Mac, Tannery Brook Partners/Cortview Capital, MMA Realty Capital, and MONY Life Insurance Company. Alex Ovalle joins from Mosaic Real Estate Investors (MREI), where he was Head of Originations and a member of the Credit Committee.