Chronological History

In 1999 Metwest Commercial is created by Leonardo Padron who becomes the Top Producer for Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities, a west coast-based life insurance company and Riverside Bancshares and Bank owned company out of Little Rock, Arkansa

First Metwest office opens in City of Industry, Los Angeles, CA.

Metwest is recognized as one of the "100 Fastest Growing Hispanic Companies in America", with a record year in excess of $450 million. Leonardo Padron, CEO, is named one of the "Top 15 Hispanic Entrepreneurs of the Year".

Metwest Wall Street Division is created and funded by Leonardo Padron and Isidoro Riguero "CEO" (an Ex-Banker and Fund Manager) to create an strategic alliance with Lehman Brothers to sell bankable lending products.

Leonardo Padron, Metwest CEO, is featured in Bloomberg News at The Miami Herald Newspaper in spanish "El nuevo Herald".

Metwest's Leonardo Padron (CEO), in panertship with a family member and friends, develops a groundbreaking new commercial real estate financial software called: SpeedQual™.

Leonardo works on SpeedDocs, a cutting edge technology for the commercial mortgage lending industry.

Leonardo develops SpeedTrax, and continuing the transition to technology enhanced lending.

Leonardo and Isidoro "Izzy" collaborated together to develop the commercial financial software to take it to the next level of performance.

Leonardo brings back to the market Metwest with a capital partner but the operation is unsuccessful.

Leonardo Padron-Hermes open the corporate branch for Velocity Mortgage in Miami and develops a team of successful executives to provide financing to residential and commercial properties.

Leonardo and Izzy continue working in his financial software-project and this time is almost ready.

The Metwest (Leo & Izzy) team partners with Darren Herringshaw and Peter Bieda from Capital Network Group (CNG), both experts in the commercial lending and software development. CNG provides Mr. Padron's latest software innovation BrokeredIn a higher level of sophistication, helping to drive this market disrupting software into the commercial real-estate marketplace.

Leonardo and it's long-time business partner Isidoro "Izzy" created BlackLion Group, a financier company that focused on project finance, commercial real estate loans, corporate finance and real estate sales at the global level.