Meet the Team
Experience that matters
Center Street’s executive team has decades of individual and combined experience in all aspects of the consumer finance industry. We have a proven track record of success in both past and current projects. No one person or company can claim more experience or knowledge than that of the Center Street team.
Matt Burke
Managing Partner
Matt Burke holds the position of Managing Partner at Center Street Finance. He launched his career in consumer finance with SFG Finance, which is a subsidiary of a publicly traded Texas bank. During his time at SFG, Matt managed Brand Management and special projects. He led a team responsible for developing and implementing innovative financial products catering to car dealers and finance companies. While he was at SFG, Matt also gained experience in portfolio acquisitions, risk management, collections, and compliance. He designed seamless branding and processes to ensure that everything ran smoothly. Throughout his career in consumer finance, Matt has sourced loans amounting to over $4 billion. Before joining SFG, Matt worked as an investment analyst for Cowtown Angels, a Fort Worth-based angel network. He also served as the CEO of University Game Day, LLC dba TCU Game Day and Parks Production Company, an award-winning entrepreneurial business.
Matt, a serial entrepreneur, has owned and operated various businesses. Through this experience, he has gained a variety of skills in customer service, leadership, and networking that are essential for business development.
Matt has a degree from Texas Christian University with a double major in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management with an emphasis in Leadership.
matt.burke@csflp.com | Office 682-777-2010
Jessica Allen
Partner
Jessica Allen holds the position of Partner at Center Street Finance and is tasked with overseeing Risk Management and Loan Servicing. Her responsibilities include managing various services for our capital markets clients, such as portfolio management, valuation, cash-flow projections, reporting, and consulting. As a portfolio manager, Jessica’s attention to detail and extensive knowledge of auto finance allows her to save clients both time and money.
Jessica has a wealth of experience in the consumer finance industry, having held various important positions for over a decade. With her extensive experience in various roles, she has acquired valuable knowledge in the fields of risk management and operations. Jessica has reviewed more than 6 billion dollars worth of consumer finance loans during her career.
In 2007, Jessica started working at Nuvell Financial and was responsible for managing delinquencies from the front end to the back end. While she was working there, she created and executed successful methods for skip tracing and loss mitigation..
Jessica began working at SFG Finance in 2009 and was responsible for managing the recourse process and loan servicing for newly purchased loan portfolios valued at over $100 million. After successfully managing these portfolios, she moved into overseeing overall risk management for SFG’s managed portfolio. This included tasks such as portfolio pricing, daily and monthly analysis of management and operational reports, loan servicing risk mitigation training, trend analysis, static pool analysis, and risk mitigation strategies. Jessica collaborated with senior executive management on many special projects, including the creation of a customer service incentive and headcount model. Additionally, she led a team of 14 employees in community reinvestment and charitable projects.
Jessica earned a degree in Management from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2011. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Texas Women’s University in 2016.
jessica.allen@csflp.com | Office 682-777-2007