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Compliance With a Heartbeat

From Bankruptcy Ops to Bold Builder: How I Lead, Scale, and Serve

Sarah Starr
Sarah Starr
Bankruptcy Operations Leader & Founder (Mobile Notary / RON, SCANdalized™)
Self employed
Compliance With a Heartbeat

When you manage millions in cash and thousands of bankruptcy accounts, you learn fast that leadership isn’t a title—it’s nerve, clarity, and care.

I grew inside mortgage servicing—from Senior Bankruptcy Analyst to Cash Supervisor to Operations Manager. I owned the work most people never see but everyone relies on reconciling high-risk portfolios and keeping investors, regulators, and families whole.

Receipts that matter:

  • Managed ~$4.2M in monthly BK cash with 99.97% accuracy across 12k+ accounts
  • Delivered system migration 3 weeks early
  • Built audit protocols that passed cleanly.
  • Cut vendor errors 52%

The numbers matter—but I’m proudest of what they mean: teams who feel safe to raise a hand, processes anyone can follow, outcomes you can predict.

My leadership rules:

  1. Clarity beats chaos. Map the workflow, define the SLA, teach the why.
  2. People over panic. Calm rooms create clean files.
  3. Make it audit-ready before anyone asks. Controls are confidence.

I speak regulations and real life:

The first time I notarized at a hospital bedside, a family faced decisions they never expected. My job wasn’t just identity and a stamp—it was lowering shoulders, translating legalese, and giving them a moment of clarity.

That’s the heart of my work. I’m a Florida Mobile Notary and RON specialist with roots in BK ops. Years in servicing taught me two truths that guide everything:

Details protect people. Clarity builds trust.

From back office to front line:

I built my Mobile Notary business to meet people where life happens—home, hospital, or phone. Verify like a hawk, explain like a neighbor, finish without drama. Compliance stays tight; the experience stays kind.

I also founded SCANdalized™ (trademark pending) I put QR codes on things like shirts, mugs, and stickers so when you scan them, you get fun, motivating, or curious content. It’s my same leadership style from corporate—make a plan, launch, learn, improve—just in a new space.

My 5-minute clarity playbook:

  • Say the purpose in one sentence: “This document confirms X so Y can happen.”
  • Explain what’s at stake.
  • Lay out the steps—no jargon.
  • Flag decisions.
  • Double-check with dignity: “Is anything still fuzzy?”

It works for notarizations, audits, sprint reviews—even family planning.

A quick story:

During a remote session, the signer’s Wi-Fi kept dropping. I shifted to lower bandwidth, summarized each page in one line, and we finished on time with clean scans. Later I got: “You made a hard day easier.” That’s the metric I care about.

What I tell the next woman in line:

  • Build systems that outlast you—process is power.
  • Measure what matters—you can’t improve what you can’t see.
  • Translate across legal, ops, and tech—be the bridge.
  • Lead with steadiness—calm is a competitive advantage.
  • Own your story—you can be corporate, creative, and community-minded at once.

I’m the person who likes tidy books and clear checklists. Whether I’m moving a company to a new system, helping a family with urgent paperwork, or launching a SCANdalized™ drop, my goal is the same: bring order, protect people, and leave things better than I found them.

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