RiskSpan, Inc., a Vienna, Virginia-based risk and valuation firm, announced Wednesday that Allen H. Jones is the company’s new managing director of its Washington, D.C., federal services consulting practice.

With more than 25 years in mortgage lending and housing finance, Jones brings his experience in technology, marketing, finance, and consultative operations to the company.

Prior to joining RiskSpan, Jones was Bank of America’s government lending executive, managing the transition and integration of Countrywide under the BofA umbrella, before becoming the bank’s executive for default management public policy and national outreach.

During his tenure with BofA, Jones managed the bank’s growth in Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Affairs (VA) businesses, from an industry rank of 40 up to 4 prior to the Countrywide acquisition.

“We are fortunate to have the knowledge Allen brings to our growing consulting firm related to FHA and the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP),” said Bernadette Kogler, RiskSpan’s president.

Jones has also worked for HUD, Freddie Mac, and KPMG Consulting and served on the board of the Virginia Housing Development Authority.

RiskSpan provides integrated risk and valuation solutions that combine analytics, data, and consulting services to clients in the capital markets and structured finance marketplace.