Authors List
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Matt Coles is regional vice president of sales for Plaza Home Mortgage, a proven national leader dedicated to wholesale and correspondent lending. In this role, Coles has served wholesale mortgage brokers in the Southern California and Arizona markets for the past nine years.
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Ellen Comeaux is a senior vice president and commercial division leader at TIAA Bank. As a member of the bank’s leadership team, she directs commercial loan origination activities and drives strategy for the company’s commercial real estate and equipment-finance business lines. She has more than 30 years of experience in the equipment-finance business, and previously worked with MetLife Capital and GE Capital. Reach Comeaux at ellen.comeaux@tiaabank.com.
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Brian Congelliere is the senior business development officer at Grasshopper Bank, a national bank that offers a full array of commercial banking products, including SBA 7(a) loans, SBA 504 loans and U.S. Department of Agriculture loans, to traditional small businesses, innovation-economy companies and venture-capital firms. Based in New York City, the second-largest venture capital funding center in the U.S., Grasshopper Bank delivers cloud-based banking solutions and financial services that enable companies to more efficiently address their day-to-day challenges.
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K.C. Conway is chief economist for the CCIM Institute. He also serves as director of research and corporate engagement at the Alabama Center for Real Estate, housed in the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama.
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Linn Cook is vice president of sales at OptifiNow, a customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation software company based in Seal Beach, California. Cook has been in the mortgage technology industry for 20 years, managing sales and marketing for credit-reporting systems, mortgage origination software platforms, automated underwriting engines, and CRM and marketing automation technology.
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Michael Cooksey is executive managing director of production for Mid America Mortgage, based in Addison, Texas, and is founder of The Cooksey Team in Dallas, one of Mid America’s top-performing branches.
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Steven Cooley is the founder of Art Vs. Math LLC, a hypercreative, numbers-obsessed business consultancy that develops solutions for complex challenges while finding big ideas to generate revenue. Cooley previously worked at Finance of America Holdings and Finance of America Reverse. He also has consulted with various venture-capital companies, hard money lenders and investors on market viability, product placement, and marketing and business-intelligence strategies.
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Raul Correa Kemish, president of US Mortgage Wholesale, is a distinguished commercial loan specialist. With a strong background in finance and sales, he leads a licensed bilingual team dedicated exclusively to crafting innovative commercial loan solutions nationwide. Known for surpassing client expectations, Kemish invites collaboration in the dynamic world of commercial lending. Reach Kemish at (720) 800-1411.
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Craig Crabtree is senior vice president and general manager of Equifax Mortgage and Housing, where he manages the company’s mortgage, rental and real estate industries across all solution and product categories. Since joining Equifax in 2010, Crabtree has expanded the capabilities that service these industries to include employment- and income-verification services, capital markets, and property and data analysis.
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David Crantz, president of Signature Capital, brings more than 30 years of experience to the commercial lending and private money business. As a third-generation lender, he has private mortgage lending in his blood. Crantz started working as a lender at age 18 in a family business and has been expanding his skills, experience and industry network ever since.
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Phil Crescenzo Jr. is vice president of the Southeast Division at Nation One Mortgage Corp. Crescenzo has over 20 years of industry experience helping homeowners, Realtors and building partners navigate the mortgage credit and approval process while making it easier to qualify. As a mortgage expert, Crescenzo constantly monitors market conditions and the changes in mortgage programs to provide financial guidance quickly and accurately. Crescenzo and his team have a background in a wide range of mortgage options.
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Dianne Crocker is the principal analyst at LightBox. She is an expert on commercial real estate market trends and forecasting; property due diligence and risk management; and technology trends. With more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, she has analyzed the market through three cyclical downturns. Crocker is a regular speaker at leading industry conferences, webinars and LightBox’s own events. In 2015, Crocker created the annual PRISM Awards, a one-of-a-kind program to shine a light on the creativity, innovation, influence, leadership and achievement of excellence in the property due-diligence and commercial real estate lending industries.
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