Authors List

Authors

  • Kathy Donovan is a specialized consulting associate director for Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions. She has more than 25 years working in insurance industry compliance. With a focus on researching regulatory activity to help increase awareness and understanding of compliance issues that affect insurers, she assists in managing content for multiple property, casualty, life and health compliance tools, incorporating the newest regulatory requirements to ensure solutions meet insurers’ needs.

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  • Dennis H. Doss is the founder and managing partner of Doss Law. Licensed as an attorney since 1978, Doss represents private and hard money lenders and carryback sellers in Orange County and throughout California. He counts many of the top private or hard money mortgage lenders as his clients. Doss is well versed in all aspects of mortgage finance, from the entities that operate and finance real estate to the professionals who finance real estate.

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  • Michael Dresden is the president of Dart Appraisal, an independently owned and nationwide appraisal management company. Established in 1993, Dart has continued to be an appraisal management leader for 27 years. As the chief integrator for all branches of Dart Appraisal, Dresden works closely with the company’s leadership team to create and fulfill a comprehensive strategic plan that delivers consistent, reliable and customized service to a broad range of clients throughout the U.S. Learn more at dartappraisal.com.

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  • Ray Drew

    Ray Drew is SBA business development officer at Fund-Ex Solutions Group. Drew has dedicated his entire professional career to helping small-business owners navigate through the intricacies of SBA borrowing. His job is to structure a customized loan solution that meets the unique needs of the business and guide the entrepreneur through the process. He hosts “The Art of SBA Lending” podcast and serves as chairman of the board for the Florida Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders. 

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  • Jeremy Drews

    Jeremy Drews is a regional manager for LendSure Mortgage Corp. Since 2005, he has served in account executive and regional management capacities at Accredited Home Lenders and LendSure. His work in wholesale lending services extends to several resort areas in the West, including Southern California; Las Vegas; Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and the Utah markets of Park City and St. George. Drews also is a licensed mortgage originator.

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  • Steven Driss

    Steven Driss is president of Driss Insurance in Encino, California. An award-winning employee-benefits expert, Driss is a certified insurance professional and holds a life/health/casualty insurance license. He has worked as an extension of companies’ human resources departments for more than two decades, designing and developing robust benefits packages for businesses. For additional information, visit drissinsurance.com.

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  • Tim Dubes

    Tim Dubes is vice president of content marketing for Ocrolus, a document-automation platform that powers the digital lending ecosystem and automates credit decisions across the fintech, mortgage and banking industries. Ocrolus provides modern document-analysis infrastructure and has raised more than $100 million from blue-chip fintech investors. The company enables financial-services companies to make high-quality decisions with trusted data and unparalleled efficiency.

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  • Elaine Duffus is a senior specialized consultant with Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions. She brings more than 20 years of professional expertise, including positions as chief compliance officer in the insurance, securities and banking industries. Her work includes helping clients assess, understand and manage their regulatory content needs.

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  • Ernie Durbin is the chief valuation officer at Voxtur, where he provides expertise in developing innovative solutions for the valuation industry. He holds the prestigious CRE designation from The Counselors of Real Estate and the SRA and AI-RRS designations from the Appraisal Institute. Durbin has contributed to various special projects, including the Appraiser Diversity Initiative (ADI). He serves on the Real Property Valuation Committee for the National Association of Realtors.

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  • Idan Edry

    Idan Udi Edry is the CEO of Trustifi, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company offering a patented, postmarked e-mail system that encrypts and tracks e-mails. A trusted authority for information technology (IT) and data security, Edry has 13 formal certifications from the most renowned IT and telecommunications organizations, and his insight has been featured in major publications like Fox News, Bloomberg BNA and MDedge.

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  • Ashley Effinger is a credit repair specialist and owner of the Credit Queen, which helps people repair their credit and understand essential financing concepts. Effinger is also a FreedomPath adviser. She’s a digital marketing maven who is on a mission to change financial lives for the better. By day, she’s mastered the art of improving credit scores and teaching budgeting wizardry. By night, she’s a devoted wife and mom to five amazing kids.

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  • Ryan Ehler

    Ryan Ehler is a loan officer at Price Mortgage LLC in Gilbert, Arizona. He is best known for getting the job done and does whatever it takes to service his clients under top standards. His quick ability to learn and adapt allows him to stay on top of market changes. His expertise falls under the following categories: educational entertaining, advanced video and photoshop editing, and copywriting skills.

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