Authors List

Authors

  • Brian Kucab

    Brian Kucab is director of underwriting at Genworth Mortgage Insurance. He has held various leadership roles with a focus on risk assessment and mitigation, as well as process enhancement. Kucab began his financial services career as a residential underwriter before joining Genworth in 2007 to focus on contract-underwriting recourse. In 2009, he moved into loss mitigation as director of investigations, with responsibility for delinquent loan reviews and forensic underwriting.

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  • Chad Kusner

    Chad Kusner is president of Credit Repair Resources LLC. He has 20 years of lending, credit and consumer law experience. He is a former originator, is FICO Pro certified, and is a former director of the National Association of Credit Services Organizations, the trade association for credit repair. Kusner co-hosts creditexpertsummit.com, and speaks nationwide on credit and consumer protections.

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  • Jerry Kussy

    Jerry A. Kussy is vice president of lending with Liberty Bank for Savings, a community bank in Chicago. Being in the mortgage industry for over 12 years as a loan officer and president of a local mortgage company, Kussy understands the importance of building referral relationships. In his current role at Liberty Bank for Savings, Kussy is involved with strategic planning for the lending department.

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  • Ivan Kustic is a vice president at MetroGroup Realty Finance, a private mortgage banking company that specializes in providing capital advisory and mortgage banking services for properties throughout the U.S. 

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  • Steve Kyles

    Steve Kyles is a partner with Mortgage Marketing Animals, one of the top mortgage coaching programs in the country for loan officers, and he is a top-producing branch manager at Success Mortgage Partners. He also is the host and founder of the energetic and value-packed “Loan Officer Leadership” podcast, one of the top podcasts for loan officers nationwide. Kyles is passionate about coaching other loan officers and sharing tools that help them succeed in their business.

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  • Erica LaCentra is chief marketing officer for RCN Capital. She is responsible for planning, developing and implementing the firm’s marketing plan as well as overseeing its marketing department. After joining RCN Capital in 2013, LaCentra led a strategic rebranding to position the company for nationwide expansion. Her ongoing efforts have rapidly expanded RCN’s customer base and elevated the company to a national brand. Reach LaCentra at (860) 432-4782.

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  • Eric Lam is head of business strategy at SF Tax Appeal. He hails from a lineage rooted in commercial real estate, and his background is bolstered by a refined understanding of computer science and programming. As a co-founder of SF Tax Appeal, Lam pursues the market by leveraging the fusion of technology and real estate. Visit sftaxappeal.com.

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  • Parijat Lamba

    Parijat Lamba is a product specialist on the customer management relationship team at Salesmate, a company that automates sales and marketing tasks. Lamba takes immense pleasure in writing about marketing and sales niches, and she’s passionate about helping people understand more about content marketing through her writing. As a focused researcher, she loves writing about new technology and the progress that the corporate world makes every day.

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  • Kara Lamphere

    Kara Lamphere is the chief operating officer at Mid America Mortgage Inc., a multistate, full-service mortgage lender serving consumers and mortgage originators through its retail, wholesale and correspondent channels.

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  • Emily Landgraf

    Emily Landgraf is the social media coordinator at APEX Mortgage Corp. APEX is a nonconforming national lender that specializes in small-balance commercial mortgages ($25,000 to $1 million). APEX excels in understanding the credit and income nuances of the self-employed. 

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  • Sandra Langford

    Sandra Langford is a senior product manager at Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions. She is responsible for the web-based iLienRED platform, real property recording and search services, and UCC county fixture filings. During more than 20 years with Wolters Kluwer, she has worked as an operations manager, sales manager and business analyst. She has been a catalyst in the ideation and launch of compelling products, partnering with customers to enhance their positive experience.

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  • Lindsay Larson

    Lindsay Larson, director of talent acquisition at Evergreen Home Loans, has 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry. She began as an assistant and worked her way up to a leadership role. As a gay woman who felt she looked different from most others in her field, Larson has been unapologetic in being who she is, bringing her voice to the table and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community while pushing toward more diversity.

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