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Steven Pals is Director of Business Development at Autoagent, the market-leading escrow tax processor with modernized, service-focused solutions that eliminate refunds and provide accurate tax data and escrow payment processing for mortgage lenders. Pals leads the growth and adoption of Autoagent’s EscrowCloud platform.
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Jim Paolino is CEO of LodeStar Software Solutions, which develops loan estimator, sales-management and closing-portal technologies. In this role, Paolino manages the company’s day-to-day operations, and oversees business development and long-term strategic direction. He has a decade of experience developing software solutions specifically for the mortgage and title-insurance spaces. Paolino speaks frequently about technology trends as they relate to compliance, operational efficiency and sales growth.
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Ketan Parekh is a managing director at Toorak Capital Partners. As the head of U.S. lender relations and capital markets, Parekh has more than 25 years of experience in residential structured products, mortgage and real estate banking. Prior to joining Toorak, Parekh was a managing director at Invictus Capital Partners, an alternative mortgage credit fund, where he was in charge of the business-purpose loan business. Parekh also worked as a partner and managing director at Window Rock Capital Partners, a mortgage credit fund.
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Raj Parekh is director of business development at LoanScorecard, a leading provider of non-agency automated underwriting, pricing, bank-statement analysis and loan-loss reserve solutions, which are designed to meet today’s regulatory challenges and capitalize on market opportunities. A mortgage-technology expert with more than 20 years’ experience, Parekh previously held executive positions at Insellerate, LeadPoint, ActiveProspect and LeadROI. He can be reached at raj_parekh@loanscorecard.com.
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Sabrina Park is head of digital creative strategy for BeSmartee, an award-winning developer of digital mortgage software for banks, credit unions and nonbank lenders. In her role, Park develops and executes marketing strategies to communicate the BeSmartee brand promise — to take today’s originators and borrowers deeper into the mortgage process, faster.
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Sara Parrish is president of CampusDoor, an Incenter company and one of the nation’s largest third-party student and specialty loan origination platforms. She is responsible for the growth and performance of the firm, which has processed more than $36 billion in student loan applications for 1,600-plus unique loan programs. Parrish joined the company in 2016 and worked in various operational and portfolio management roles before her promotion to president last year. She holds a master’s degree in business ethics from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and English from Ursinus College. Reach Parrish at (717) 249-8800.
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Bruno Pasceri is president of Incenter, which ideates and deploys innovative solutions for optimizing business performance in the mortgage and specialty-finance industries. The company is based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and employs more than 1,600 professionals across its sub-brands. For more information, visit incenterms.com.
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Jose Pascual is the head of mortgage and commercial banking at PSECU, a full-service credit union serving more than 590,000 members with $8.3 billion in assets. With over 25 years of experience in financial services, Pascual has held key leadership roles in mortgage banking and commercial lending. At PSECU, he drives the growth, member experience and innovation of mortgage, home equity and commercial banking services, ensuring they meet the diverse needs of members.
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Brandon Pate is a vice president in the Birmingham, Alabama, office of Hunt Real Estate Capital. He is primarily involved in the origination and transaction management of multifamily, mobile-home community and commercial real estate debt financing. Prior to joining Hunt, he worked at Beech Street Capital. Since beginning his career in 2012, Pate has managed and closed more than $1.5 billion in multifamily and mobile-home park transactions.
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Keely Pate is the director of training and development at Alternative Capital Solutions (ACS) and its affiliate companies, Commercial Capital BIDCO and The Commercial Broker Playbook. Pate has committed more than 20 years to connecting professionals to development opportunities in a variety of fields and industries that span Fortune 500 corporations, midsize organizations, small businesses and sole proprietors. Her role within ACS is to create content and develop strategies to educate mortgage brokers, lenders and business owners. Explore continuing education programs at thecommercialbrokerplaybook.com. Reach Pate at keely@acstn.net or (615) 538-7814.
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Theodore (Ted) Patestos is co-founder and CEO of Tiger Adjusters. A seasoned innovator and policyholder advocate in the public adjusting industry, Patestos consistently champions tools and strategies that bring greater transparency, efficiency and value to both consumers and adjusters. His work includes the development of systems and the forward-thinking technologies that reduce friction in the claims process. Tiger Adjusters has recovered millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of clients across the country.
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Sherwin Patidar is executive vice president of SBA lending at Merchants Bank of Indiana, based in the Chicago regional office. He is a founding member of First Colorado National Bank and has more than 15 years of experience specializing in SBA lending. In his current role, his responsibilities include generating new SBA 7(a), SBA 504 and USDA loans in accordance with bank guidelines. He also develops and implements business plans and marketing strategies to aid in identifying areas of opportunity for new business penetration.
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