Authors List

Authors

  • Hans Schmit is an analyst at Bulk Aggregate Supply, a nationwide online marketplace for construction materials. Bulk Aggregate Supply offers contractors, landscapers and homeowners complete price-sheet information for quarries and handles product deliveries. Reach Schmit at (602) 456-6714.

    View all posts
  • Brandon Schnitzer

    Brandon Schnitzer is the finance industry general manager at Natural Intelligence, a leader in intent marketing and a provider of comparison websites that drive high-value customer acquisition for leading brands. 

    View all posts
  • Eli Schwarz

    Eli Schwarz is senior director of enterprise partnerships at Jornaya, a consumer journey insights platform that provides publishers, marketers, data analysts and compliance professionals with the highest-resolution view of the consumer-buying journey. It is a unique technology platform that witnesses both first- and third-party consumer interactions in real time and across devices. Meeting consumers at these moments of intent enables businesses to shorten the distance between data, decision and action. 

    View all posts
  • Justin Schwing

    Justin Schwing is vice president of national facilities at Planet Home Lending. In the position, Schwing provides executive leadership and management for the acquisition, lease management and maintenance of the company’s facilities across the country.

    View all posts
  • David Scott

    David C. Scott is president and house counsel at Silverado Funding LLC, a private mortgage bank in Portland, Ore. Silverado Funding provides residential real estate loans for investment purposes and specializes in rehabilitation and construction loans. It originates and services all loans in-house. Silverado Funding has structured and financed more than 1,000 hard-money transactions. Scott is a loan originator and a licensed real estate broker in Oregon.

    View all posts

  • Rick Scott is the director of construction lending for Silverton Mortgage, a position he’s held since 2018. During his 40 years in the mortgage industry, he has headed sales and operations for the construction lending groups at several regional and national mortgage banking companies. Scott was born and raised in Virginia but relocated in 1997 to Atlanta, where he currently lives with his wife of 32 years. Scott has three grown children who also reside in the Atlanta area. Reach Scott at (470) 289-5038.

    View all posts
  • Mary Scully

    Mary Kay Scully is the director of customer education at Genworth Mortgage Insurance, leading the development of the company’s customer-education curriculum. In this role, she trains more than 7,500 professionals per year on a wide range of topics, including updates to process improvements, and how to navigate and adhere to evolving compliance requirements. The statements in this article are solely the opinions of Scully and do not necessarily reflect the views of Genworth or its management.

    View all posts
  • Todd Sears

    Todd Sears is the chief financial officer for Herman & Kittle Properties Inc., a full-service developer, contractor, property-manager and owner for apartments and self-storage located in the Midwest and Gulf Coast areas.

    View all posts

  • Mike Seminari is the director of customer experience for Stratmor Group, a data-driven mortgage advisory firm offering its clients expert advice on strategy design and execution, mergers and acquisitions, and marketing and sales operations optimization and technology. Seminari has more than 25 years of business- to-consumer and business-to-business experience in the mortgage and technology industries. He has grown Stratmor’s customer experience practice into an industry leader in the drive to optimize the mortgage borrower’s experience.

    View all posts
  • Luke Shankula

    Luke Shankula is a leading mortgage marketing expert and is CEO of Paragon Digital Marketing Group. He has spoken at several Legion of Loan Officers events and runs a successful seven-figure mortgage marketing agency. He has been featured in multiple mortgage industry publications and contributes content for the industry as well.

    View all posts

  • Rick Sharga is the executive vice president of market intelligence at Attom Data Solutions. Sharga has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industries, having previously served in executive roles for RealtyTrac, Carrington Mortgage Holdings, TenX and Auction.com. He is one of the country’s most frequently quoted sources on real estate, mortgage and foreclosure trends. Sharga is a founding member of the Five Star Institute’s National Mortgage Servicing Association and is on the board of directors for the National Association of Default Professionals. Learn more about Attom Data Solutions at attomdata.com.

    View all posts
  • Shashank Shekhar

    Shashank Shekhar is CEO of InstaMortgage, a San Jose-headquartered mortgage company doing business under Arcus Lending. Shekar started the company in 2008 during possibly the worst year for financial markets. Despite the adversity, Arcus Lending has grown rapidly and was named in 2017 to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Shekhar writes a popular blog and is an expert guest on the TV and radio show, “Mortgage Matters.” He has ranked on numerous lists of the top originators in the U.S. 

    View all posts