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Rick Sharga

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.
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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.
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Dottie Sheppick

Dottie Sheppick is a founding partner of Specialty Mortgage Product Solutions LLC, which serves clients on affordable, builder and first-time homebuyer programs. Sheppick has 30 years of experience in niche lending, including her last corporate position as Bank of America’s senior vice president and affordable housing executive. Prior to that, she was the director of housing impact at Fannie Mae. Sheppick is well known for her entrepreneurial approach to developing products and programs for underserved markets.
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Phil Shoemaker

Phil Shoemaker is president of originations at Home Point Financial, one of the nation’s leading mortgage originators and servicers. Shoemaker joined Home Point in 2018 and has played a lead role in the company’s two-year growth from $11.6 billion to nearly $60 billion in loan volume, a span in which Home Point has emerged as one of the nation’s fastest-growing mortgage lenders.
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Jeff Shore

Jeff Shore is the founder of Shore Consulting Inc., a company that specializes in consumer psychology and customer experience training programs for homebuilders. Using his modern, game-changing techniques, Shore’s clients delivered more than 145,000 new homes and generated $54 billion in revenue last year. Shore is the author of 11 books, including the recently released “From Contract to Close,” which aims to help homebuilders revolutionize an outdated customer experience and realize increased referral rates. He holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. Visit his website at https://jeffshore.com/. Reach Shore at (844) 547-4673.
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Justin Short

Justin Short is managing director of proprietary lending for Hunt Mortgage Group. Based in Dallas, he is a seasoned real estate professional with buying and selling experience across the commercial mortgage-backed securities, real estate credit, capital-market and trading spectrums. He has directed commercial real estate debt acquisitions, trading and securitization, and has been involved throughout the product cycle with loan origination, pricing and hedging, portfolio and asset management, syndication and distribution.
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Eric Simantel

Eric Simantel is a branch manager and mortgage originator for the Ryder Mortgage Group (dba C2 Financial) in Portland, Oregon. Simantel spent more than 17 years in the sponsorship and advertising world prior to getting his mortgage license in 2020. He received his MBA from the University of Oregon in 2002. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from San Diego State University in 2000.
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Shane Sims

Shane Sims is the CEO of Kivu Consulting Inc., a premier global cybersecurity company that has serviced clients in all industries since 2009 with offices across the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Kivu also is an approved cybersecurity business by 60-plus insurance companies and is a preferred partner to law firms. Learn more at kivuconsulting.com.
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Cory Singer

Cory Singer is vice president of business development and pre-construction for FCL Builders Inc. As the head of national business development, Singer leads the company’s identification and expansion into new markets, geographic regions and customer growth opportunities. Since joining FCL in 2011, Singer has been instrumental in growing the company’s footprint from a single office to a national brand, spanning five regions and including 11 offices, serving clients coast to coast.
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Roelof Slump

Roelof Slump is a managing director and structured-finance head of operational risk for Fitch Ratings in the U.S. and Canada. His operational-risk responsibility for structured finance includes residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), originator/aggregator assessments, commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities servicer ratings, and collateralized loan obligation asset-manager assessments. Previously, he managed the assignment of RMBS bond ratings for Fitch. Slump has been engaged in securitization and whole loan activities since 1991. Reach him at (212) 908-0705 or roelof.slump@fitchratings.com.
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Max Slyusarchuk

Max Slyusarchuk is co-founder of Imperial Fund and a founder and CEO of A&D Mortgage. He is also a shareholder and vice chairman of the board of Home Federal Bank of Hollywood. Slyusarchuk is responsible for the day-to-day activities, strategic planning, business development and building relationships with key partners. He has experience in both private equity investments and portfolio management for institutional and private sector clients in Eastern Europe and the U.S. Reach Slyusarchuk at (305) 760-7000.
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Ben Smidt

Ben Smidt serves as chief marketing officer at Uplist, a leading software-as-a-service, real estate technology partner for lenders. He is also the founder of Hummingbird Digital. He’s an award-winning marketing executive with more than 15 years of expertise in digital marketing and strategy for mid- to enterprise-level companies. To date, he has trained 30,000-plus professionals and has contributed to several industry publications that help loan officers grow their business in any market conditions.
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