Authors List
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Geoffrey Sharp joined Eris Innovations in 2015 and is Head of Product Development and Sales. With more than two decades of global financial markets experience, trading interest rates with banks, mortgage companies and investors, he previously held trading and sales roles with Nomura, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse, and worked in New York, London and Tokyo. Mr. Sharp holds a B.Eng. from University of Bristol, England and currently lives in NY with his wife and children.
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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 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 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 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 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 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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