Authors List

Authors

  • Jeffrey Taylor co-founded Velocity Commercial Capital in 2004 and serves as executive vice president of the company’s capital-markets team. He previously served as vice president of Bayview Financial Trading Group and as vice president of operations for an online trading platform for commercial real estate loan portfolios. He has a master’s degree in real estate development from the University of Southern California.

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  • Kara Taylor

    Kara Taylor serves as Attom Data Solutions’ vice president of marketing, where she leverages two decades of experience to lead its marketing, creative and public-relations teams. Before Attom Data, Taylor led the product-marketing team at lead-generation company Campus Explorer. She spent her early career focused on the retail sector in e-commerce. Taylor graduated from the Art Institute of Southern California with a graphic-design degree.

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  • Franco Terango is the CEO of Certainty Home Lending, a national mortgage lending and fintech business. He has been a leader in the financial services industry for more than 30 years and his career has traversed four lines of business, including consumer banking, investments, small business banking and 25 years in mortgage lending.

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  • Todd Teta is chief product and technology officer at Attom Data Solutions, where he leads the company’s technology and product teams. Prior to joining Attom Data Solutions, Teta led the product-development and technology organization at Meyers Research. Teta also previously co-founded several startups, including VisionCore, a company serving the mortgage and real estate data and analytics markets that was later sold to CoreLogic. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he earned a degree in computer engineering and computer science. Learn more about Attom Data Solutions at attomdata.com.

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  • Mary Kay Theriault is senior director of product management for Mortgagebot at Finastra, where she is responsible for the strategy and direction of Finastra’s industry leading mortgage solutions. With more than 20 years at Finastra, Theriault brings comprehensive mortgage lending knowledge and industry expertise to the role.

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  • Jennifer Thomas is financial controller of Lighthouse Title Group, based in Holland, Michigan, serving over 50 markets across Michigan and Wisconsin. Thomas, who has a bachelor’s degree in business accounting from Hope College, started at Lighthouse 21 years ago and specializes in increasing work process efficiency at the company. Lighthouse Title Group has effectively implemented various client-facing and team-member AI tools, including Alanna.ai and Stampli.

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  • Eric Thomas

    Eric Thomas is the managing director of revenue and business development for Stronghill Capital, a company that specializes in helping business owners and real estate owners grow by providing real estate-backed loans. Thomas has more than 26 years of experience in real estate and has been involved in more than 2,000 transactions, either personally or through companies he has owned. 

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  • J. Tony Thompson

    J. Tony Thompson is the founder and CEO of the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA), an organization dedicated to increasing the engagement of women and minorities with the Mortgage Bankers Association at the local, state and national level. Since its inception in 2016, NAMMBA has grown to more than 25 chapters and 2,500 members nationwide. Currently, Thompson works for Silverton Mortgage based in Atlanta. 

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  • Eric Tishaw

    Eric Tishaw is the chief balloon inflator at Direct Path Coaching. He is a mortgage marketing and sales expert who is passionate about helping mortgage originators and branch managers reach their fullest potential. As the previous CEO and owner of a top mortgage company that he helped build from the ground up, Tishaw knows what it’s like to overcome obstacles in order to build a large origination business.

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  • Tonya Todd

    Tonya Todd is senior vice president of strategic products at Mountain West Financial Inc. She joined the Mountain West team in 2012 as leader of affordable-housing programs and is responsible for the company’s involvement in downpayment-assistance programs. Todd also works closely with nonprofit organizations and housing-finance agencies to develop lending products. Prior to joining Mountain West, Todd spent almost nine years on Bank of America’s affordable-housing team. 

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  • Luke Tomaszewski, CEO and founder of ProxyPics, brings 18 years of real estate valuation expertise. Fourteen years ago, he developed his first hybrid appraisal to transform home valuation. Securing a U.S. patent for ProxyPics’ on-demand photo technology, he revolutionized property data collection. Under his leadership, ProxyPics ranked No. 59 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list.

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