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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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Ken Simonson

Ken Simonson has over 40 years of experience analyzing, advocating, and communicating about economic and tax issues. He has been Chief Economist for AGC since 2001. He provides insight into the economy and what it implies for construction and related industries through frequent media interviews, presentations, and the Data DIGest, his weekly one-page e-newsletter that goes to more than 20,000 subscribers.
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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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Kim Smith

Kim Smith is senior vice president of wholesale lending at American Advisors Group (AAG). Prior to joining AAG in January 2013, Smith was the executive vice president of sales at Generation Mortgage, a reverse mortgage lender, where she oversaw all sales operations. She previously worked for Financial Freedom and One Reverse Mortgage. Smith graduated magna cum laude from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a major in business administration and a minor in economics.
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Rachel Smith

Rachel L. Smith is a senior consultant at BlackFin Group and an actively practicing attorney who specializes in reverse mortgage compliance consulting. Smith’s passion is building and delivering compliance and education programs, marketing and customer-focused technical solutions that alleviate compliance-based operational pain points. All of her work has required a deep understanding of both federal and state consumer finance laws and regulations.
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Steve Smith

Steve Smith is chairman, CEO and co-founder of Finicity, a leading financial-data access and insights platform enabling data-driven information that leads to smarter financial decisions. Through the Finicity application programming interface, financial institutions and fintech developers can access client-granted financial data to incorporate in financial-management, payment and credit-decision solutions.
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Desmond Smith

Desmond P. Smith is chief growth officer at United Wholesale Mortgage. In this position, Smith focuses on innovative ways to advance the independent mortgage broker channel. Smith brings three decades of knowledge and experience to the table from his time spent at the Federal Housing Administration, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Capital One Home Loans and Fannie Mae. He has been recognized for creating high-performance cultures, empowering teams and transforming businesses.
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Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith is president of Douglas Smith & Associates, a sales-training and performance-coaching company specializing in the banking and mortgage industries. He is a nationally acclaimed speaker and author who helps lenders find more clients, close more loans and make more money. Visit dougsmithonline.com.
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