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12 MOVERS & SHAKERS Got something to share with us? Send it to Editor@DSNews.com. GOVERNMENT FORMER GINNIE MAE COO'S NEW ROLE After stepping down as EVP and COO of Ginnie Mae, Michael Bright has joined the Structured Finance Industry Group Inc. (SFIG) as President. Bright will lead SFIG's education, policy, and advocacy initiatives, helping to achieve the group's goal of building the broadest possible consensus among members across the industry, and reinforcing the understanding that securitization is an essential source of core funding for the real economy. "e securitization industry plays a fundamental role in our economy and it is vital that policymakers and the industry work constructively together as the market continues to evolve. I am honored to join the SFIG team and see tremendous opportunity to build on this group's success as the voice of securitization," Bright said. "I look forward to working with all of our members to represent the diverse views of this critical field and continuing to provide meaningful education, advocacy, and connection for our members across all aspects of securitization." "The securitization industry plays a fundamental role in our economy and it is vital that policymakers and the industry work constructively together as the market continues to evolve." —Michael Bright, President, Structured Finance Industry Group Inc. SERVICE PROVIDERS SAGENT LENDING TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW TULLY Pennsylvania-based Sagent Lending Technologies announced the appointment of Matthew Tully to its executive leadership team as VP of Agency Affairs and Compliance. e role is responsible for furthering Sagent Lending Technologies' interests with key lending industry stakeholders and influential organizations in the Washington, D.C., area. "I am excited about the opportunity to advocate for Sagent's innovative work within the lending technology space as well as the opportunity to increase the company's engagement with the housing agencies in Washington," Matthew Tully said. "Sagent is a great place to work because they recognize the need for a boots- on-the-ground focus to their compliance and agency outreach efforts." Tully brings 15 years of government compliance and industry relations experience to this new role, giving voice to Sagent Lending Technologies' goals in the important lending industry conversations happening every day in our nation's capital. "I am excited about the opportunity to advocate for Sagent's innovative work within the lending technology space as well as the opportunity to increase the company's engagement with the housing agencies in Washington." —Matthew Tully, VP of Agency Affairs and Compliance, Sagent Lending Keep up with who's doing what and who went where CLOUDVIRGA HIRES DAN SOGORKA AND KELLY KUCERA Cloudvirga, a digital mortgage software provider, announced the appointments of Dan Sogorka as Chief Revenue Officer and Kelly Kucera as SVP of marketing. Sogorka, a seasoned mortgage technology executive, will drive Cloudvirga's continued revenue growth and oversee the firm's sales and marketing strategy with the help of veteran cloud technology marketer Kucera. Sogorka brings two decades of experience as a business unit leader and senior sales executive at private and publicly traded firms specializing in mortgage and real estate technology. Kucera has over 20 years of experience in senior-level marketing, sales, and product management roles for global firms in the B2B cloud technology sector. Before joining Cloudvirga, she was head of commercial and global marketing at Arcules, a Canon Group company. Prior to that, Kucera oversaw global industry and commercial marketing in her role as head of marketing at global product content cloud platform 1WorldSync. TRAVIS LAMAR JOINS BLUE WATER FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES Blue Water Financial Technologies (BWFT) announced it has added to its growing executive team and hired Travis LaMar as Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets. As Managing Director, LaMar joins a strong data science and analytics team and brings 20 years' experience in mortgage secondary and capital markets to BWFT. LaMar will focus on MSR brokerage, structuring solutions for MSR, and hedging solutions. "I'm thrilled at the opportunity to join Blue Water, as it is a homecoming on two fronts; a return to Minnesota and the chance to be reunited with Al and a core group of individuals with whom I have worked over a