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25 S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R S MORTGAGE CONNECT TAPS GABE MINTON AS CIO Mortgage Connect LP, a national mortgage services provider for the nation's largest financial institutions, investors, and servicers, announced the addition of Gabe Minton as Chief Information Officer. With more than 26 years' experience developing next-generation platforms, Minton joins a team made up of experienced and accomplished mortgage industry leaders. "We are excited to welcome Gabe as CIO," said Jeff Coury, CEO of Mortgage Connect. "e constant evolution of our best-in-class technology platform is essential to our continued growth success. I am confident that Gabe's expansive experience and proven track record make him the ideal candidate to head innovation efforts." "Mortgage Connect has achieved tremendous success by creating technologies that not only create efficiencies but also enhance the consumer's experience," Minton said. "I am excited to lead the company through the next stage of strategic initiatives, particularly those that will address the pressing challenges lenders and servicers face in today's demanding environment." Prior to Mortgage Connect, Minton was EVP, CIO at Guild Mortgage, where he was responsible for the company's core technology infrastructure and developing next-generation platforms and services. Minton has also served as the SVP and CIO at PHH Mortgage and, prior to that, served in senior management, strategy, and technology positions with Black Knight's ServiceLink, Motivity Solutions, Accenture Mortgage Cadence, and the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage Connect is a Pittsburgh- headquartered national mortgage services provider, serving the origination, default, valuation, critical communications, and capital markets sectors. With additional offices in New York, Texas, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Alabama, the company offers customizable solutions for the nation's lenders and servicers, including four of the top five and 17 of the top 20. LERETA PROMOTES JIM MCGURER TO SVP OF OPERATIONS LERETA, a national real estate tax and flood services provider, has promoted Jim McGurer, a 27-year mortgage industry expert, to SVP of Tax Operations. In his new role, McGurer will continue to transform LERETA's tax line audit service and lead the teams that focus on managing tax agency intelligence and system synchronization. "Jim is a strong asset to LERETA, and we are pleased to have him take process improvements and operational excellence to the next level in our search and agency teams where he has already proven instrumental for the last five years," said Jim Micali, the company's COO. McGurer has helped LERETA's operations team enhance quality control measures as well as restructure agency system teams and build a tax line audit product that ensures constant data integrity between loan servicing systems and tax servicing platforms. "I look forward to continuing to work with the strong, talented, and experienced people at LERETA," said McGurer. "LERETA is committed to groundbreaking new ideas in the tax service space and working alongside our partners and clients, we are excited to offer advancements in technology and excellence." TOTAL EXPERT ADDS TWO EXECS Fintech company Total Expert welcomed Kevin Dotzenrod as VP of Engineering and Laura eodore as VP of Customer Success. Dotzenrod brings more than 20 years of software development, technical architecture, and engineering expertise to Total Expert. He has led engineering and technology teams at some of the most recognized companies in finance and retail, including Target, Amazon, and Dow Jones, most recently serving as Director of Engineering at Target. ere, he led a series of strategic initiatives in supply chain and store technology. In his new role as VP of Engineering, Dotzenrod will lead the Total Expert engineering team as it scales product architecture to a high-throughput enterprise system. eodore joins Total Expert with more than 14 years' experience leading highly successful and profitable customer success and support teams for high-growth software companies across the globe. She currently serves as a strategic advisor to several software companies and most recently served as General Manager at StreetSmart and as Senior Director of Global Support Services at ClickSoftware, a Salesforce company. Serving as VP of Customer Success, eodore will focus on helping Total Expert further develop its process- driven, highly scalable, and customer-centric approach to product experience and engagement. "Bringing Kevin and Laura on board will help us expand our engineering and customer teams as our platform continues to scale rapidly on an enterprise level," said Joe Welu, Founder and CEO of Total Expert. "Our customers are some of the largest financial services organizations in the country, and they look to us to provide a platform that will help them build their business and grow stronger relationships with the customers they serve. at begins and ends with our team's relentless focus on building best-in-class technology and providing top- notch customer experiences." L E G A L P R O V I D E R S ORLANS LEADERSHIP HONORED Orlans PC announced that Founder & Executive Chair Linda Orlans was named an award winner of the inaugural #NEXTPowerhouseAward, honoring the most influential women in the mortgage industry. Julie Moran, Senior Executive Counsel, was also the recipient of a #NEXTPowerhouseAward. e winners are celebrated for being technologically innovative, sharing new ideas, and pushing the limits to keep their companies and the industry moving forward. Highlights from Linda Orlans' career include becoming the first woman Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Michigan State University College of Law; the inclusion of Orlans PC as a Journal