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25 experience will greatly enhance ACES' ability to ensure lenders are always auditing to the most current compliance standards, while also assisting in bringing new products to market." Early in her career, she held multiple operations roles, including in processing and underwriting, Phillips said, which instilled in her the importance of compliance and quality control in the loan origination process. "Today, I am honored to join ACES Quality Management and look forward to doing my part to support ACES' commitment to delivering enterprise quality management and control software that helps lenders mitigate risk and maintain compliance." CLEAR CAPITAL FILLS TWO SENIOR-LEVEL POSTS Clear Capital, a real estate valuation and analytics fintech leader, announced the expansion of its data science and product teams with two senior-level hires. Erik Allen joins Clear Capital as Chief Data Scientist and Cathy Wright as VP of Product Management. Together, Allen and Wright will work with their respective teams to build upon Clear Capital's strong momentum by supporting the company's mission of bringing the property valuation and mortgage finance industry into the 21st century. Allen will spearhead data engineering and analytics efforts to extract, manage, and analyze information in order to create game-changing data and analytic products for the real estate industry. Wright will lead a team of product managers to grow the company's current offerings and ensure Clear Capital remains on the cutting edge of ways to help its customers. "As the demand for Clear Capital's products and services continues to gain momentum, we're very proud to be in a position where we can focus on investing in and expanding our team," said Kenon Chen, EVP of Corporate Strategy at Clear Capital. "We're excited to bring these new hires on board to help further our commitment to innovation into 2021 and beyond." KATHARINE LOVELAND JOINS REGGORA Reggora, an appraisal software company that is modernizing the residential real estate valuation experience for lenders, appraisers, and borrowers, announced Katharine Loveland has joined the company as VP of Customer Success, where she will oversee customer success as well as new customer implementation and onboarding. "Katharine brings a wealth of knowledge and a strong track record of creating and executing business strategies for clients in the mortgage industry," said Stephen Antuna, CRO of Reggora. "Her background, coupled with a relentless commitment to delivering customer value, makes her an exciting addition to the growing Reggora team." She said, "I am proud to join a company that has emerged as one of the most innovative appraisal providers in the industry," said Loveland. "I look forward to scaling Reggora's business with customers that are looking for the best technology to come out of the appraisal industry in years." LISA DONAHUE IS NEW AVANZE GROUP VP Avanze Group, a mortgage- focused technology and outsourced solutions startup today announced that it has hired Lisa Donahue as its VP of National Sales and Client Success. In this role, Donahue will be responsible for direct sales, strategic account management and leveraging existing relationships to offer transformative value for Avanze clients. Donahue will play a key role as a senior leader in the organization and participate in overall organization growth and development initiatives. "Lisa's extensive experience in the title and settlement technology offerings will greatly aid in leading our efforts of building technology products and solutions that will make an immediate impact to the industry," said Auvese Pasha, Avanze Group President and Head of the Technology Division. "We are excited to have Lisa join this talented and growing team." Donahue brings over 30 years in the title and settlement services industry and 15 years in business development to Avanze. "It's a privilege and honor to join the leadership team at Avanze," said Donahue. "I look forward to working alongside Auvese to drive bold initiatives as we continue to bring innovation to the mortgage industry." "Lisa Donahue's extensive experience in the title and settlement technology offerings will greatly aid in leading our efforts of building technology products and solutions that will make an immediate impact to the industry." —Auvese Pasha, Avanze Group President and Head of the Technology Division NTC PROMOTES DANNY BYRNES Nationwide Title Clearing, Inc. (NTC), a post-closing services provider for the nation's largest financial institutions, investors and servicers, announced Danny Byrnes has been promoted from VP Sales and Marketing to Chief Revenue Officer. "CRO is the ultimate challenge for any sales or marketing executive. I am excited to fully take control of NTC's destiny and honored that I am being trusted with this. I plan to continue delivering what I promised when I joined this incredible team 10 years ago," said Byrnes. e 35 years of experience and knowledge of complex sales, marketing, sales management, and product management he brings to the table is invaluable to NTC. "In a time of tremendous growth for NTC, now was the perfect time to add Danny's deep industry knowledge and skillsets to our C-suite," said John Hillman, NTC's CEO. "We look forward to further expansion and increasing the sales of the organization overall." Movers & Shakers

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