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November 2023 » thefivestar.com 15 November 2023 M O V E R S & S H A K E R S growth, bringing more than 35 years of experience in the mortgage industry to his role, having grown both regional and national platforms in excess of $15 billion in yearly production. As a producer during the first 20 years of his career, he personally closed in excess of 6,500 loans for $2 billion-plus in overall volume. He has extensive experience in building and managing all channels of mortgage pro- duction and operations, including retail, wholesale, joint venture, credit union, consumer direct and recruiting. "I'm incredibly pleased to be joining Citywide Home Loans," Cady said. "The company is the perfect mix of culture, service, and programs that many mort- gage professionals have been looking for. I believe we're in position to pick up market share throughout the country." Service Providers NEWLY BRANDED DARK MATTER TECHNOLOGIES ADDS TWO Mortgage technology provider Dark Matter Technologies has appointed Michael Housch as its new Chief Risk and Information Security Officer and 15-year mortgage technology veteran Stephanie Durflinger as Chief Product Officer. Housch, a C-suite and informa- tion security veteran of two-and-a-half decades, joins Dark Matter following an eight-year stint with Black Knight, Inc (acquired by Intercontinental Exchange), while Durflinger comes to the company from ICE Mortgage Technology, where she most recently served as SVP of Prod- uct Development. As Black Knight's Chief Informa- tion Security Officer (CISO), Housch developed and managed the company's information security vision and strategy to ensure the effective safeguarding of its information assets and technology. At Dark Matter, Housch will likewise oversee a comprehensive DevSecOps program spanning vulnerability man- agement, identity access, cloud architec- ture, incident response, governance and regulatory audit oversight. In addition, Housch will be responsible for assessing and mitigating Dark Matter's operation- al, compliance, and strategic risks at the enterprise level. "Mike is a leader whose unparalleled credentials and industry experience are perfectly matched to the challenge Dark Matter is undertaking, which is nothing less than a dramatic reimagination of the mortgage lending process," Dark Matter CEO Rich Gagliano said. "For nearly a decade, Mike ensured our team's security kept up with our pace of innovation, and he's got the discipline and imagi- nation Dark Matter needs to accelerate that pace and unleash our industry's untapped potential." Prior to Black Knight, Housch served as CIO at First Federal Bank of Florida for more than a decade. There, he was responsible for keeping the bank on the forefront of innovation while also overseeing day-to-day operations and decisions related to institutional growth and efficiency, including oversight of information technology (IT), information security, physical security, electronic banking and business continuity. As Chief Product Officer, Durflinger will spearhead product development for Dark Matter's Empower software and digital products. Prior to her experience at ICE, Durflinger served as EVP and Chief Product Officer at Sagent Lending Tech- nologies, and as VP of Product Man- agement at Ellie Mae, which developed Encompass. "I'm incredibly pleased to be joining Citywide Home Loans.The company is the perfect mix of culture, service, and programs that many mortgage professionals have been looking for. I believe we're in position to pick up market share throughout the country." —John Cady, President, Citywide Home Loans

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