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28 MOVERS & SHAKERS Got something to share with us? Send it to Editor@DSNews.com. RADIAN GUARANTY NEW CEO ANNOUNCED, PRESIDENT RETIRES Radian Guaranty Inc., a subsidiary of Radian Group, Inc., announced that Richard G. ornberry was appointed CEO and a member of Radian Group's Board of Directors, succeeding S.A. Ibrahim. An accomplished veteran of the mortgage finance industry, ornberry joins Radian from NexSpring Group, where he was chairman and CEO. Prior to co-founding NexSpring, ornberry also co-founded and served as President and CEO of Nexstar Financial Corporation, which was acquired by MBNA. Prior to Nexstar, He was the president and CEO of Citicorp Mortgage Inc. ornberry has held executive-level financial and operating positions at Residential Services Corporation of America/Prudential Home Mortgage Company. e company also announced that President Teresa Bryce Bazemore will be retiring this month after a 10-year tenure with Radian. She joined Radian Group, a global credit risk management company, as an EVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary in 2006; she then took on the role of Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining Radian Group, she was the SVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Nexstar Financial Corporation and Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs for MBNA Home Finance. Bazemore also served as General Counsel of Bank of America Mortgage; General Counsel of PNC Mortgage, a subsidiary of PNC Bank; and as Associate General Counsel at Prudential Home Mortgage. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Columbia University School of Law. SELENE FINANCE WELCOMES NEW SVP Victor Calandra has joined Selene Finance as the new SVP of Business Development. He was previously the SVP of Business Development at Specialized Loan Servicing, where he managed third-party servicing relationships for the firm. He has held leadership roles at companies such as e Winter Group, Morgan Stanley, and Nomura Securities. NRES ADDS NEW COO National Real Estate Solutions, Inc. has hired Denia Graham as the company's COO. With more than 30 years in mortgage field services, asset and property management, appraisal and real estate fields, Graham has extensive experience building large operation teams, managing technology projects and owning the entire operational life cycle in different asset classes, as well as being an expert in the FHA/HUD conveyance space. Previously, Graham was the President of Nations Property Solutions. She was also an Executive Consultant for Aspen Grove Solutions, COO with Tenant Access, and a SVP for Field Asset Services. ELLIE MAE HIRES CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER John Abel has joined Ellie Mae as SVP and Chief Information Officer, where he will be responsible for all aspects of the company's internal information technology and systems and will partner with business units to propose, plan, and implement enterprise IT systems to align Ellie Mae's technology vision with business strategy in support of business Keep up with who's doing what and who went where operations. With over 20 years' experience in technology expertise, Abel was SVP of IT at Hitachi Data Systems prior to joining Ellie Mae. Before Hitachi Data Systems, he held roles at Symantec, JDS Uniphase, KPMG Consulting, and British Nuclear Fuels plc. Abel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Staffordshire University in England. CLOSINGCORP WELCOMES NEW SVP Craig Austin has been named SVP of Sales and Business Development, where he will be responsible for leading the sales organization, developing customer acquisition strategies, and building and maintaining relationships with leading loan origination systems and industry settlement service portals. Prior to joining ClosingCorp, Austin held sales and account management positions at RealEC Technologies/Black Knight Financial Services, where he was one of the company's top performers for consecutive years. Most recently, he was the VP of Sales where he was responsible for selling the RealEC platform to the top 100 lenders across all lending channels. Austin graduated with a bachelor's degree in Managerial and Organizational Communication from Point Loma Nazarene University. LRES PROMOTES EXECUTIVE TO VP LRES has announced that Paul Bush has been promoted to the role of VP of Technology. Bush brings 15-plus years' experience to his new position, where he will steer the development of LRES' proprietary technology while implementing and maintaining its current systems. As the VP of Technology, Bush is also tasked with continuing the company's track record of more than 15 years of growth via secure applications and services, as well as peak uptime and