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iEmergent launches shareable market intelligence dashboards to help lenders unlock mortgage growth opportunities

iEmergent introduces a faster, more interactive way for lenders to explore loan production, referral networks and competitive performance

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 30, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today announced the release of four new market intelligence dashboards that make it easy for lenders to slice, visualize, export and share historical and forecasted loan production, real estate listing and demographic data. Powered by iEmergent’s award-winning market intelligence platform Mortgage MarketSmart, the new dashboards empower banks, credit unions and independent mortgage bankers (IMBs) to identify untapped mortgage lending opportunities and implement actionable growth strategies.

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iEmergent’s market intelligence dashboards are designed for both flexibility and ease of use, making powerful data visualizations accessible to experts and non-experts alike. These dashboards uncover insights that support strategic planning as well as day-to-day operations. Built-in sharing capabilities allow lenders to instantly send dashboard insights via email or export them as PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations for more streamlined collaboration with colleagues and partners.

The first four market intelligence dashboards available now include:

Loan Officer Profile
Optimizes recruiting, performance management and retention strategies by analyzing and ranking HMDA-reported loan production data for tens of thousands of mortgage loan originators. Users can filter by geography, transaction type, loan type and property type to dynamically generate insights broken down by loan purpose, average loan size and market penetration in key census tract designations, including majority-minority and CRA-eligible areas. A built-in map brings each loan officer’s footprint to life, and users can also access contact details for the buy-side and sell-side real estate agents involved in each loan.
Lender Profile
Gives IMBs, credit unions and banks a competitive edge by offering visibility into peer institutions’ market share, loan production and growth trends. Lenders can identify their competitors’ top-performing loan officers, analyze referral sources and assess market positioning to refine their marketing and partner strategies.
Real Estate Agent Profile
Strengthens referral partnerships by providing line of sight into agent listing data and market influence. Users can filter by geography, agent role, property type and listing status. They can also rank agents by transaction volume, track trends over time, map activity and identify the loan officers and financial institutions agents collaborate with to uncover new business opportunities.
Builder Profile
Simplifies builder partnership analysis with a comprehensive view of builder production data. Users can filter by geography, rank builders by production volume and drill into individual builder activity, including their affiliated real estate agents, loan officers and mortgage companies. This dashboard is particularly valuable for loan officers specializing in new construction, helping them identify strategic partnership opportunities and competitive advantages in key markets.

“iEmergent’s market intelligence dashboards enable lenders to create beautiful, precise market and competitive analyses in seconds, no matter their level of data expertise,” said iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli. “And because iEmergent’s market intelligence is designed to inform real-world growth strategies, we’ve made it a breeze to put data into action by sharing dashboards with colleagues and business partners.”

“Whether it’s operational leaders assessing competitive position, recruiters identifying top loan officers or loan officers strengthening referral partnerships, our dashboards deliver dynamic, actionable insights in seconds,” added COO Bernard Nossuli. “By making critical data more accessible, we’re helping lenders make smarter decisions, faster.”

iEmergent will expand its dashboard offerings in March with the launch of a HMDA Analysis dashboard lenders can use to explore 2024 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. Additional Forecast and Equitable Lending dashboards are also in development and will provide predictive market data and fair lending analysis, respectively.

Future enhancements will include full integration of all dashboards into Mortgage MarketSmart and the ability for lenders to request custom dashboards that can be delivered quickly and cost-effectively, without the lengthy development cycles typical of traditional software projects.

To request a demo of iEmergent’s market intelligence dashboards, visit https://www.iemergent.com/request-demo.

About iEmergent

Founded in 2000, iEmergent provides mortgage lending forecasts and analytics to the lending, housing and real estate industries. The company offers an extensive variety of forecast and market intelligence products, including Mortgage MarketSmart, a visualization tool that helps lenders quantify how mortgage markets will change. For more information, visit https://www.iemergent.com/.

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MMI increases platform’s business intelligence and expands mortgage and real estate data analytics capabilities with its Custom Dashboard Hub

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today it has launched its new Custom Dashboard Hub and expanded the business intelligence (BI) tools available on its platform, increasing users' ability and ease in developing strategy, recruiting, nurturing talent and discovering new opportunities.

"With our new Custom Dashboard Hub, users can tap into MMI's deep well of mortgage and real estate data in a faster, more visual format," said MMI founder and CEO Ben Teerlink. "And with an ever-increasing amount of granularity of data, MMI clients have access to competitive analyses and insights of greater specificity and accuracy than ever before."

The expanded dashboard capabilities will allow users to:

* Analyze the market to find hidden pockets of opportunity and gain a competitive advantage at a local market level;

* Delve deeper into their organization's existing data to uncover hidden trends;

* Align sales strategies with overall business goals, including affordable lending initiatives;

* Determine where to adjust pricing to maximize performance in a particular metropolitan statistical area (MSA);

* Develop business development and/or operational strategies using current market data to stay ahead of the curve;

* Recruit using up-to-date production metrics;

* Provide quantitative feedback on loan originator (LO) performance; and

* Identify top overall growth opportunities.

Furthermore, market analysis tools allow users to locate and track high-performance real estate and mortgage markets in their area and show nationwide trends. Up-to-date benchmark statistics enable LOs to quickly compare their performance to their peers nationally and locally. Users can manipulate criteria and filter data on their own - from county to loan type and more - to quickly visualize results relevant to their business. MMI is constantly developing new dashboards in response to the mortgage industry's needs and continuous user feedback and requirements.

"I've found MMI to be beyond insightful in providing data to expand market share and capture new referral partners and recruiting targets," said John Meussner, Production Manager at Mason-McDuffie Mortgage. "With the granular data provided through MMI's updated dashboards, I can focus on targets with whom I know I'll achieve a high success rate, making my efforts more efficient. Best of all, MMI allows me to put more time toward other money-saving activities."

"Enterprise mortgage companies no longer need to feel compelled to purchase and manage their own BI tools," continued Teerlink. "Instead, they can opt to work with MMI to compile the data they need within their own custom dashboard(s). The Custom Dashboard Hub is a one-stop shop for lenders and LOs looking to supercharge their existing BI."

To learn more about MMI and its new Custom Dashboard Hub for mortgage and real estate professionals, contact sales@mmi.io.

About MMI

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI) is a market leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, the company's signature product, MMI, provides actionable intelligence for lenders, real estate agents, real estate brokerages, title companies and others in the real estate industry. MMI is currently used by more than 450 enterprise customers, including 20 of the top 25 lenders in the country. To learn more, visit https://mmi.io or contact sales@mmi.io.

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today it has launched its new Custom Dashboard Hub and expanded the business intelligence (BI) tools available on its platform, increasing users' ability and ease in developing strategy, recruiting, nurturing talent and discovering new opportunities.

Related link: https://mmi.io

MMI appoints Jordan Woodard as Director of Product Analytics

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced it has hired Jordan Woodard as director of product analytics. In this role, Woodard is responsible for maintaining and expanding MMI's business intelligence platform, which provides clients with data intelligence in a user-friendly format.

"Jordan's experience, skill set and analytical mind will help MMI offer more to our customers as our tool becomes more essential in a slowing market," said MMI founder and CEO Ben Teerlink. "His experience in turning massive amounts of data into insights that provide more than a basic analysis will be an asset to MMI and our clients."

Prior to beginning his tenure at MMI, Woodard served as director of revenue operations and solutions architect in the SaaS industry. In his role, Woodard focused on retooling and improving internal tech stacks to improve scalability and deliver reliable strategic reporting while identifying opportunities for growth in the public safety industry.

Woodard is not new to the mortgage industry, having spent time at Top of Mind in Solutions Delivery, providing clients with insights into their marketing return on investment (ROI) and how to improve their ROI through enhancing their sales materials. Woodard also designed some of the products released on Top of Mind's customer relationship management (CRM) platform, Surefire.

"I have a history of working from a user experience perspective, making things easier to access and use and taking complex data sources, conglomerating them into one area and providing actionable insights from the data set," Woodard said. "My goal in this position is to provide our customers with data they can slice and dice to help them understand trends, market potential and growth that result in actionable insights they can use in the marketplace."

About MMI:

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI) is a market leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, the company's signature product, MMI, provides actionable intelligence for lenders, real estate agents, real estate brokerages, title companies and others in the real estate industry. MMI is currently used by more than 350 enterprise customers, including 20 of the top 25 lenders in the country.

To learn more, visit https://mmi.io/ or contact sales@mmi.io.

Mobility Market Intelligence (MMI), a leader in data intelligence and market insight tools for the mortgage and real estate industries, announced it has hired Jordan Woodard as director of product analytics. In this role, Woodard is responsible for maintaining and expanding MMI's business intelligence platform, which provides clients with data intelligence in a user-friendly format.

Related link: https://mmi.io

SimpleNexus is acquiring LBA Ware

LEHI, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- SimpleNexus (https://simplenexus.com/), developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced its acquisition of Macon, Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware™ (https://www.lbaware.com). The strategic transaction, SimpleNexus' first, brings together 325 employees in 29 states to serve 425 distinct lender customers and dozens of mortgage technology integration partners.

"Bringing LBA Ware into the SimpleNexus homeownership platform gives mortgage lenders an unprecedented array of competitive advantages across borrower engagement, loan origination and closing as well as operations and business intelligence," said SimpleNexus CEO Cathleen Schreiner Gates. "This is an exciting moment for SimpleNexus. We welcome our new colleagues, who share our passion for helping lenders excel in their markets."

"As a company that values our partnerships with SimpleNexus and LBA Ware, we recognize this as an exciting moment for both firms and an opportunity for two market-leading teams to come together to push the boundaries of innovation on behalf of mortgage bankers," said Randy Allen, CIO of nationwide lender Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation.

LBA Ware CEO Lori Brewer will join SimpleNexus as EVP and general manager. Brewer founded LBA Ware in 2008 and shepherded the bootstrapped company through thirteen years of product innovation and organic revenue growth. Initially a developer of custom software solutions for banks and mortgage lenders, LBA Ware soon made a name for itself as the creator of CompenSafe™, the mortgage industry's original and most prevalent incentive compensation management (ICM) software. In 2019, LBA Ware diversified its product offerings with the introduction of LimeGear™, a turnkey mortgage business intelligence (BI) platform.

"Together, LBA Ware and SimpleNexus will be able to offer mortgage lenders even more than the sum of our parts and redefine not only the digital mortgage experience, but also the mortgage BI category," Brewer said. "As consistent forces for innovation in the mortgage space, our firms have remarkably compatible cultures and complementary products. We look forward to a bright future as a unified team."

SimpleNexus and LBA Ware have more in common than their compatible cultures. Both companies have become perennial members of the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies, and each has earned a loyal customer following exemplified by an average Net Promoter Score(r) that far surpasses benchmarks for the financial services and B2B software sectors. SimpleNexus and LBA Ware are both longtime members of Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) and the American Credit Union Mortgage Association (ACUMA), among other industry associations.

The deal is expected to close by October 19, 2021.

Lenders attending the Mortgage Bankers Association's 2021 Annual Convention and Expo are invited to join SimpleNexus for a welcome reception co-hosted by Notarize and Regorra at the San Diego Wine and Culinary Center on Sunday, October 17, from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. PT. Schreiner Gates and Brewer will be on hand to meet with those who wish to learn about the acquisition.

Brewer is also a featured speaker at the conference. On Tuesday, October 19, she will join Success Mortgage Partners CEO Owen Lee and iEmergent CEO Laird Nossuli for a session designed to teach lenders how to manage costs and make smart staffing decisions with operational data and key performance indicators (KPIs). "Balancing Your Talent Pool" takes place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Room 1 on the Convention Center's Upper Level.

About SimpleNexus:

Founded in 2011, SimpleNexus is an award-winning developer of mobile-first technology for the modern mortgage lender. Lenders depend on our namesake homeownership platform to unite the people, systems and stages of the mortgage process into a seamless, end-to-end solution that spans engagement, origination, closing and business intelligence. By helping lenders manage their teams and stay connected with borrowers and real estate partners, we deliver a measurable return on investment in the form of reduced turn times, increased loan application submissions and more referral business. A four-time Inc. 5000 company, SimpleNexus has been recognized as one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators.

For more information, visit https://www.simplenexus.com or follow @SimpleNexus.

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SimpleNexus, developer of the leading homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, today announced its acquisition of Macon, Georgia-based software firm LBA Ware™. The strategic transaction, SimpleNexus' first, brings together 325 employees in 29 states to serve 425 distinct lender customers and dozens of mortgage technology integration partners.

Related link: https://simplenexus.com/

LBA Ware to host Experience.com’s Kristin Messerli for webinar on the latest millennial homebuyer market research

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced the third installment in its 2021 webinar series. The Myths that Keep Millennials from Buying: Data-Driven Direction for Growing Your Share of America's Largest Homebuyer Market will feature special guest Kristin Messerli, a leading expert on NextGen (a.k.a. millennial) homebuyers. The free webinar will take place Wednesday, October 6, from 1-2 p.m. ET.

An expert on customer experience and emerging markets, Messerli is vice president of financial services for Experience.com and founder of market research firm Cultural Outreach, publisher of the annual NextGen Homebuyers Report. By sharing key insights from the highly anticipated 2021 report, Messerli hopes to give lenders a better understanding of how to work with NextGen buyers.

"The NextGen Homebuyer Report exists to help home professionals better understand and reach younger adults, and this year's report comes packed with fresh insights into the financial behavior and customer expectations of this generation," said Messerli. "Attendees will learn about prevalent homeownership myths, how millennials shop for and select lenders and what they expect from the homebuying experience."

The webinar will also demonstrate how lenders can put the NextGen data into action by establishing performance metrics that go beyond units and volume to encompass the millennial customer experience.

"Millennials have surpassed baby boomers as the nation's largest adult generation, yet they only account for a fraction of the average lender's pipeline," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "This data-packed session will help lenders understand millennials' thought processes when it comes to home buying and how to adapt their business strategies accordingly."

Time is reserved for attendees to ask questions at the end of the webinar. Registration is now open and required to attend.

About LBA Ware™:

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2021 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com.

Twitter: @LBAWare #mortgagelending #mortgagetrends #mortgageindustry

LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced the third installment in its 2021 webinar series. The Myths that Keep Millennials from Buying: Data-Driven Direction for Growing Your Share of America's Largest Homebuyer Market will feature special guest Kristin Messerli, a leading expert on NextGen (a.k.a. millennial) homebuyers.

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

LBA Ware and Sales Boomerang showcase borrower and business intelligence strategies that help mortgage lenders win in a purchase market

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced a free webinar highlighting the data points mortgage lenders should focus on to propel business performance in a purchase market. Better Together: How To Keep Pipelines Full with Borrower and Business Intelligence will take place Thursday, June 24, from 2-3 p.m. ET.

LBA Ware's Chris Gassel will join Sales Boomerang CEO Alex Kutsishin and Homespire Mortgage CFO Bill Napier for an informative discussion of the data residential housing professionals can leverage to make more effective business decisions, from which staff to retain (and which to let go) to how to retain the orphaned deals that result from staffing down. The webinar includes a 15-minute Q&A session during which audience members can pose questions to the expert panelists.

"The average lender grew loan officer headcount by 32% from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021. As lenders prepare for a return to a purchase market, they'll want the right data at their fingertips to make tough decisions about staffing and how to retain orphaned customers," said Gassel. "This is going to be a can't-miss discussion full of best practices for using borrower and business intelligence to make decisions that improve bottom-line performance."

Attendees may submit questions for the panelists to answer at the time of registration. Registration is required. To register, click here - https://hubs.ly/H0Q4wC70.

About LBA Ware™:

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com/.

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LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced a free webinar highlighting the data points mortgage lenders should focus on to propel business performance in a purchase market.

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

LBA Ware welcomes former State Bank vice president Georgia Capalbo to client success team

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced it has tapped former State Bank vice president Georgia Capalbo as client success product liaison. In her new role, Capalbo will assist lenders post-implementation to ensure they are leveraging CompenSafe™ to its fullest potential.

Capalbo possesses 11 years' administrative commercial banking experience, including nine years as a State Bank vice president until the company's 2018 merger with Cadence Bank. Beginning in special assets, Capalbo's role at State Bank expanded to support business intelligence, business analytics and third-party software management, where she served as a liaison between business lines and third-party software vendors to develop productivity and efficiency improvement solutions.

"Georgia's commercial mortgage banking knowledge makes her a powerful addition to the team," said LBA Ware CEO and Founder Lori Brewer. "Now on the inside looking out, Georgia possesses the lender empathy, product knowledge and technical skillset to help our clients flourish."

"I've always admired Lori and the LBA Ware team. She's made such an impact on the industry while growing an amazing company and taking care of her employees," said Capalbo. "I'm thrilled to be a part of such an innovative team and cannot wait to see what we accomplish."

Capalbo's hire and expansion of the client success team speak to LBA Ware's recent growth. In August 2020, LBA Ware onboarded its 100th CompenSafe client and was named an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company for the second year in a row, climbing more than 1,000 spots over its 2019 ranking.

About LBA Ware™:

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia.

For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com/.

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LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced it has tapped former State Bank vice president Georgia Capalbo as client success product liaison.

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

Entrinsik Announces Multiple Hires to the Informer Development Team

RALEIGH, N.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Entrinsik, Inc., the leader in intuitive business intelligence, announced the addition of 5 new employees to the Informer Development team. The announcement comes as Entrinsik has seen increased demand for its Informer business intelligence software. These strategic hires will play a key role in accelerating the development of the product that was recently acknowledged as having the overall best price-to-value of all products analyzed in the BI & Analytics 2021 Survey.

"Informer was developed to provide answers to questions that hadn't been asked before. We have invested heavily in our people, technology, and our process to accomplish our mission of equipping organizations to make data-driven decisions," said Brad Leupen, CTO of Entrinsik.

Software Development Engineering

The following individuals have been added to the software development team to accelerate the commercialization of new features and advance our innovation capacity. Kirsten Freeman - Software Development Engineer, Tom Wittmann - Software Development Engineer, Akshay Gupta - Software Development Engineer.

Software Quality Assurance

The following individuals have been added to the Quality Assurance team to enable the team to complete their rigorous and comprehensive testing process on a timeline that will facilitate faster releases. Justin Neese - Quality Assurance Engineer, Alan Christopher - Junior Quality Assurance Engineer.

"The growth of Informer during the last year has been remarkable" said Madhavi Chandra, Director of Product Management. "We are very excited for the future as we continue to add top level creativity and experience to a talented team."

About Entrinsik

Entrinsik ( https://entrinsik.com/ ) develops, implements, and supports software solutions that enable organizations to maximize performance and improve bottom lines. For six consecutive years, Entrinsik has been selected as a member of the DBTA 100, highlighting the 100 Companies that Matter Most in Data. Entrinsik Informer is an innovative, award-winning agile reporting and business intelligence solution used by tens of thousands around the world. Entrinsik Enrole drives many of the nation's largest continuing education organizations. Over 3000 organizations around the world use Entrinsik's software every day.

For a demonstration or a free trial, call 888-703-0016 or visit https://www.entrinsik.com/.

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Entrinsik, Inc., the leader in intuitive business intelligence, announced the addition of 5 new employees to the Informer Development team. The announcement comes as Entrinsik has seen increased demand for its Informer business intelligence software.

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TAG CXO Has Named Darin Howard to Lead its BI/Reporting and Analytics Practice Area

PHOENIX, Ariz. /ScoopCloud/ -- TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Darin Howard to lead its new BI and Analytics practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Howard will be responsible for helping TAG CXO clients to better understand their business performance and gain key insights that boost growth and profitability. As practice lead, Howard will serve existing clients and develop new clients, leading TAG CXOs services across its national network of fractional executives.

Mr. Howard comes to TAG CXO with broad experience in business intelligence, product and project management. He brings a deep knowledge of back- and front-end enterprise software to TAG CXO and has implemented end-to-end reporting and analytics solutions for companies of up to $ 1B+ in sales, serving tens of thousands of BI consumers. Formerly, Howard led BI for Viewpoint Construction Software, a division of Trimble, and most recently, directed Product Management for InEight. His clients have included companies such as Primoris Services, Westland Construction, Buesing Corporation, Centuri Construction, and Cubex. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University with a minor in Information Science.

"TAG CXO is very fortunate to have Darin Howard driving decision-support excellence for our clients. Darin has that coveted ability to help business leaders see their enterprises with an unrivaled level of clarity and insight," said Paul Theisen. "Darin is the total package; his mastery of business intelligence spans the technical, functional, managerial and organizational domains, which speeds and enhances client outcomes. He understands the foundational aspects of good data management, the presentation aspects that ease data access and visualization, and the analytics that support on-demand insights. What's more, Darin is a seasoned organization builder, ensuring solid bench depth is in place to optimize service delivery. So, to work with him is to work with an equally skilled team."

To learn more visit: https://tagcxo.com/about/darin-howard/ and https://tagcxo.com/services

About TAG CXO:

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, TAG CXO is a privately held company, providing Interim and Fractional IT leadership executives, founded in 2019. The company maintains a bench of industry-trained, enterprise-level executives, available on-demand to mid-market CEOs. TAG CXO executives help to round-out a firm's leadership team and close the IT talent gap with fully qualified expertise, offering a more affordable, lower-risk option than hiring full-time staff. Learn more at: https://tagcxo.com/.

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TAG CXO, a provider of fractional IT executives, appointed Darin Howard to lead its new BI and Analytics practice area located in Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, Howard will be responsible for helping TAG CXO clients to better understand their business performance and gain key insights that boost growth and profitability.

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LBA Ware’s LimeGear Business Intelligence Platform Brings Performance Dashboards and Scorecards to Users of Fiserv’s Mortgage Director LOS

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, has partnered with Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) to provide out-of-the-box business dashboards and reports to users of the Mortgage Director loan origination system (LOS). With the integration of LBA Ware's LimeGear BI platform into Mortgage Director, banks, credit unions and independent mortgage lenders gain immediate access to sophisticated tools for improving efficiency, productivity and profitability.

Formerly known as PCLender, Mortgage Director is the modern LOS at the core of the Fiserv lending ecosystem. It enables lenders to offer a seamless, self-service mortgage experience that exceeds consumer expectations while improving service levels, streamlining operations and reducing loan manufacturing costs.

LimeGear is a turnkey BI platform that enables mortgage lenders to deploy unified data strategies across their organizations for actionable insights into productivity and efficiency. Branch and area managers can use data insights from LimeGear's dashboards to keep loan pipelines moving, zero in on decisions that support profitability and evaluate and inspire team performance.

"Financial institutions rarely have the luxury of assigning a dedicated data team to evaluate mortgage leads, pipelines, productivity and performance in real-time - yet business insights drawn from end-to-end loan lifecycle data are exactly what lenders need to maintain a competitive edge in any market," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "LimeGear's data connection with Mortgage Director gives banks, credit unions and independent mortgage bankers a fast path to powerful dashboards and scorecards that supercharge their efficiency."

Fiserv will showcase LimeGear's integration with Mortgage Director in a virtual event this afternoon, November 10, from 2-3 p.m. ET. For registration details, contact your Mortgage Director account manager.

About LBA Ware:

LBA Ware(TM) is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, more than 100 lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia.

For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com/.

Twitter: @LBAWare @Fiserv #mortgageindustry #mortgagetechnology #mortgagelending #LimeGear #BI #businessintelligence

LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, has partnered with Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) to provide out-of-the-box business dashboards and reports to users of the Mortgage Director loan origination system (LOS).

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

Datasembly Rebrands as it Evolves into Data Leader for CPGs and Retailers

WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ -- Today, Datasembly announced a major rebranding to reflect the software company's evolution, becoming the world's leading provider of data tools for hyper-local, real-time product transparency. The rebranding is a top to bottom redesign of the company's website, logo, graphics, communications, and correspondence, aimed at modernizing and conveying their product solution for CPGs, brands, and retailers.

Datasembly is changing the way retailers and CPGs get and share pricing information, eliminating the need to settle for averaged data or constant in-person store visits. Using real-time, store-level pricing and promotions data, Datasembly's customers get unprecedented transparency between retailers, partners, and suppliers.

CEO and Co-founder Ben Reich stated, "We're always pushing the limits of what's possible with technology, and we want to make sure that our brand has a modern feel that reflects the revitalized, forward-thinking approach we've taken into looking at the data CPGs and retailers really need to make strategic business decisions."

Datasembly's proprietary technology collects billions of grocery and retail product records from hundreds of thousands of locations every day. Data includes pricing, promotions, and assortment information for both online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Datasembly's clients gain invaluable insight and competitive information for real-time product transparency. A growing client list which includes 2 of the top 5 retailers and 3 of the top 10 CPGs.

"Our vision is to provide total transparency for every product being sold everywhere. Our Series A fundraising has allowed us to methodically add the talent, capabilities, and assets that will allow us to do that - it's literally producing business-changing results for our clients," said Ben Reich.

Datasembly's rebrand and growth are both occurring during this unprecedented time. Retailers and CPGs are facing new challenges, competition is increasing, pricing and assortment is changing rapidly and better pricing intelligence is needed to improve strategic decision-making. Datasembly has proven itself to be the premiere source for unprecedented transparency in retail pricing today, and beyond.

About Datasembly

Datasembly empowers brands and retailers to make data-driven decisions about prices and promotions in real time. Datasembly collects hyper-local, real-time data from tens of thousands of retail, grocery and QSR locations across North America. Datasembly's intuitive web app leverages this data to solve real-world problems and deliver immediate visibility and insights that helps CPGs and retailers save time, money and improve efficiencies.

For more information, visit https://datasembly.com/.

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Today, Datasembly announced a major rebranding to reflect the software company's evolution, becoming the world's leading provider of data tools for hyper-local, real-time product transparency. The rebranding is a top to bottom redesign of the company's website, logo, graphics, communications, and correspondence, aimed at modernizing and conveying their product solution for CPGs, brands, and retailers.

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MCT’s Business Intelligence Platform Gives Lenders Competitive Advantage with Actionable Insights and Data

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- MCT announced the upcoming launch of their Business Intelligence Platform, a powerful web-based analytics platform designed to empower lenders to understand the market, optimize their loan sales, and improve performance relative to their peers. The platform will be officially released and demonstrated during an MCT client webinar on October 15, 2020 at 11 a.m. PT/PDT.

"We developed MCT Business Intelligence to help lenders contextualize their business within the industry and dive deep into the data," stated Bill Petersohn, Managing Director of Business Intelligence. "When our clients have access to actionable secondary market data, they will achieve greater internal competence and pickup in the secondary market. With 1 in 5 of all loans in the United States going through the MCT pipeline, clients obtain the visibility they need to interpret their performance and reach for greater profits. This Business Intelligence Platform is the most comprehensive secondary market analytics tool on the market."

MCT Business Intelligence aggregates mortgage pipeline and loan sale data from MCTlive!, the comprehensive capital markets software platform used by MCT staff and clients, to provide strategic insights to MCT clients in the form of customizable reports and illustrative charts.

In 2015, after receiving constant requests for investor color from clients, MCT created the first client-exclusive report set - the iMarket Monthly Review. Soon after, clients enjoyed the addition of Quarterly Peer Benchmark Reports that showcased sold data of all MCT clients' performance. These two static reports allowed lenders to compare aspects of their secondary market data to their peers and to the MCT average on a monthly and quarterly basis.

Users of the dynamic Business Intelligence Platform are now able to dive deep into, not only sold, but locked and investor data with highly customizable views. The software allows users to measure the impact of their historical production and iterate further adjustments to fine-tune their offerings. With the diverse reporting variables and filters, lenders are able to drill down on FICO scores, locations, programs, volume, and more to empower them in their decision-making.

"During the pandemic-induced market volatility in early 2020, MCT was able to guide clients through periods of intense basis risk and rapid agency/aggregator eligibility changes with a constant stream of data and recommendations," shares Curtis Richins, President of MCT.

"Now we are putting MCT Business Intelligence in the hands of our lenders to help them improve their performance both during and outside periods of market volatility."

Key features of the platform include reports of market trends, pricing comparisons, Best Effort to Mandatory spreads, tools to locate new business opportunities and more! Visit https://mct-trading.com/ or call (619) 543-5111 to learn about the many functionalities of the platform.

About MCT:

Founded in 2001, Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. (MCT) has grown from a boutique mortgage pipeline hedging firm into the industry's leading provider of fully integrated capital markets services and technology. MCT offers an array of best-in-class services and software covering mortgage pipeline hedging, best execution loan sales, outsourced lock desk solutions, MSR portfolio valuations, business intelligence analytics, mark to market services, and an award-winning comprehensive capital markets software platform called MCTlive! MCT supports independent mortgage bankers, depositories, credit unions, warehouse lenders, and correspondent investors of all sizes.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, MCT also has offices in Philadelphia, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles and Dallas. MCT is well known for its team of capital markets experts and senior traders who continue to provide the boutique-style hands-on engagement clients love. For more information,

visit https://mct-trading.com/ or call (619) 543-5111.

Media Contact:
Ian Miller
Chief Marketing Officer
Mortgage Capital Trading
619-618-7855
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MCT announced the upcoming launch of their Business Intelligence Platform, a powerful web-based analytics platform designed to empower lenders to understand the market, optimize their loan sales, and improve performance relative to their peers. The platform will be officially released and dem

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ABI Named on the Adweek 100: Fastest Growing Agencies List

DALLAS, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Dallas-Fort Worth-based marketing agency Alpha Business Images, LLC (ABI) has been named to the Adweek 100 Fastest Growing Agencies List - and as one of the Top 5 Fastest Growing US Agencies in the Southwest.

ABI's team composition intentionally breaks the homogeneous mold so common in the advertising industry. Their commitment to diversity-of-thought positions them to create more relevant, effective campaigns, leading to expanded market share and a higher ROAS for their clients. ABI uses their proprietary process Audience 360° to analyze audiences and tailor campaigns ideal for penetrating audience segments. The ABI team avoids a "general market audience" mindset so they can ensure that the values, buying decisions, cultures and languages of their target audiences are reflected in their messaging. In the past three years, ABI's revenue has grown by 57%.

"Our clients are asking, 'How can I get more market share?' and we're proving time and again that we can capture money left on the table. When they grow, we grow. We are committed to providing world-class marketing in our four verticals: Education, Healthcare, Civic and Transportation and Tourism," said Sophia Johnson, the ABI president. "We knew that focus would cultivate our depth-of-industry expertise and engender agency growth organically - and it has."

ABI is a premier Dallas/Fort Worth-based ad agency marketing to domestic and international audiences and is the largest Black woman-owned agency in Texas. By combining data, strategy, creativity and diverse perspectives, ABI makes audience connections that competitors overlook and delivers meaningful engagement between brands and those audiences, across the entire length of the customer journey.

This audience-centric approach has earned the confidence of some of the Southwest's most prominent entities, including DFW International Airport, VisitDallas, Tarrant County College, Texas Woman's University, Southwestern Health Resources and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

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About ABI

Alpha Business Images, LLC (ABI) is a full-service marketing and advertising firm defined by The Art of Influence. Through its proprietary system Audience 360, ABI analyzes clients' audiences and creates and tailors content that connects to and influences relationships with brands.

Media Contact: Sophia Johnson (ABI); 972-716-0070; sophiaj@alphabusinessimages.com

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Dallas-Fort Worth-based marketing agency Alpha Business Images, LLC (ABI) has been named to the Adweek 100 Fastest Growing Agencies List - and as one of the Top 5 Fastest Growing US Agencies in the Southwest.

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LBA Ware Signs RWM Home Loans as 100th Mortgage Lender Client Amid Continued Growth

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today welcomed its 100th CompenSafe(TM) client, RWM Home Loans. The San Diego-based independent mortgage bank is rolling out the mortgage-industry-specific platform to manage incentive compensation for its 100 loan originators (LO) and other recipients of variable compensation.

The announcement comes during a period of strong growth for LBA Ware. In the first half of 2020 alone, CompenSafe calculated commissions for over $100 billion in funded loan volume. Since its inception, CompenSafe has calculated over $8 billion in loan compensation.

"Entrepreneurship is a deeply embedded value at RWM Home Loans. We offer not only LOs but also operations and fulfillment staff the opportunity to earn performance-based incentives," said RWM Home Loans Director of Corporate Development Taylor Sims. "The whole team is excited about being able to view bonuses, commissions and draw balances the same day a loan is funded rather than waiting for twice-monthly reporting."

Built for the mortgage industry, CompenSafe is an automated ICM platform that bridges the gap between lenders' loan origination and payroll systems to eliminate manual data entry and provide actionable insight into staff performance and profitability. Before CompenSafe, Sims' team at RWM Home Loans was exporting production data from the firm's loan origination system and then manually keying commission calculations into its accounting software. The process was so time-consuming that it was impossible to communicate compensation information more than a couple days ahead of each payday. Calculating and communicating quarterly non-discretionary bonuses was even more arduous.

"After especially strong growth over the last five years - including a substantial increase in loan volume in 2020 - it became clear that we needed an incentive compensation solution better aligned with our organizational focus on automating non-client-facing activities," Sims said. "I know CompenSafe will save my team a tremendous amount of time. Motivating RWM Home Loans employees with immediate visibility into their earnings is the cherry on top."

"We are delighted to welcome RWM Home Loans to the CompenSafe family," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "Our century client is a significant milestone and a testament to the lasting relevance of LBA Ware as a provider of innovative software solutions that deliver necessary and meaningful results to mortgage lenders."

About LBA Ware:

LBA Ware(TM) is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com.

About RWM Home Loans:

Headquartered in San Diego, RWM Home Loans is a direct lender serving local customers throughout the West Coast and Southwestern United States. Founded in 1994 by career mortgage professionals Brad and Susanne Livingston, RWM Home Loans has closed over 10,000 mortgage transactions with a focus on consistently offering the lowest possible rates and fees and treating our clients with honesty and integrity. For more information, visit https://www.rwmloans.com.

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LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today welcomed its 100th CompenSafe client, RWM Home Loans. The San Diego-based independent mortgage bank is rolling out the mortgage-industry-specific platform to manage incentive compensation for its 100 loan originators (LO) and other recipients of variable compensation.

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LBA Ware Recruits Fintech Data Expert Matt Semrad to Build Predictive Analytics for LimeGear BI Platform

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware™, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, has hired veteran fintech executive and data analytics expert Matt Semrad to enhance its BI platform LimeGear with predictive loan production analytics and machine learning.

In partnership with LBA Ware, Semrad is developing predictive models and machine learning algorithms that can be used to forecast loan volume and predict which of a loan originator's applications are likely to convert to closed loans. The loan volume forecasting model will help lenders with weekly and monthly capacity planning and warehouse line management. The propensity-to-close model will enable mortgage lenders to take proactive measures to maximize staff efficiency and close more loans.

"When it comes to building predictive algorithms, data quality is everything," said Semrad. "Because LBA Ware has comprehensive, high-fidelity data sets and understands the needs of the industry, we can develop predictive models and forecasts that are laser-focused on creating value for mortgage lenders."

"As a data analytics expert and veteran fintech executive, Matt has the perspective and skill to develop powerful predictors of mortgage business performance," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "I look forward to working with Matt to deliver uniquely valuable intelligence that helps our clients run their businesses optimally."

Prior to partnering with LBA Ware, Semrad spent more than a decade as COO, CIO and SVP of Equifax's (NYSE:EFX) Workforce Solutions and Enabling Technologies divisions. Previously, he served as COO of Appro Systems, a provider of loan origination software, where he doubled company revenue and led the company's $92 million acquisition by Equifax.

Semrad also served as vice president at multinational conglomerate Hitachi (OTCMKTS: HTHIY) and as senior vice president at global information technology service and consulting company Atos (OTCMKTS: AEXAY). Semrad holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering and is currently pursuing a master's degree in analytics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

About LBA Ware:

LBA Ware™ is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

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LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, has hired veteran fintech executive and data analytics expert Matt Semrad to enhance its BI platform LimeGear with predictive loan production analytics and machine learning.

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LBA Ware Climbs Over 1,000 Spots to Clinch Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced it has ranked number 2,173 on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest growing companies. This is LBA Ware's second consecutive appearance on the Inc. 5000 list, which represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment - its independent small businesses.

"We are thrilled to be recognized on the Inc. 5000 for a second consecutive year, advancing 1,293 spots over last year's ranking," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "LBA Ware's sustained momentum is the direct result of our commitment to helping mortgage lenders resolve their most acute business challenges, from managing incentive compensation to extracting actionable, real-time business intelligence from production data."

Not only have the companies on the 2020 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists as well. The 2020 Inc. 5000 achieved an incredible three-year average growth of over 500 percent, and a median rate of 165 percent. The Inc. 5000's aggregate revenue was $209 billion in 2019, accounting for over 1 million jobs over the past three years.

"The companies on this year's Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business," said Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. "From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism."

The complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

About LBA Ware:

LBA Ware(TM) is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top-producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2020 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com.

About Inc. Media:

The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

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LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, announced it has ranked number 2,173 on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest growing companies.

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LBA Ware Taps Data and Analytics Product Expert Brian Jordan as Director of Product Management

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, has tapped financial data and analytics industry expert Brian Jordan as director of product management. Jordan was hired to enhance and expand LimeGear, LBA Ware's recently launched turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform.

Jordan possesses 13 years' product experience at global data aggregation and analytics firms serving the banking and financial services sectors. Immediately before joining LBA Ware, Jordan was a lead product manager at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, where he worked to provide strategic technical services for Quod, a pioneering credit bureau formed by Brazil's top-five banks focused on risk management and fraud prevention, intended to serve as a model for financial institutions of the future. Previously, Jordan held positions at Global Data Company (now Trulioo), a Vancouver-based global identity verification provider, and Zoot, a global provider of advanced loan origination, acquisition and decision-management solutions for financial institutions.

"Brian has extensive, industry-specific experience in data and analytics and a successful track record leading the development of complex and innovative fintech products," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "He brings a valuable skill set to LBA Ware that will drive client-focused growth to our LimeGear business intelligence platform."

"Throughout my career, I've witnessed how quality business intelligence helps organizations achieve tremendous results," said Jordan. "LBA Ware's industry expertise combined with its passion for enhancing lender performance is unparalleled. I look forward to helping the team expand LimeGear to transform the performance of its mortgage lending clients."

About LBA Ware(TM):

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

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LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, has tapped financial data and analytics industry expert Brian Jordan as director of product management. Jordan was hired to enhance and expand LimeGear, LBA Ware's recently launched turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform.

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Centier Bank Slashes Man-Hours Spent Calculating Incentive Compensation by 99% with LBA Ware’s CompenSafe

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Centier Bank (Centier), Indiana's largest private, family-owned bank, has implemented CompenSafe(TM) to automate incentive compensation for its residential lending department.

Built for the mortgage industry, CompenSafe is an automated ICM platform that bridges the gap between lenders' loan origination and payroll systems to eliminate manual data entry and provide actionable insight into staff performance and profitability. Bryan Traylor, SVP of Residential Lending for Centier, learned from several peer banks that CompenSafe had enabled them to manage incentive compensation with greater efficiency and accuracy.

The bank fully deployed CompenSafe across its 90-person residential lending team in February. "With CompenSafe, the process is click a button and get your compensation calculated," Traylor said, noting that CompenSafe has eliminated human errors related to manual calculation of the bank's tiered compensation structure.

"As a 125-year-old, family-owned bank, we are deeply rooted in the communities we serve - but that doesn't mean we're old-fashioned," added Traylor. "With CompenSafe, we are able to calculate incentive compensation with perfect accuracy in five minutes - a task that used to take two people a combined 16 hours per month. That efficiency allows our people to spend more of their time serving customers with the personal touch that is our hallmark."

"We are proud to have earned a reputation for helping community banks keep internal resources focused on serving customers, not crunching numbers," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "No matter the number or complexity of compensation arrangements, CompenSafe makes incentive compensation effortless and error-free."

About LBA Ware(TM):

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://www.lbaware.com/.

About Centier Bank:

Centier Bank is Indiana's largest private, family-owned bank, with 62 branches statewide and over 900 employees. The bank has retail banking locations in Allen, Boone, Elkhart, Hamilton, Lake, La Porte, Marion, Marshall, Porter, St. Joseph and Tippecanoe Counties in Indiana. The bank was recently named the #1 Bank in Indiana by Forbes Magazine. Centier has been named a "Best Bank to Work For" in Indiana by American Banker and has achieved Hall of Fame among the Indiana Chamber of Commerce's "Best Places to Work For."

LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Centier Bank (Centier), Indiana's largest private, family-owned bank, has implemented CompenSafe to automate incentive compensation for its residential lending department.

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LBA Ware Onboards Chris Gassel as Strategic Sales Specialist to Support Release of LimeGear Business Intelligence Platform

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, has appointed Chris Gassel as strategic sales specialist. Gassel was brought on board to support the release of LBA Ware's highly anticipated, turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform, LimeGear.

Gassel brings to bear a successful 14-year career in the residential and commercial real estate industries. Prior to joining LBA Ware, Gassel served as a loan officer at such independent mortgage banks as USA Mortgage and Paramount Bank. Before that, Gassel oversaw the development and management of hotel franchises as vice president of development for Brimark Builders. Gassel spent his early career as a commercial real estate agent at Central Realty.

"As a former originator, Chris has first-hand knowledge of the challenges faced by today's lenders, making him ideally suited to introduce lenders to LimeGear's transformative BI capabilities," said LBA Ware Director of Business Development Finn Klemann. "I look forward to working in partnership with Chris to improve our customers' ability to draw insights from their own data and help them build strategies that use this knowledge to produce better operational outcomes."

"I have long been an advocate for leveraging analytics to better understand critical sales performance intelligence, such as referral sources and pull-through rates," said Gassel. "I share LBA Ware's belief that data drives performance and am thrilled to be part of the team."

About LBA Ware(TM):

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence software solutions for the mortgage industry, has appointed Chris Gassel as strategic sales specialist. Gassel was brought on board to support the release of LBA Ware's highly anticipated, turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform, LimeGear.

Related link: https://go.lbaware.com/

Fanplayr is Creating Better Consumer and Provider Experiences by Making E-commerce Behavioral Data Actionable in Real Time

PALO ALTO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Fanplayr, the leader in targeted, real-time e-commerce conversion solutions, announced today the creation of a focused system of software providing real-time, actionable behavioral data, called Behavioral Data Hub. The precision of this new, more focused digital solution helps buyers and sellers, in addition to clients and service providers, by delivering on the promise of greater productivity in the rapidly evolving world of e-commerce.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent globally in attracting visitors and trying to get them to return. But only a tiny fraction of that, as little as one percent, is spent on the "last mile," converting those visitors to customers or clients, or optimizing the value created for those already "converted," namely, existing customers or clients. As e-commerce continues to disrupt the modern brick-and-mortar retail model, it is evident that more awareness needs to be brought to this key aspect of digital interaction with the customer.

"Tackling this new last-mile problem requires focus and precision. By utilizing Behavioral Data Hub, productivity is increased, translating into shared tangible benefits, better returns on digital investments on one side of the market, and greater satisfaction on the other," states Simon Yencken, founder and CEO of Fanplayr.

When considering the typical sales funnel, the crucial last mile for e-commerce is unwittingly reduced to relative insignificance. Unfortunately, this inattention has held back innovation for the customer conversion stage.

"With Behavioral Data Hub, Fanplayr has both identified and addressed the requisite details of making this conversion stage work better, for consumers and for providers of products and services," says Derek Adelman, VP Asia Pacific, Co-Founder of Fanplayr.

Fanplayr's Behavioral Data Hub is software that is both rich and responsive, not depending on static demographic data, instead relying on real-time, actionable behavioral data. Intelligent software that guides the final stage of the consumer decision process can have significant impacts on these conversion rates. Increasing a conversion rate from 2 percent to 3 percent represents a massive 50 percent gain for the seller.

By collecting rich and relevant data at the conversion stage, creating real time and productive classifications of website visitors, along with real-time segmentation leading to action options that are productive for visitors, Fanplayr's Behavioral Data Hub permits careful, targeted experimentation and efficient learning. Employing this software system improves ongoing customer and client interactions.

"Behavioral Data Hub also addresses a looming problem for the digital world: individual privacy. European regulators have already begun to act on increasing concerns for the protection of demographic and personal characteristic data that fundamentally erodes privacy. Fanplayr recognizes that an approach based on more precise behavioral data, not necessarily tied to fundamental personal identities, delivers productive digital interactions and transactions with greater privacy protection. Such an approach is a better way forward for everyone," Yencken affirms.

About Fanplayr:

Fanplayr is the leader in targeted real-time e-commerce conversion solutions. By harnessing the power of Big Data, Fanplayr's 'Smart & Targeted Conversions' enables marketers to identify, profile and target visitors with customized offers in real-time during the shopping experience. Fanplayr is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

More information is available at https://www.fanplayr.com/.

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Fanplayr, the leader in targeted, real-time e-commerce conversion solutions, announced today the creation of a focused system of software providing real-time, actionable behavioral data, called Behavioral Data Hub.

Related link: https://www.fanplayr.com/

LBA Ware Founder and CEO Scheduled to Speak at 2019 MBA Accounting and Financial Management Conference

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions provider to the mortgage industry, today announced that Founder and CEO Lori Brewer has been invited to speak at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2019 Accounting and Financial Management Conference, November 19-21 at the Marriot Marquis San Diego Marina.

Brewer will participate in the Wednesday, November 20, conference session, "The 800 Pound Gorilla: Sales Costs and Productivity," from 1:00-1:50 p.m. in Marina Ballroom E, joined by co-panelists Richard Andreano, partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Darryl MacNair, CFO, Eustis Mortgage Corporation; and Matt Stokes, chief analytics officer, AmCap. During the Residential Track breakout session, panelists will discuss mortgage lenders' strategies to motivate loan originators (LOs) and increase production volume while guarding their bottom line.

"Many lenders do not realize that nuanced details of employee incentive compensation packages have an immense power to shape sales performance and radically impact profitability," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "I'm eager to share with session attendees how savvy lenders are re-evaluating their comp plans to more effectively manage their bottom line."

The MBA's Accounting and Financial Management Conference assembles leading authorities in mortgage and real estate finance to share critical business intelligence, insights and best practices. To learn more, visit https://www.mba.org/conferences-and-education/event-mini-sites/accounting-and-financial-management-conference.

About LBA Ware(TM):

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations. A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

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LBA Ware, a leading incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions provider to the mortgage industry, today announced that Founder and CEO Lori Brewer has been invited to speak at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2019 Accounting and Financial Management Conference, November 19-21.

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LBA Ware’s CompenSafe™ Enhances the Loan Originator Experience at Guaranteed Rate

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Guaranteed Rate Companies has improved internal processes and enhanced the loan originator (LO) experience with the implementation of CompenSafe(TM). One of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the United States, Guaranteed Rate has deployed CompenSafe nationwide to improve its automated compensation process for nearly 1,500 LOs and other bonus-eligible employees.

According to Ken Kane, Chief Accounting Officer for Guaranteed Rate, the switch from manual, spreadsheet-based incentive calculation to an automated solution tailor-made for the mortgage industry has enabled Guaranteed Rate Companies to scale more efficiently. It's also freed the lender's accounting staff to spend less time preparing compensation statements and more time on compensation review, which helps the company reduce risk and provide a better experience for LOs.

"Since Guaranteed Rate is a sales-driven company, our leadership team seeks out the most innovative tools to enable efficiency so our loan originators can focus on their customers," said Kane. "We consistently strive to provide the best overall experience, which includes a quality compensation product. CompenSafe delivers process improvements that empower our support staff to work smarter, not harder."

"Lenders of all sizes - from community banks and independent mortgage lenders to companies like Guaranteed Rate that are leading the industry in loan production - need technologies that allow employees to focus on the tasks that add the most value," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "CompenSafe delivers immediate gains in operational efficiency while simultaneously improving the compensation experience for any lender's most important asset: its loan teams."

For more information, visit https://lbaware.com/compensafe.

About LBA Ware(TM):

LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations.

A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Georgia. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

Twitter: @LBAWare @GuaranteedRate #CompenSafe #automation #processimprovement #compensation #LOcomp #incentivizeperformance

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LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and business intelligence (BI) software solutions for the mortgage industry, today announced that Guaranteed Rate Companies has improved internal processes and enhanced the loan originator (LO) experience with the implementation of CompenSafe.

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LBA Ware to Debut LimeGear Live from the Digital Mortgage Conference Main Stage

MACON, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and performance management software and solutions for the mortgage industry, will debut LimeGear, a turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform at Source Media's Digital Mortgage Conference on Tuesday, September 24, live from the event's main stage during demo session #4, which begins at 8:55 a.m. LimeGear is designed to help mortgage lenders leverage their data in a more consistent, insightful, and actionable way.

Utilizing LBA Ware's proprietary data integration solution, LimeGear will help improve visibility and collaboration between corporate executives, branch managers, loan originators, and operations teams. The modular-based platform provides out-of-the-box dashboards and reports to improve the productivity and efficiency of the entire lending organization.

With LimeGear:
* Loan originators can build stronger relationships with referral sources and track which lead sources provide the most return on investment. Sales teams also gain a workable pipeline, with alerts and notifications configurable to user preferences, helping them stay out of the dark and close loans faster.
* Branch and area managers can zero in on profitability and identify bottlenecks with enhanced reporting that drills-down into the loan- and employee-level details. Configurable key performance indicators and balanced scorecards make it easier for management to incentivize performance.
* Leadership can define strategic goals, best practices and expectations then track attainment to easily identify who is doing what and how well.

LBA Ware's incentive compensation management platform CompenSafe(TM) is also integrated with LimeGear, providing lenders advanced reporting and analytics into their largest expense, loan commissions.

"LimeGear was engineered and designed specifically for the producers and managers who are closest to the action and strapped for real-time information on their loans and employee performance," said LBA Ware Founder and CEO Lori Brewer. "Solving the vexing challenges that have lingered in the mortgage industry, wasting lenders' time for years, is not rocket science - but it requires listening to hundreds of lender requests, which is what we have done while building CompenSafe over the last decade."

"We built LimeGear to be an off-the-shelf, low maintenance platform that can be rolled out across the organization without expensive user license fees. This makes us very different in the BI space," added Brewer.

LBA Ware is a demo sponsor of the fifth annual Digital Mortgage Conference and is exhibiting at kiosk K511. For more information about LimeGear, visit https://lbaware.com/limegear.

About LBA Ware(TM)
LBA Ware is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mortgage lenders. Since 2008, LBA Ware has been on a mission to help mortgage companies reach new heights with software that integrates data, incentivizes performance and inspires results. Today, lenders of all sizes, including some of the nation's top producing mortgage companies, use LBA Ware's award-winning technology to enhance lender experiences and maximize the human potential within their organizations.

A 2019 Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company, LBA Ware is headquartered in Macon, Ga. For more information, visit https://lbaware.com.

Twitter: @LBAWare @NatMortgageNews #DigitalMortgage19

LBA Ware, a leading provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and performance management software and solutions for the mortgage industry, will debut LimeGear, a turnkey business intelligence (BI) platform at Source Media's Digital Mortgage Conference on Tuesday, September 24, live from the event's main stage during demo session #4, which begins at 8:55 a.m.

Related link: https://lbaware.com/

Platinum Group Metals Face Rising Prices, Tightening Supplies and Uncertain Markets

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- Platinum group metals (PGMs), namely, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium, are undergoing a period of market flux and in some cases, steep and rising prices, according to a new report published by Thintri, Inc. (www.thintri.com).

The same materials are threatened in the longer term by competing materials and alternative technologies in some of their largest markets.

The report, "Platinum Group Metals: Issues and Opportunities," is a 2018 update of an earlier Thintri study. The report discusses the sourcing, production, applications and markets for PGM and opportunities in improved recycling and recovery as well as emerging alternative materials.

PGMs are critical components in the catalytic converters in motor vehicles, in disc drives, oil refineries, glass manufacturing, medical devices and implants such as pacemakers and dental crowns, and a host of other applications. Some are also highly valued in jewelry and investment. PGMs are rare and generally quite costly.

Growing worldwide demand is fueled by a range of factors including accelerating motor vehicle sales in the developing world, a rising industrial sector in many regions and a growing consumer preference for white metals in jewelry. As demand exceeds available supplies, prices have risen accordingly. Furthermore, complex market forces have produced fluctuations in PGM prices, creating market confusion. For example, recently, palladium prices have occasionally exceeded that of platinum, an unusual situation for a metal that has traditionally been seen as a cheaper alternative to platinum.

Industry analyses indicate that known PGM reserves are probably sufficient for more than another 100 years at present rates of production and consumption. However, that figure drops to 10 - 15 years if rising demand, particularly from growing industrialization and automobile sales in emerging economies, is taken into account. Before PGM reserves are fully depleted, however, prices will rise dramatically as extraction becomes more difficult.

PGMs are subject to competing pressures, which will play out over the coming years. Platinum, palladium and rhodium are used in the catalytic converters found in virtually every internal combustion-based automobile. The rapid growth of auto purchases in emerging economies, Asia in particular, is placing pressure on PGM supplies and prices. On the other hand, the rapid emergence of fully-electric cars and a growing commitment by some nations and auto makers to establish electric car markets will have a serious long term negative effect on demand for the relevant PGMs. The continuing slump in the oil sector will also impede the major PGM markets, while at the same time, demand from industrial catalysts and the jewelry sector will track economic growth. The lesser PGMs, like osmium and ruthenium, will continue to occupy niche markets.

Things are further complicated by new technologies already on the market, and some approaching commercialization, that will alter the picture just as dramatically through cheaper alternative materials and improved recovery.

While some PGM applications, such as jewelry, investment and electronics, are relatively immune from substitution at this time, most PGM applications are vulnerable to replacement by nanotechnology-based solutions available at a fraction of the cost. Such alternatives will partly or completely replace the PGM content in critical applications like catalysts in the automotive, energy and industrial sectors.

Other new methods will eventually, in effect, bring new supplies to market through improved recovery. New techniques for recycling catalytic converters and similar products are able to recover far more PGM content than was possible earlier. In addition, once-inaccessible PGM content in copper and nickel mine waste and slag can now be exploited. The availability of literally mountains of mine waste and slag throughout western North America and other parts of the world will soon set off a "gold rush" to exploit those resources.

Today, platinum group metals are at an extraordinary intersection of market forces that will likely create a period of extraordinary volatility before things stabilize.

The Thintri market study, "Platinum Group Metals: Issues and Opportunities," analyzes PGM markets and provides forecasts out to 2022.

About Thintri, Inc.:

Founded in 1996, Thintri, Inc. (www.thintri.com), is a full-service consulting firm, based in New York and directed by J. Scott Moore, Ph.D.

Thintri's services include business intelligence, market research, technology transfer and technology assessment, and in-depth, off-the-shelf market studies on promising emerging technologies. Topics of focus have included medical and industrial imaging, optical networks, materials and coatings, semiconductor devices, manufacturing, industrial logistics, security, thermal management, energy, and a host of others.

For more information, visit http://www.thintri.com or call 914-242-4615.

Platinum group metals (PGMs), namely, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium, are undergoing a period of market flux and in some cases, steep and rising prices, according to a new report published by Thintri, Inc.

Related link: http://www.thintri.com/

Paragon Insurance Holdings Invests in Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) to Enhance Analytics Capabilities

AVON, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC ("Paragon"), a national multi-line specialty MGA, has selected LeapFrogBI, LLC, an agile business intelligence provider, and Sisense, Inc., to develop an advanced data warehouse and enable enhanced reporting capabilities.

Since being formed in 2014 Paragon has grown rapidly to fifteen programs, with controlled premiums exceeding $125M, and offices in Avon, CT, San Francisco, and Seattle. By strengthening the data capture and analytics capabilities on the strong systems that already exist, Paragon increases its differentiation and commitment to success.

"Adopting agile business intelligence ensures our analytics capabilities will continually fulfill their full potential," said Enrico Ferrante, COO of Paragon. "We're excited to be working with LeapFrogBI and Sisense to develop a solution that delivers key insights and supports strategic decision making."

LeapFrogBI, based in Austin, Texas, enables enterprise and mid-sized customers to manage and optimize business by the numbers. Its unique BI as a Service offering is a complete cloud business intelligence solution that enables companies to achieve success with analytics without developing complex solutions in house.

"The addition of Paragon to our customer community underscores the preference modern market leaders have for cloud business intelligence, and their trust in LeapFrogBI to deliver a solution that can perform and grow along with their business over time," said Paul Felix, partner, LeapFrogBI.

Sisense, headquartered in New York, NY, enables thousands of companies worldwide to turn data into insight. Its unique In-Chip(tm) and Single Stack(tm) technologies simplify every step of the BI process - from data preparation to discovery of insights.

About Paragon:

A broadly diversified MGA, Paragon provides unique opportunities and solutions to retail agents, insurance carriers, reinsurers and vendor partners. Please visit http://www.paragoninsgroup.com/ for additional information.

About LeapFrogBI:

LeapFrogBI provides business intelligence as a service, consulting and data warehouse automation software to help leading companies leverage their data for analytics purposes. Please visit www.leapfrogbi.com for additional information.

About Sisense:

Sisense takes a radically different approach to business analytics. The company's obsessive commitment to consistent product innovation and customer success enable organizations to instantly reveal insights from complex data. It's BI for everyone, everywhere regardless of technical expertise. Sisense's agility allows business users with no technical background to get the accurate intelligence at the very moment it is needed without waiting hours, days or even weeks for answers. Sisense provides a complete business platform to prepare, analyze and visualize large, volumes and variety of data. Its unique In-Chip(r) and Single Stack(r) technologies simplify every step of the BI process - from data preparation to discovery of insights. From innovative startups to global brands like GE, Wix, Nasdaq and Philips, thousands of organizations worldwide embed Sisense in their everyday business to reveal instant insights.

Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC, a national multi-line specialty MGA, has selected LeapFrogBI, LLC, an agile business intelligence provider, and Sisense, Inc., to develop an advanced data warehouse and enable enhanced reporting capabilities.

Related link: http://www.paragoninsgroup.com/

BJD Inc. is now armed with DrivenBI’s cloud-based BI technology to drive sales cycle analytics for successful growth and expansion

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- BJD Inc. (www.bjdcorp.com), a privately held men's sportswear manufacturer, established in 1985, located in Los Angeles and New York, has selected DrivenBI's SRK to help transform their Sales Cycle Analysis. BJD Inc. owns several different brands, their most distinguished being Michael Brandon, Thread & Cloth, James Tattersall, and Park West. In addition to its online sales, BJD Inc. distributes to retail giants such as Burlington, Marmaxx Group, Ross, Steinmart, and many more.

As BJD Inc.'s sales continue to sky rocket, so does their need for real time insight into today's fashion trends. What is the style of the month? Where are the hottest geographic locations for these styles? How are they doing compared to this time last year? In order to remain competitive in the present market, BJD Inc. must evolve into a more data driven company. However, in order to do so they need something more substantial than traditional spreadsheet analysis. They need a more efficient way to connect their sales teams with their design and merchandising team, their production team with their distributors. DrivenBI helps BJD Inc. stay current with their products from inception to sale.

"DrivenBI's SRK self-service analysis platform in the cloud has helped us to enable the analyses that we need to uncover different areas where we can not only cut costs, but also strategically introduce targeted price promotions, with potentially profitable results. With a few clicks, we are able to proactively see trends and breakdowns of different customers, styles, colors, and classifications," says Denise Park, CFO of BJD Inc.

When BJD Inc. decided to implement SRK, they were looking for the ability to immediately see how adjusting different performance measures would affect their production. With an iPad and a few swipes, Denise and her team could make executive decisions from anywhere, whether it's deep within their warehouse, or the conference room. Dynamic and real time dashboards allow them to assess different outcomes at any given time and place, instead of requiring them to wait for next week's spreadsheet.

By turning to a cloud-based analysis platform, Denise and her team can expect a more empowering use of data, giving them the tools to drive their business operations in a more effective and efficient manner. With more location openings planned for 2016 and sales blooming, BJD, Inc. is armed with the analysis they need to ensure a successful and productive expansion.

About BJD Inc.:
BJD Inc. is a Los Angeles based garment manufacturing company, founded in 1985. Under its two labels: Direction and Linea Dome, BJD made its first mark in the industry by revolutionizing the way men looked at camp shirts. By adding a full range of color and bold patterns to an article of clothing that was once solely reserved for Hawaiian luaus, BJD put camp shirts on the map as a fashion basic. In the fall of 1996, BJD Inc. launched the Michael Brandon collection with a simple objective: basic bodies with a simple twist at an affordable price. This fresh concept has taken the value world by storm, and BJD hasn't looked back since.

About DrivenBI:
DrivenBI was founded in 2006, and is headquartered in Pasadena, Calif. DrivenBI is a rapidly growing software company specializing in both cloud and on premise BI data analysis platform solutions, operating both in U.S. and Asia, with more than 300 customers worldwide. SRK is a breakthrough product offering Self-Service BI platform as an alternative to complex IT centric BI tools and Spreadsheets. SRK is highly competitive with its innovative business user centric BI infrastructure, removing the requirements for traditional ETL, Data Warehouse and Programming. SRK offers superior performance, and minimal IT dependency for set up and use. For more information, please contact Kathleen Douglas, SVP of Sales & Alliances, at kdouglas@drivenbi.com

More information: http://drivenbi.com/.

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