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Mortgage Professional America honors FormFree Account Manager Laura Graben with 2021 Rising Stars award

ATHENS, Ga. /ScoopCloud/ -- FormFree® today announced that Account Manager Laura Graben has been named a 2021 Rising Star by Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine. The MPA Rising Stars award program honors promising young professionals who are making an impact on the housing and mortgage industries.

As a member of FormFree's customer success team, Graben helps mortgage lenders implement FormFree's flagship AccountChek automated asset verification service as well as AccountChek 3n1, a service that combines verification of borrower assets, income and employment in a single report.

Since joining FormFree two years ago, Graben has built a portfolio of over 130 accounts, including some of the largest mortgage companies in the industry. Her willingness to adapt and passion to serve has enabled Graben to exceed client expectations with fast onboarding times, low churn rates and triple-digit revenue growth.

Graben recently organized FormFree's second annual Heroes Golf Classic charity tournament, which took place on October 29 at the Château Élan Winery and Resort in Braselton, Georgia. The event brought together mortgage industry leaders from around the country to raise $57,030 for the American Red Cross of Northeast Georgia, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides emergency assistance and preparedness education to communities affected by disaster.

"Laura's willingness to jump in headfirst to learn the ins and outs of the mortgage business impressed me from the start," said FormFree Founder and CEO Brent Chandler. "She consistently goes the extra mile to serve her clients with intelligence and professionalism. Meanwhile, she has almost single-handedly built our Heroes Golf Classic tournament into a successful annual event that brings industry participants together to raise money for a worthy cause. I'm confident that we will continue to see great things from Laura."

To view the full list of 2021 MPA Rising Stars visit: https://www.mpamag.com/.

About FormFree:

FormFree® is a market-leading fintech company whose revolutionary products AccountChek® and Passport® make for a more inclusive credit decisioning landscape by enabling lenders to understand people's true ability to pay (ATP®). Its vision is to leverage source data and data-driven intelligence to usher in a new era of transparent, fair and liquid credit markets. To date, thousands of U.S. lenders and brokers have ordered millions of FormFree's patented verification reports representing trillions of dollars in loan verifications. FormFree delights borrowers and lenders with a paperless experience, dramatically reduces origination timelines and offers automated analysis and standardized delivery to lenders and investors using a secure ReIssueKey®. For more information, visit https://www.formfree.com/ or follow FormFree on LinkedIn.

About Mortgage Professional America:

A publication of Key Media, Mortgage Professional America (MPA) delivers news, opinion and analysis to mortgage, real estate and finance industry professionals through its bi-monthly magazine and daily email newsletter. For more information, visit http://www.mpamag.com.

FormFree® today announced that Account Manager Laura Graben has been named a 2021 Rising Star by Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine. The MPA Rising Stars award program honors promising young professionals who are making an impact on the housing and mortgage industries.

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

Vice Capital Markets’ Danny Enright honored as 2021 Rising Star by Mortgage Professional America

NOVI, Mich. /ScoopCloud/ -- Vice Capital Markets, a leading mortgage hedge advisory firm for independent lenders, banks and credit unions, announced Senior Trader Danny Enright has been recognized by industry trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA) as one of its 2021 Rising Stars. In its inaugural year, the MPA Rising Stars award seeks to honor young professionals making a significant impact in the mortgage and housing industry.

Enright was recognized for his initiative in improving Vice Capital Markets processes and procedures around client communication. When the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) announced changes regarding second homes and non-owner-occupied properties last year, Enright created and implemented a direct communication channel with clients to assist them in navigating the required restrictions and limited allowable percentage of delivers. This helped Vice Capital's clients optimize their available loans eligible for sale and stay compliant with GSEs changes and requirements. In addition, Enright's efforts in evaluating and improving fallout assumptions have increased the performance and profitability of all Vice Capital clients despite the volatility of last year's market.

"Danny has grown professionally and personally by leaps and bounds in the past year. Not only did he complete his MBA, but his ability to speak directly and communicate effectively with all levels of the clients' senior management has made him a valuable asset," said Vice Capital Markets President Troy Baars. "It's rare to find someone that understands the technical side of hedging and can also communicate in a way anyone can understand, which speaks to a maturity and industry understanding well beyond his years of experience. We're extremely proud of him and look forward to seeing what he accomplishes in the coming year."

To view the full list of 2021 MPA Rising Stars visit: https://www.mpamag.com/

About Vice Capital Markets

Since 2001, Vice Capital Markets has successfully managed interest rate risk and maximized profitability on more than half a trillion of MBS trades and mortgage-related transactions for banks, credit unions and mortgage lenders of all sizes. With an average of more than 10 years' experience behind each of the traders on our team, Vice Capital has helped its clients realize, on average, a 25 to 55 bps improvement over their best effort execution, and Vice Capital's proprietary risk-management models and complex investor and agency best execution platform have consistently yielded safe and effective profit maximization for its clients. Learn more at https://www.vicecapitalmarkets.com/ or call (248) 869-8100.

About Mortgage Professional America

A publication of Key Media, Mortgage Professional America (MPA) delivers news, opinion and analysis to mortgage, real estate and finance industry professionals through its bi-monthly magazine and daily email newsletter. For more information, visit http://www.mpamag.com/.

Vice Capital Markets, a leading mortgage hedge advisory firm for independent lenders, banks and credit unions, announced Senior Trader Danny Enright has been recognized by industry trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA) as one of its 2021 Rising Stars. In its inaugural year, the MPA Rising Stars award seeks to honor young professionals making a significant impact in the mortgage and housing industry.

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

IDS’ Emilio Estrada Named a Mortgage Industry ‘Rising Star’ by MPA

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /ScoopCloud/ -- Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), announced today that account manager Emilio Estrada has been named a 2021 Rising Star by industry trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA). The MPA Rising Star awards program seeks to honor up-and-coming talent within the housing and mortgage industry.

Estrada is a valued account manager and driving force behind IDS' adoption of eClose technology. He serves as a guide to IDS' major clients as they implement and utilize hybrid eClosing and is a key developer behind the workflows for IDS agents. Estrada works between customer service and the development teams to communicate client needs and evolve IDS company settings and policy changes. This direct feedback line from IDS clientele has led to countless feature enhancements and improved processes.

"Emilio is known for his ability to think outside the box to solve arising issues and pain points for our clientele," said IDS Vice President and General Manager Mark Mackey. "His customer service goes above and beyond expectations, but what truly sets him apart is the way he shares the trials and tribulations of customer service with the team to improve our internal processes."

To view the full list of winners, visit https://www.mpamag.com/.

About IDS, Inc.

IDS, a Reynolds and Reynolds company, was founded in 1986 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a nationwide provider of mortgage documents and compliance. IDS services include eSignatures, closing documents, initial disclosures, document fulfillment and integration with leading loan origination systems and eClosing platforms. The IDS flagship doc prep solution, idsDoc, is recognized in the industry for its ability to be customized to meet specific lender needs, particularly in regard to major industry compliance changes. (https://info.idsdoc.com/)

About Mortgage Professional America

A publication of Key Media, Mortgage Professional America (MPA) delivers news, opinion and analysis to mortgage, real estate and finance industry professionals through its bi-monthly magazine and daily email newsletter. For more information, visit http://www.mpamag.com/.

Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), announced today that account manager Emilio Estrada has been named a 2021 Rising Star by industry trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA). The MPA Rising Star awards program seeks to honor up-and-coming talent within the housing and mortgage industry.

Related link: https://info.idsdoc.com/

Mortgage Professional America honors multiple Promontory MortgagePath employees

DANBURY, Conn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA) has recently recognized several of its employees. Chief Administrative Officer Bryan DeShasier was named a 2021 Housing Industry Icon by MPA in October, and Manager, Project Management Office Darcey O'Neill and Director of Backend Engineering Kevin Wheeler were both featured in MPA's 2021 Rising Star awards program, announced today.

"At Promontory MortgagePath, our people are as integral to our clients' success as our process, and these three individuals provide ample evidence to support that fact," said Debora Aydelotte, chief operating officer at Promontory MortgagePath. "It has been a pleasure to watch these talented professionals flourish, and on behalf of the entire company, I want to extend my congratulations to Bryan, Darcey and Kevin on these well-deserved recognitions."

MPA Housing Industry Icon Bryan DeShasier has been an integral part of Promontory MortgagePath from its inception. In addition to his involvement in the development of Promontory MortgagePath's proprietary point-of-sale technology Borrower Wallet(r) and the launch of its end-to-end mortgage origination and fulfillment platform Transform, DeShasier played a key role in the company's initiative supporting community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and minority depository institutions' (MDIs) efforts to expand access to credit and homeownership in underserved communities. Most recently, he helped facilitate the expansion of Promontory MortgagePath's investor network to provide a wide range of investor options and relationships in support of its community lending clients' secondary market efforts.

The MPA Rising Star award seeks to honor up-and-coming professionals in the mortgage and housing industry. Darcey O'Neill joined Promontory MortgagePath in 2018 as an Implementation Analyst and quickly rose through the ranks, recently being promoted to Manager, Project Management Office.. From optimizing the functions of the sales and technology teams to refining communications with clientele, O'Neill's internal process improvement efforts have a direct impact not only on client onboarding and service delivery but also on clients' origination efforts. She also managed the company's implementation of ComplianceEase, which resulted in a more timely and automated quality check for disclosures, saving time in Compliance and Fulfillment.

In a similar feat, Kevin Wheeler's software engineering acumen has enabled Promontory MortgagePath to yield greater efficiencies in its fulfillment processes and improve the user experience. His efforts have included overseeing enhancements to Promontory MortgagePath's pre-qualification letter templates to better suit the needs of lenders and borrowers and helping to implement the new URLA form within Promontory MortgagePath's tech stack. Most recently, he led the team responsible for the development of enhancements to Promontory MortgagePath's Conversation Log messaging tool to streamline communication and the transfer of information between clients' loan officers and Promontory MortgagePath's processors.

To view the full list of 2021 MPA Housing Industry Icons or Rising Stars, visit: www.mpamag.com

About Promontory MortgagePath LLC | NMLS ID 1532373

Promontory MortgagePath is a fast-growing team of passionate problem solvers on a mission to fundamentally change the way lenders approach their mortgage business. The company combines an intuitive, collaborative digital mortgage platform with modern, comprehensive fulfillment services, giving lenders the progressive technology and scalability required to profitably compete in today's rapidly changing residential mortgage market. Promontory MortgagePath's founder, former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig, is widely recognized as a visionary thinker on the critical issues confronting financial services, and his companies are renowned for helping community lenders resolve their most pressing challenges. To learn more, visit https://www.mortgagepath.com.

About Mortgage Professional America

A publication of Key Media, Mortgage Professional America (MPA) delivers news, opinion and analysis to mortgage, real estate and finance industry professionals through its bi-monthly magazine and daily email newsletter. For more information, visit http://www.mpamag.com/.

Leading digital mortgage and fulfillment solutions provider Promontory MortgagePath LLC announced trade publication Mortgage Professional America (MPA) has recently recognized several of its employees. Chief Administrative Officer Bryan DeShasier was named a 2021 Housing Industry Icon by MPA in October, and Manager, Project Management Office Darcey O'Neill and Director of Backend Engineering Kevin Wheeler were both featured in MPA's 2021 Rising Star awards program, announced today.

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