Three mortgage service providers, including one that caters to reverse mortgage originators, announced senior executive changes as two valuation firms and a default service provider also did some shuffling.
Marc Helm was named president of RMS, the Spring, Texas-based firm announced today. Helm, a founding partner who previously worked for Washington Mutual, had been serving as chief operating officer of the reverse mortgage technology provider. He replaces Ken Austin, who is leaving to pursue personal interests.
RMS also announced the addition of Michael Clendennen as chief financial officer and Michael Kent as senior vice-president of portfolio retention.
HOPE LoanPort Deputy Director Larry Gilmore will transition into the role of chief executive officer, the organization said last month. In addition, six new directors have joined HOPE LoanPort’s board including Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO John A. Courson and HOPE NOW Executive Director Faith A. Schwartz.
In Atlanta, Prommis Solutions LLC announced on March 22 the promotion of Jennifer Dorris to president. Dorris, who was promoted from chief financial officer of the default service provider, was previously CFO at SmartMail LLC.
Prommis also announced that George Dunaway replaced Dorris as CFO. His previous employer was Healthcare Solutions Inc., while he worked at the Dun & Bradstreet Corp. before that. In addition, former Fannie Mae associate general counsel Dick Volentine joined the company as corporate counsel.
Eric Carmichael was named chief technology officer of AppraiserLoft, a news release yesterday said. Carmichael, who has 20 years of relevant experience, previously was employed by Adapt Technologies and Amazon.com.
The new product manager at Level 1 Loans is Tom Healy III, according to a March 17 statement from the mortgage valuation firm. Healy’s prior job was with AAJ Technologies.
National Creditors Connection Inc. announced it hired Dan Lozier and Shawn Bondy as national account managers last month. The two will solicit mortgage servicers and financial services firms for default service business.
Kevin Breeland was elected chairman of the board at The Real Estate Services Providers Council Inc., according to a news release last month. Breeland is general manager of Residential Mortgage of South Carolina LLP.
In Orange County, Calif., UnitedTech Lender Services Inc. announced that Bradley Coburn was appointed vice president of valuations on March 1. Coburn previously worked for JP Morgan Chase managing the appraisal quality and performance metrics as well as appraisal training programs.
