Execs On The Move

Move Concierge, a service that connects home services and provides utility support for homebuyers, has made two key hires to its leadership team as part of its recent rebrand and expansion. The company has welcomed Jason Lindwall as President and Sajag Patel as Chief Revenue Officer.

Mortgage Cadence, a subsidiary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), announced that Jeff Mattice has joined the company as Head of New Logo Sales.

Planet Home Lending, a national mortgage lender, servicer, and asset manager, has hired Bill Shuler as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer. With more than 25 years in the financial services industry and decades of mortgage leadership, Shuler will drive Planet’s technological growth and enhance its operational efficiency.

Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter) announced the appointment of Vikas Rao as deputy chief product officer. Reporting directly to Chief Product Officer Stephanie Durflinger, Rao is charged with overseeing enhancements to the Empower® loan origination system (LOS) and establishing Dark Matter’s developer community, which will help lenders embed automation deeper in their origination workflows and more tightly integrate their systems using open application programming interfaces (APIs) and widgets.

LERETA, a national provider of real estate tax and flood services for mortgage servicers, announced that Mitch Bledsoe has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the company. Bledsoe, who joined LERETA in 2022, had been  Senior Vice President of Enterprise Technology at LERETA.

Floify, a point-of-sale (POS) solution provider, announced the appointment of Jason Mapes as head of sales. Mapes, who previously served as director of sales for nCino’s Mortgage Suite, brings a wealth of experience to spearhead Floify’s national sales initiatives.

WFG National Title Insurance Company (WFG), a Portland-based, full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for commercial and residential transactions nationwide, has appointed 40-plus-year industry veteran Dan Hassen as Senior Vice President and Southwest Regional Manager for the company’s Agency Operations.

Planet Home Lending, a national mortgage lender, servicer, and asset manager, has hired Paul Walker to be Chief Financial Officer. Walker’s two decades of mortgage banking finance expertise coupled with his ability to foster cross-channel collaboration make him a pivotal addition to the company’s executive leadership team.

Xactus announced that Danielle Walker was named Senior Vice President, Business Development. Previously she served as Vice President, Product Development.

Informative Research, a technology platform that delivers data-driven solutions to the lending community, has expanded its team to add mortgage industry veteran Kurt Raymond, CMB as Senior Vice President and Borrower Journey Engineer. The move reflects Informative Research’s commitment to helping lenders streamline origination costs and enhance the borrower experience.