Experience

LauraMac

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Software Development

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC

• United States
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Vice President of Software Development

  • Nov 2020 - Apr 2023

  Leads the application development group, encompassing the business analysis, quality assurance and software development teams responsible for the proprietary loan origination systems (LOS, Loan Officer Portal, Borrower Portal, etc.). Also manages the application support team responsible for interacting with the internal and external users of those systems. Leads the application development group, encompassing the business analysis, quality assurance and software development teams responsible for the proprietary loan origination systems (LOS, Loan Officer Portal, Borrower Portal, etc.). Also manages the application support team responsible for interacting with the internal and external users of those systems.



Computershare

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President Information Technology

  • Jan 2019 - Nov 2020

  Leader of application development teams (software engineering, business analysis, quality assurance, application support) responsible for maintenance and support of proprietary loan origination system (LOS). Personnel management of ~30 employees, including defining organizational structure, hiring, compensation, employee development, career pathing, and staff reductions. Responsible for planning and execution of the migration of 40+ software applications (both proprietary and third-party) and 300+ employees after the purchase of the fulfillment division of LenderLive Network by Computershare in January, 2019. Managed the IT Operations teams (database administrators, desktop support and system administrators) that transitioned to Computershare as part of the LenderLive acquisition; worked with Computershare departments to seamlessly integrate those resources into the appropriate groups as part of the migration project. Engaged with third-party consulting company to analyze and recommend replacement for end-of-life technology platform. Restructured the fulfillment IT organization in the wake of the decision to replace legacy platform with a third-party commercial solution, including the reduction of the team by 40%. Completed migration project one month early and within budget despite having a 100% remote workforce for the last 3 months of the project due to Covid-19 pandemic. Show less



LenderLive

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Vice President Information Technology

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2018

  Oversight of the following teams: application development, business analysis, quality assurance and application support in support of the Mortgage Service division responsible for the following applications: loan origination and fulfillment, secondary marketing/correspondent lending, loan review/due diligence and servicing/sub-servicing. Responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining processes for: software development lifecycle, system enhancement prioritization, user acceptance testing, disaster recovery, technology metrics and executive reporting.Personnel management, including defining organizational structure, hiring, compensation, employee development, career pathing and staff reduction.Fiscal responsibility for capital expenditures and staffing. Defined and managed budget of more than $2M annually Oversight of audits by government and regulatory agencies, top-tier banking clients, and independent consultants insuring adherence to all applicable policies and privacy and security laws.Expanded technology capabilities of the retail loan origination system to include loan review/due diligence, correspondent lending and servicing. Show less

• Vice President Information Technology

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2009

  Enabled company growth of 10x by scaling the technology to support multiple client implementations, multiple hardware stacks and strategic acquisitions and partnerships.Integrated systems, software and technology personnel of Guardian Mortgage Documents, a leading document provider in the mortgage industry, after the acquisition of the company in 2008.

• Director of Business Process Engineering

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  Completed deployment of proprietary loan origination system in early 2002. After deployment, restructured team away from new product development into client implementation mode.

• Senior Software Developer

  • Apr 2001 - Jan 2002

  Responsible for migration of legacy Access database to SQL Server as part of development of new loan origination system.



Zapotec Software

• Senior Software Engineer

  • 1999 - 2001

  Software company specializing in the retail advertising business. Software company specializing in the retail advertising business.



Galileo International

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Developer

  • 1997 - 1999

  Developed peripheral databases and applications which aggregated information from multiple business channels for use by the corporate office. Developed peripheral databases and applications which aggregated information from multiple business channels for use by the corporate office.