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38 | TH E M R EP O RT WeatherCheck provides the only premise-specific weather protection in the country by subscription. Owners and managers upload property addresses. WeatherCheck first performs a one-year lookback at the weather history of each address, identifying which have already suffered weather-caused damage, specifically, from hail. WeatherCheck then monitors each address going forward, and notifies the owner and their designees whenever damaging weather is detected at any enrolled address. MAKING HEADLINES » "Underinsured and Underwater: Preparing for Disaster"—DS News, July 23, 2018 » "Making a Case for Disaster Preparedness"— MReport, July 25, 2018 » "Louisville tech firm watches the weather so you can file the right claim"—Louisville Business First, September 27, 2017 STAFFING STATS » Year established: 2017 » Number of employees: 12 » Primary locations outside of HQ: Portland, Maine; Puebla, Mexico City BENEFITS AND PERKS Unlimited vacation time, Ability to work remotely, Flex-time PRAISE CORNER » Weather Channel/Samsung/IBM/Innovation Challenge Semifinalist » Erie Innovation District Accelerator » Vogt Innovation Award » Nucleus Innovation Grant » INGUARD Fellowship GIVING BACK » Community Winterhelp » Inside the Lines » Habitat for Humanity » Louisville Parks Foundation ROOM FOR GROWTH WeatherCheck encourages and pays for employees to attend conferences and events that further an employee's knowledge in their field. WORD OF MOUTH "At WeatherCheck I'm able to work with an awesome team and work for something I believe in and that's why I enjoy being a part of WC so much. It's very challenging and rewarding to be a part of a new company that is bringing such positive change to weather preparedness, readiness, and recovery. —Andrew Allen, Business Development Manager loanDepot matches borrowers through technology and high-touch customer care with the credit they need to fuel their lives. As a fast-growing national consumer lender, the loanDepot platform is disrupting finance by dissolving the lines between mortgage and nonmortgage credit. The company has funded over $150 billion in fundings since inception, and is passionate about emerging financial technology and dynamic product delivery supported by excellent customer service to empower consumers. Founder Anthony Hsieh is a mortgage veteran and played a critical role in developing LoansDirect.com, E*TRADE Mortgage, and LendingTree. STAFFING STATS » Year established: 2010 » Number of employees: 6,400+ » Primary locations outside of HQ: 150+ local loan locations nationwide BENEFITS AND PERKS » Competitive health benefits including: » Four medical plans, including two high-deductible HSA plans » PPO dental » Vision » Health savings account, with employer matching » Health care and dependent care accounts » Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans » Short-term and long-term disability plans » Commuter program » Company paid life and AD&D insurance » Voluntary life and AD&D insurance » 401k with robust company match PRAISE CORNER » Inc. 5000 » MReport Women in Housing Leading Ladies—Mary Bane 2017 » President's Club » Scotsman Guide Top Mortgage Lenders 2017 » Top Places to Work, The Tennessean 2015 and 2016 ROOM FOR GROWTH » 24x7 dedicated concierge » Pipeline transition team » Dedicated processing team » Hands-on marketing team » On-call scenarios and income desk » Collaborative product support » Internal and external licensing training and testing support HEADQUARTERS: FOOTHILL RANCH, CA » 888.983.3240 » LOANDEPOT.COM ANTHONY HSIEH, CHAIRMAN AND CEO; JEFF WALSH, COO; BRYAN SULLIVAN, EVP AND CFO Percent of employees who are women: 50% Percent of employees who are minorities: 17% HEADQUARTERS: LOUISVILLE, KY » 502.208.8424 » WEATHERCHECK.CO DEMETRIUS GRAY, CO-FOUNDER & CEO; JERMAINE WATKINS, CO-FOUNDER & CTO WeatherCheck loanDepot WORD OF MOUTH "I love working at loanDepot. The opportunities are limitless and the cutting edge tools we're building are completely revolutionizing the mortgage industry. loanDepot is experiencing record growth and it's impossible not to get caught up in the enthusiasm and passion of helping to build something amazing." —Jerrol Krause, Principal UI Engineer "My favorite thing about working at loanDepot, aside form the amazing people I get to work with, is that the company enables our team to learn and utilize the latest in front-end technologies." —Russell Stout Sr., Front-End Web Developer M I N O R I T Y O R W O M E N - O W N E D O R O P E R A T E D M I N O R I T Y O R W O M E N - O W N E D O R O P E R A T E D