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12 | Th e M Rep o RT MCrowd Jeremiah O. NOrtON In June, FDIC Director Jeremiah O. Norton resigned from his position. Norton has served as FDIC director since April 2012. Immediately prior to being sworn in to the FDIC's Board of Directors in 2012, Norton served as Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Securities in New York, New York. He also held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Police at the Department of Treasury and served as a Legislative Assistant and professional staff member for U.S. Congressman Ed Royce (R-CA). "[Norton] has made major contributions to important actions by the FDIC in the wake of the financial crisis. We are grateful for his service, we will miss his thoughtful insights, and we wish him well in his future endeavors." —FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg * * * tim O'Neal Tim O'Neal will be joining ReverseVision to lead their new Operations Team as VP of Operations. Prior to his new position he served as AVP infrastructure and platform operations at Bridgepoint Education, director of operations and enterprise infrastructure at Intuit, and VP of eCommerce at New Century Mortgage. Among his accomplishments in these roles were increasing availability of client- facing systems to meet targets, implementing cloud strategy, and managing the implementation of data centers. * * * DaviD PerkiNs ReverseVision's Operation's Team also welcomes David Perkins. Perkins, who is new to ReverseVision, previously worked for Atlas REO, a repossessed property management Software as a Service (SaaS) company with an extensive background in enterprise technology platforms, achieving scale and growth, and implementing secure banking standards and ops procedures. * * * WeNDy Peel Lastly, Wendy Peel will be ReverseVision's new VP of sales and marketing. She will be responsible for managing the brand, working with product development on system enhancements, and increasing ReverseVision's brand awareness for forward lenders and financial planners. Previously, she was VP of sales and marketing for CommercePromote, a cloud-based SasS applications provider, and is credited with changing the company from a website design firm to a marketing/operations enterprise solutions provider. * * * laurie sPira Parkside Lending has hired Laurie Spira as chief compliance officer. Her 16 years' experience in the industry includes policies and procedures, project management, risk management, and compliance for a variety of lenders. She most recently served as chief compliance officer for mortgage technology solutions provider DocMagic. As chief compliance officer for Parkside, she will be responsible for managing the company's compliance management system and ensuring its integration into product design, delivery, and administration. "The implementation of changes needed to support compliance with the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule will have a significant impact on the industry. As the effective date draws closer, the industry is changing procedures and processes, getting used to new technologies, and, most of all, learning the ins and outs of the rules and the forms." —Laurie Spira Gail DOltON In addition, Parkside Lending has hired Gail Dolton as general counsel and a member of the Parkside executive team. In her new role as general counsel with Parkside, she will be responsible for managing all of the company's legal affairs, including corporate governance, contracts, and intellectual property. She has more than 20 years' industry experience, which includes roles as general counsel with BondDesk Group, Rex & Co., and several real estate and consumer lending divisions of Transamerica Corporation. * * * JO-aNN krueGer Lastly, Parkside Lending has hired Jo-Ann Krueger to be the new closing manager for the company. As Parkside's closing manager, she will be responsible for managing closings and funding personnel as well as Parkside's Lisle, Illinios, office. She has 30 years' experience in retail, wholesale, and correspondent lending. Her experience includes work in processing, underwriting, compliance, and closing management. * * * michael GreeNbaum Michael Greenbaum has been named COO for Cleveland, Ohio-based mortgage field services firm, Safeguard Properties. He has been with the company since 2010 and previously served as the company's VP of operations. In his new position as COO, he will continue to support Safeguard's clients and oversee the company's extensive vendor network. He will also maintain responsibility for operational excellence, driving the company's internal operations processes and procedures to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance. Who's moving on and who's moving up in the industry This month some of the industry's largest companies saw some significant additions to their corporate lineup.