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Th e M Rep o RT | 13 MCrowd "In the coming year, field services will continue to be influenced by emerging technologies. The key is how companies choose to put it to use. Investing in technology will be a huge differentiator in determining what companies remain successful." —Micheal Greenbaum * * * Amy Holder New Jersey-based RedVision has appointed Amy Holder New Jersey sales director. She has been with RedVision since 2012 as VP for the mid-Atlantic region and has more than 25 years' experience. This region improved significantly and streamlined operating metric under her guidance. Her new role will require her to bring the same level of expertise to oversee the company's strategic growth and development in the state. "My advice for other mortgage professionals is to be the solution that your customer needs. Seek out B2B partners that embrace best practice standards. Partner with industry experts that bring value and compliance to every transaction." —Amy Holder * * * JAmes sAndifer RedVision has announced that James Sandifer will now serve as VP if regional operations for the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, where he will be directing operations for both the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions. His extensive experience and knowledge of real estate research and title production processes include serving as production canter manager for national production services at First American Title Insurance Company. * * * ricH swerbinsky Rich Swerbinsky, a career mortgage banking professional, has been named EVP of The Mortgage Collaborative's National Sales and Strategic Alliances. Prior to joining the Collaborative, he was VP of residential lending at Ohio-based First Federal Lakewood. There, he oversaw the bank's residential lending division and is credited for increasing the bank's mortgage market share in the Cleveland area by more than 4,000 percent over a six-year period. nAncee mueller In addition, The Mortgage Collaborative hired Nancee Mueller as the VP of member and vendor services. She was a long-time Wells Fargo employee with more than 25 years' mortgage banking and financial services experience. Most recently, she was VP of Industry Relations for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage where she was responsible for building and enhancing the company's relationship with national and regional trade associations, government groups, consumer groups, and non-profits. ron Potter ReverseVision has promoted Ron Potter to product operations manager. He has a wealth of experience in implementing new technologies on an enterprise scale and has been with ReverseVision for nearly a year and a half. The Operations Team will focus exclusively on product operations, system monitoring, capacity planning, backup, recovery, hosting management, and product release. * * * mArk litzel LenderLive has hired Mark Litzel as their VP of national sales for the company's Settlement Services division. In his new position, he will be entrusted to grow and maintain client relationships for the company. He has more than 20 years' experience and his previous position at American Mortgage Consultants required him to work with regional and community banks, mortgage insurers, credit unions, government agencies, and other financial institutions. * * * stePHen mAckey Stephen Mackey has been selected to be EVP-Chief Risk Officer for MGIC. Mackey will be stepping in to take newly retired Lawrence Pierzchalski's place and will begin in his new position in late June. He has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and has he held numerous senior positions at JPMorgan Chase & Company and most recently was Managing Director, Firmwide Market Risk. Know someone moving up in the industry? email us at Editor@TheMReport.com. "I think controlling expenses and costs is going to continue to be a bigger issue for the industry in the coming year. Never before have more third party companies and products been needed to get a loan from application to closing, and it will only intensify after TRID is implemented." —Rich Swerbinsky