Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Stephanie Durflinger is director, product management for Next Generation Solutions at Ellie Mae. Over her career Stephanie has consulted with hundreds of mortgage banking organizations at multiple levels, including operations, secondary marketing, and executive management, as well as serving as operations and secondary manager of a mortgage bank. This (coupled with 9 years of loan origination technology innovation experience) uniquely positions and enables Stephanie to bring impactful, forward-thinking technology insights to our customers and the market.

My career in the residential lending industry began in October 2003 and continues today.� Since beginning my career, I have been involved with every aspect of the origination/lending process.� Having held many positions from processor, loan originator and branch manager, and gaining knowledge over the years, I have been able to become a great resource for my clients and co-workers.Prior to joining the lending industry, I spent my time as a software engineer developing client applications for client/server, internet and intranet environments.� During my tenure as a product developer, I was able to gain a unique skill-set that allows me to address the specific needs for the end-user.� This client-focused approach provided me a natural transition to working within the residential lending industry.� Testing, adopting and employing the technologies that drive today’s mortgage industry has become a passion, has allowed me to gain a competitive advantage over the competition and assists me in providing a high level of service to our customers.

Brian Leimbach is the Chief Information Officer at Finance of America, where he oversees the IT strategy and implementation for the Finance of America family of companies. Prior to this role, Leimbach founded CIO Advise, a firm that provides interim CIO services primarily to growth-stage organizations in the midst of growing their technology departments and evaluating Cloud strategies or Cloud deployments. Over the course of his career, Leimbach has served as CIO for Greenlight Loans, WIS International and Lehman Brothers Bank. Leimbach earned his MBA from Nova Southeastern University and his bachelor’s in Computer Science from Stockton University (formerly the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey).�

Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., is chair of Congressional Black Caucus.

Dave Jacobin is the president of 1st Mariner Mortgage, a division of 1st Mariner Bank.

Alex Vadas, PhD, is a managing director at global management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting.