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MBA National Secondary Market Conference & Expo

May 4-7, 2008, Boston, Mass.

Reaffirming the value of proven Web-based technology for all lending channels, Michael Picker, vice president of sales at LOS Avista Solutions, left, and Ken Ellis, senior account executive at Avista, touted the benefits of their solution.

Greg Ellis, senior business consultant at isgn, and Kathy Mantych, national accounts manager at the company, discussed the technology mergers-and-acquisitions space.

Dana Shibley, vice president at Xetus Corp., explained why investing in a loan origination system backed by newer technology is a win-win situation.

Representing Open Close at the conference were Cheryl Hemingway, vice president of regional sales, and Rob Pommier, senior vice president of sales and marketing. (Open Close acquired LION shortly after the show to offer an end-to-end lending system.)

William McMahon, left, and client manager Brad Laudal, both of secondary-market automation vendor Street Solutions Inc., talked about how to automate investor relationships.