Ex-WaMu Mortgage Chief Joins Ellie's Board

Craig S. Davis, a former president of Washington Mutual's home loans and insurance services group, has joined the board of directors of Ellie Mae.Mr. Davis, who has more than 25 years of senior management experience in the mortgage and financial services industry, served as WaMu's mortgage chief for seven years. He retired suddenly from the Seattle-based thrift last fall in the wake of a disclosure that it would book a loss in the third quarter related to mortgage loan sales because of problems in tracking loan commitments. Sig Anderman, Ellie Mae's chairman and chief executive officer, praised Mr. Davis's leadership at WaMu and predicted that his perspective "will be invaluable as we enter our critical next phase in leveraging state-of-the-art technology for mortgage brokers, lenders, and service providers." Ellie Mae can be found online at http://www.elliemae.com.