FNIS Unit Names SVP

James R. Follain has been named senior vice president for mortgage valuation at Fidelity National Information Services' Hansen Quality, a provider of automated valuation, collateral risk, and appraisal review products based in Jacksonville, Fla.Mr. Follain will be responsible for building statistical models that assess the probability of mortgage default and estimate how much money the lender or investor would lose if the loan were to default, the company said. Mr. Follain, who has nearly 30 years of experience in mortgage finance and analytics, was most recently senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board, where he analyzed mortgage provisions of the Basel II Accord. Before that, he served as senior director of capital management and policy, single family capital development at Freddie Mac.