Portellus Appoints Project Manager

Brenda Arnold has been named senior process and project manager at Portellus Inc., Irvine, Calif., where she will manage the installation of the company's mortgage-related technology products for lenders nationwide.Ms. Arnold was most recently employed by Irvine-based Commerce Velocity Inc., where she managed teams of developers, business analysts, and quality assurance specialists on various projects. Portellus, which specializes in the application of service-oriented architecture for the mortgage banking and insurance industries, said she will be responsible for implementing projects involving the company's business rules management system, automated underwriting system, product and pricing eligibility, Web-based mortgage broker portal system, and loan origination system. Portellus can be found online at http://www.portellus.com.