Career moves

The new exec is a former CEO of Sagent and Cloudvirga, and worked at Black Knight for over a decade.

Doug Duncan joined Fannie Mae in 2008 after holding the chief economist position at the Mortgage Bankers Association for almost 16 years.

After a bruising takeover battle, CoreLogic went private. Pat Dodd, who moved into the CEO role soon after that, details how much has changed during his two-year tenure.

In addition to promoting Tom Hutchens to president, non-qualified TPO Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions also named a trio of new executive vice presidents.

Benutech's former CEO will head Voxtur, which is selling a majority stake in Blue Water Finance Technologies and repositioning itself in real estate lending.

Thanh Roettele will help guide the Canadian bank's growth in the mortgage warehouse space in one of its latest moves aimed at the U.S. market.

Rocktop, Candor name new technology heads, Servicelink finds national sales executives and Cornerstone Capital sets its eyes on growth.

Titles can vary among competitors, but the leaders of loan officers all value experience in both sales scenarios and technology acumen.

Increasing immediate volume and preparing for future volume are drivers for a ramp up in LO hiring, mortgage lenders say. Recruiters warn, however, that operations professionals should also be hired to avoid bottlenecks in production.

The embattled Long Island-based bank announced the hiring of nine new senior executives. Most of them have ties to CEO Joseph Otting, who previously held the top job at the OCC and OneWest Bank.