BUSINESS OPERATIONS TRACK: The Devil’s in the Data – Identifying Risks that Impact Default Servicing and Property Disposition

Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, Hello Solutions

Rick Sharga is the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations for Hello Solutions, responsible for business development, marketing, and providing market insights to the company and its member firms. He is also the Founder & CEO of CJ Patrick Company, a market intelligence and advisory firm for companies in the real estate and mortgage industries. Sharga has over 25 years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industries, including roles as the EVP/Market Intelligence at ATTOM Data, EVP for Carrington Mortgage Holdings, EVP of Marketing at RealtyTrac, and Chief Marketing Officer of Ten-X and Auction.com. An acknowledged subject matter expert on the housing economy, Sharga one of the country’s most frequently quoted sources on the U.S. economy, real estate, mortgage and foreclosure trends, and has appeared on CNBC, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, ABC News, FOX, Bloomberg, and NPR. He is a founding member of the Five Star National Mortgage Servicing Association, on the Board of Directors of the Asian Real Estate Association of America and the National Association of Default Professionals, and was twice named to the Inman News Inman 100, an annual list of the most influential real estate leaders.

Vice President, Market Economics, Auction.com

Daren Blomquist is vice president of market economics at Auction.com. In this role, Blomquist analyzes and forecasts complex macro and microeconomic data trends within the marketplace and industry to provide value to both buyers and sellers using the Auction.com platform. Daren’s reports and analysis have been cited by thousands of media outlets — including all the major news networks and leading publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA TODAY. Daren has been quoted in hundreds of publications and has appeared on many national network broadcasts, including CBS, ABC, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business and Bloomberg.

Senior Director - Servicing Portfolio Analytics and Liquidation Strategy, Freddie Mac

Jeri Ji is Quantitative Analytics Senior Director within Servicing in the Freddie Mac Single-Family Portfolio and Servicing Division. She is responsible for all servicing and portfolio related analytics, including Servicer Success Scorecard metrics, analytics to support all servicing policy changes, and measuring performance of Freddie Mac loss mitigation programs. She is also responsible for setting strategies for all liquidations, such as Short Sales, FCL sales and REO. Prior to her current position, Ms. Ji was in the Single-Family Pricing and Execution department, responsible for mortgage credit risk valuation and pricing, buyup/buydown pricing, profitability reporting and analytics, and supporting the structured transaction team. With Freddie Mac since 2005, Ms. Ji holds an MBA in finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Director of Real Estate Marketing and Sales, Fannie Mae Single Family

Brandon Lawler is Director of Real Estate Marketing and Sales at Fannie Mae where he leads teams that oversee the marketing and disposition of REO properties in addition to managing short sales, Mortgage Release (deed-in-lieu), foreclosure sales, rental portfolios, and occupied property functions. Lawler earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and resides in Southern California.

Vice President, Industry Analysis, Mortgage Bankers Association

Marina Walsh, CMB, is Vice President of Industry Analysis in MBA's Research and Economics Department, specializing in industry performance benchmarking for residential lenders and servicers. She leads the management and direction for the Mortgage Bankers Performance Reports, the Peer Group Survey and Roundtable Program, the Servicing Operations Study, the Warehouse Lender Study, and other studies that measure lender performance. She is MBA's spokesperson for all servicing-related studies including the National Delinquency Survey and the Loan Monitoring Survey. Prior to joining MBA, Walsh was a manager in Ernst and Young's Real Estate Advisory Services Group. She has previously been named to HousingWire's "Women of Influence" list. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University.