Rick Sharga

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.