Founder
Origna8
Mike Fawaz is one of the mortgage industry's most influential leaders and the founder of
Origna8, a company reimagining how independent mortgage brokers build, manage,
and grow their businesses. After spending 15 years leading one of the nation's premier
wholesale lending organizations, Mike set out to create a better model for the broker
channel. Origna8 brings industry-leading technology, lending, operations, marketing,
and business resources together in one connected ecosystem, giving brokers the
control, flexibility, and choice to compete at the highest level while remaining fiercely
independent. Today, Mike is helping define the future of independent mortgage lending
by putting the power back where it belongs, with the broker.
Production teams — whether individual loan officers or high-producing groups — are now responsible for both sourcing business and managing the pipeline. But what’s the winning model: building armies of consistent producers, or investing in a smaller number of high-performing teams driving outsized volume? This session explores how lenders are navigating this tension, the growing expectation for LOs to manage their own technology and workflows, and what production models are proving most effective in today’s market.