Chief Technology Officer
United Wholesale Mortgage
Jason Bressler is UWM’s Chief Technology Officer. He has been with the company since 2016 and is responsible for leading a team of over 1800 IT professionals. With more than two and a half decades of IT experience in the mortgage banking industry, Jason excels in application development and enterprise implementation and scaling. He is constantly developing intuitive technology platforms that help both UWM team members and independent mortgage brokers grow their business. Under Jason’s leadership, UWM has developed the tools and platforms clients need to grow quickly, efficiently and with scale. Prior to joining UWM, Jason served on multiple mortgage and CIO advisory boards and held positions as Chief Technology Officer for The Federal Savings Bank and Chief Information Officer for Guaranteed Rate. Jason earned his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University.
As AI becomes central to competitive advantage, the buy vs. build decision is taking on new urgency. Should lenders develop proprietary AI capabilities in-house to maintain control and differentiation, or partner with external providers to accelerate deployment and keep pace with innovation? In this session, we explore how organizations are evaluating this trade-off across speed, cost, data ownership, and long-term scalability — and how to strike the right balance in an increasingly AI-driven mortgage landscape.