Paul Orlando, Chief Strategy Officer at Lender Price, brings 38 years of mortgage and financial services experience, focusing on leading several different technology initiatives and playing a key role in overseeing areas such as corporate strategy, product innovation, and process enhancements for the company.
Previously, he spent over 20 years at Flagstar Bank, serving as SVP of Development and later CIO of Mortgage Lending. He also held CIO roles at Home Point Financial and UWM, where he managed technology infrastructure and stabilized mortgage systems.
Ernie Graham is CEO and Co-Founder of Homebot, which he started in 2015 with a simple but powerful idea: instead of making people feel rich, help them actually become rich through smarter home finance decisions.
Ernie’s entrepreneurial journey is nothing short of remarkable. His academic background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tulsa. What sets Ernie’s career apart is his divergence from familial roots in engineering to enter the fiercely competitive domain of sales in Silicon Valley. In 2010, he founded Social BIOS, where he served as Chairman, and in 2015, he co-founded Homebot, which was sold to private equity firm Alpine Partners in 2021. Through these experiences, Ernie solidified his standing as a major influencer in the real estate fintech sector.
Fair warning: he’s got strong opinions about market opportunities and isn’t shy about sharing them.
Amit Gupta is the Co-Founder and CEO of Opensense. He leads the company’s vision and strategy, helping organizations transform everyday email communication into a powerful channel for branding, compliance, and growth. With a focus on innovation and customer success, Amit drives Opensense’s mission to make every email a brand moment that delivers real business outcomes.
Bobby is the Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer at Opensense. He works across all areas of the business to ensure customers get maximum value from the platform every day. From building strong relationships to driving account growth, Bobby is focused on helping organizations turn their everyday communication into meaningful business outcomes.
Mark Hansen is Executive Vice President of Product at CMG Financial, bringing over 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry. With a unique blend of software engineering expertise and product leadership, Mark has led transformative initiatives across both lender and vendor environments. His career spans direct retail operations as well as technology platforms, giving him a well-rounded perspective on the challenges and opportunities in modern mortgage lending. At CMG, he focuses on building scalable, customer-centric solutions that drive innovation and improve both the loan officer and the borrower experience.
Carissa is a dynamic sales leader with deep expertise in SaaS and mortgage technology. Currently Head of Sales at Cloudvirga, she drives revenue and market expansion through innovative strategy, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration in the digital mortgage space.
With over a decade of experience, Carissa has held high-impact roles across organizations like Stavvy, ReverseVision, and UNMB Home Loans. Her strengths span partner strategy, enterprise sales, reverse mortgage consulting, and building scalable sales processes from the ground up.
Carissa brings a proven track record of transforming sales teams, exceeding growth targets, and aligning go-to-market efforts across product, marketing, and customer success. She’s known for turning strategy into execution — and results.
Having graduated from WVU in 2004 with a Bachelors in Finance, Christopher started his career during one of the most unprecedented highs in the real estate industry. He navigated the raging rapids of the lending market and gained invaluable experience in identifying strategic areas of potential growth. Then during the subsequent recession, he studied government reformations to understand how to pilot the new topography mapped out by the CFPB and to also find new areas of profitable expansion within the fintech industry.
In 2015, Christopher’s background and expertise caught the attention of an executive team of a company later to become Cloudvirga. Over his tenure at Cloudvirga, Christopher has used both his professional successes and failures to drive key areas of product improvement and development. His personal mantra has always been at the core of this strategic approach: ‘find the best and make it better.’
Dawar Alimi is the CEO and Founder of Lender Price, a leading provider of digital lending and capital market technologies. With over 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry, Dawar is highly regarded for his expertise in financial technology. He has received numerous accolades for his innovative contributions to mortgage tech. Before Lender Price, Dawar founded multiple companies and held executive roles at Fortune 100 companies. Dawar brings a wealth of experience to his roles and holds an MS in CS with a focus on BI/AI from Boston University, leveraging his expertise to develop cutting-edge solutions.
Ryan Ma is a Solutions Engineer dedicated to the UiPath Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services vertical. As a solutions engineer, Ryan works with enterprise customers to educate and drive adoption of robotic and agentic technologies within core business operations. Prior to UiPath, Ryan spent five years working in process management, process improvement and process mining.
Ron Carrillo has been with DocMagic for over 23 years and serves as Business Development Manager. His current focus centers on partnering with lending organizations to navigate change management and develop comprehensive eStrategy initiatives. Ron specializes in helping these organizations assess their digital readiness, architect scalable technology solutions, and implement workflow automation that reduces closing times and enhances operational efficiency.
As a solution specialist, Ron keeps prospects and customers informed about the latest product enhancements and features, improving the experience for current clients while attracting and educating new customers. His expertise spans digital transformation planning, process optimization, and technology integration, enabling lending organizations to modernize their operations while maintaining regulatory compliance. Ron’s strategic approach helps organizations evaluate their current infrastructure, identify automation opportunities, and create roadmaps for sustainable digital adoption across their mortgage operations.