Young has been providing strategy for digital delivery for over 25 years, specifically with a focus in financial services. He’s previously led digital product teams at Chase and also co-founded separate venture back startups in mortgage and investing. At CI&T, Young is responsible for helping clients create digital distribution strategies, customer experience and product strategies for clients such as Wells Fargo, BlackRock, Invesco and Chase. Most recently, he’s been advocating for how AI will transform the financial services industry while also creating greater accessibility to banking for all consumers.
Ron Carrillo has been with DocMagic for over 24 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.
Mark Yoder serves as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Ascend Companies, Inc., where he leads key industry relationships and growth initiatives across the organization’s portfolio of companies. Ascend is a collection of technology and service businesses focused on helping mortgage lenders, financial institutions, and fintech partners drive innovation, improve operational efficiency, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
In his role, Mark works closely with lenders, technology providers, industry associations, and strategic partners to develop meaningful collaborations that accelerate digital transformation throughout the mortgage ecosystem.
Mark is representing inflooens, Ascend’s next-generation relationship intelligence and growth platform designed to help lenders strengthen referral partner engagement, increase loan officer productivity, and drive sustainable business growth. With a passion for building connections and fostering innovation, Mark brings a practical perspective on how technology, partnerships, and modern engagement strategies can help lenders compete in an evolving marketplace.
Steve Majerus is President of American Pacific Mortgage and one of the mortgage industry’s most forward-thinking leaders – someone who’s spent his career anticipating where lending is headed, not just keeping up with where it’s been.
Steve’s path traces the entire evolution of digital mortgage, starting at eLoan during the earliest days of internet lending and continuing through senior executive roles across capital markets, retail sales, and operations at some of the nation’s largest lenders. As CEO of Synergy One Lending, he built a technology-forward organization designed to move at the speed of the market – and today, as President of American Pacific Mortgage, he’s applying that same instinct on a bigger stage.
Steve’s focus now is squarely on what’s next: how technology and AI will reshape the originator’s role, and how to modernize the traditional IMB enterprise structure to effectively compete for market share.
Lyra joined Movement Mortgage in 2022 as the company’s Chief Information Officer. She was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2025, responsible for Technology, Marketing, Employee Engagement, and Operations.
An 18-year veteran of the mortgage industry, Lyra has held various leadership roles including senior vice president of Caliber Home Loans and, most recently, executive vice president and head of technology for Level Capital LLC (Level). At Level, Lyra oversaw the creation and release of an industry-leading loan origination and servicing platform for construction lending.
Lyra holds a BA from the University of Arizona. She lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband and two daughters. She spends her free time riding horses competitively alongside her daughters.
Paul Dornier is the CEO and co-founder of Alpharun, an AI sales coaching platform that helps mortgage lenders elevate every LO to top tier production. By analyzing every call and text with every borrower against a custom playbook distilled from your top LOs, Alpharun delivers personalized AI coaching to close the production gap between the best and the rest of your team. Previously, Paul co-founded Meetingbird, a Y Combinator-backed scheduling platform acquired by Front, where he spent four years leading the product team. Paul holds a B.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University and is based in San Francisco.
Kwe Parker brings over 23 years of real estate finance experience to his role as Head of Sales and Marketing at LenderHomePage — including more than $1 billion in mortgage originations across markets nationwide. That production background gives him something rare in a sales leadership role: he has lived the challenges LHP’s customers face every day. A longtime advocate of LHP’s technology, Kwe joined the team as a natural extension of his belief in the platform, serving as the voice of the customer and championing the company’s client-first culture. He translates that ground-level perspective into how LHP goes to market, builds relationships, and earns long-term trust with mortgage professionals,
Rocky Foroutan is the Founder and CEO of LenderHomePage.com — and the visionary behind its two-decade run of growth. Driven by a genuine passion for helping mortgage professionals compete and win, he started the company in 2003 from a home office, building turnkey websites for brokers and loan officers long before “mortgage tech” was a category. Over two decades later, that vision has grown into a platform serving more than 2,400 mortgage offices and 18,000 loan officers with a multi-channel digital suite designed to improve borrower experience, streamline operations, and reduce cost. Before founding LenderHomePage, Rocky spent nearly two decades in software development and sales and marketing leadership at Fortune 500 companies.
Ryan Schimmel is an Account Executive at Verse, where he partners with revenue leaders to apply conversational AI across marketing, sales, and customer success. His work centers on engaging and qualifying leads in real time, connecting sales teams with buyers at the moment of intent, and reducing friction in the post-sale experience to strengthen CSAT, NPS, and customer advocacy.
With a career built in SaaS and enterprise sales, Ryan brings depth in pipeline growth, lead conversion, sales velocity, and go-to-market strategy. He is known among clients and colleagues as a connector who builds lasting relationships and drives measurable revenue results.
Ryan is a graduate of Penn State University, received his MBA from Temple University, and in his free time, he’s a volunteer dog walker, supporting shelter animals in finding their forever homes.