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  • February 22
  • February 23
  • February 24

Monday, February 22

Welcome Reception

COOK LIVE with Chef Fabio

Fabio Viviani
Celebrity Chef, Hospitality Developer, Best Selling Cookbook Author, & TV Host

Sponsored by

The SNUG experience kicks-off with flavor! Join Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani for a live virtual culinary class that promises to be a delicious experience.

*Registered attendees will receive a recipe card in advance with the required ingredient list to participate.

Tuesday, February 23

General Session | Keynote

The eMortgage Forefront

Matt Hansen | CEO
Ben Miller | Co-Founder
Cathleen Schreiner Gates | President

Start our trek together through SNUG with a premier performance review by SN Executives. We'll examine how we got here, and discuss how we plan to continue our growth journey.

Session

Killing It with SimpleNexus

John Aslanian | SVP of Sales

Want to learn how to close 16 loans in a month? Doubt you can run your whole mortgage company from SimpleNexus? Come hear from our Power Users that are truly harnessing SimpleNexus to the fullest extent and grabbing market share.

Session

Innovation Signposts - An Evolution of the SimpleNexus Roadmap

Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer

Just as the terrain constantly changes, the SimpleNexus Roadmap consistently evolves. Let's come together and review the enhancements brought to the platform in 2020 and hear our plans for 2021.

Session

Key Considerations Regarding ROI

Jordan Brown | MarketWise Advisors John Aslanian | SVP of Sales

Come learn about the extensive data collection conducted by MarketWise Advisors across the SimpleNexus client base to develop a ROI methodology that shows the true impact of the SimpleNexus platform.

Session

Are you Maximizing Your SimpleNexus Investment?

Kent Besaw | VP of Customer
Pam Faulkner | Director Mortgage Solutions
Eric Bjornn | Sr. Product Manager

The SimpleNexus Platform continues to grow and it can be difficult to stay on top of all the new the features, so we have packed this session with some fast paced demos of these great features and walk through the hidden potential that can be unleashed when your team is ready.

Session

Into the Breach: Industry Challenges and Opportunities

Ben Miller | Co-Founder

Learning our lessons from 2020, our panel of experts will share the challenges they see impacting the mortgage industry in the next year as well as the opportunities that exist in any market.

Session

A Field Guide to SimpleNexus

Pam Faulkner | Director, Mortgage Solutions
Tracy Farber | Director, Solutions Engineer

Come hear from our product experts as they lead an in-depth overview and demo of the entire SimpleNexus platform. We'll call out points of interest along the way and will always answer any question along the way.

Session

Disclosures

Travis Cox | Manager, Implementations
Casey Williams | Manager, Customer Success
Tyler Prows | Principal Product Manager

Review the latest enhancements SimpleNexus has made to Disclosures.

Session

Regulatory Revenge? An Honest Compliance Forecast for the Biden-Harris Administration

Tyler Moore | Compliance Counsel

Come learn from our esteemed counsel, Tyler Moore as he reviews compliance-related regulatory policy we can expect from the new administration and how leveraging SimpleNexus can keep you focused on your core business while keeping you covered.

General Session | Panel

Survive & Thrive - Tales of COVID & Mortgage Market Boom

Paul Drobot | SVP of Sales

2020 provided a unique mixture of fear, and opportunity Come join this Panel Discussion with your peers as we take a retrospective view on 2020, examine how SimpleNexus help support the shift to remote work while continuing to be effective and operational during both a global pandemic and mortgage market boom.

Wednesday, February 24

MORNING KICKOFF

Coffee with Daymond

Daymond John
Businessman, Investor, Author, Television Personality, & Motivational Speaker

Matt Hansen
Simplenexus Founder & CEO

Start the morning right with SimpleNexus CEO, Matt Hansen, leading a coffee and chat session with "The People's Shark," Daymond John. Learn from the best as Daymond shares messages from his rags to riches journey, expertise in entrepreneurship, and answers questions directly from the audience.

Session

Best Practices in Effective Change Management

Michael Chan | Director, Sales
David Lykken | Transformational Mortgage Solutions

Is there ever a good time to consider changing parts of your mortgage tech stack? Learn from our experts how, with careful planning and guide rails, you can absolutely make the change and continue to process record volume through your systems.

Session

eMortgage and GSEs

Ben Miller | Co-Founder
Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer
Shane Hartzler | FannieMae

This informative session will start with an update from FannieMae on their latest technology enhancements combined with innovative insights on the industry and best practices. We'll also review all of the integration points within SimpleNexus with FannieMae.

Session

Don't Look Back: eClose is Here to Stay

Tyler Prows | Principal Product Manager
Tracy Faber | Director, Solutions Engineer

SimpleNexus has made a significant investment in eClose functionality including Hybrid eClose, Remote Online Notary and eNote/eValut/eRegistry. This session will highlight our strategy, adoption challenges as well as walk through a demonstration of the whole workflow from all personas.

Session

Turn Collaboration into Business Development with SimpleNexus

Sol Klein | Director of Implementation

Collaborating with partners throughout the loan lifecycle is critical to producing sustainable and beneficial relationships. SimpleNexus continues to build out new collaboration functionality to help loan originators locate and partner with the right contacts and collaborate within the platform.

Session

2021 & Beyond Economic Forecast

Sponsored by Reggora

Get the latest forecast for the industry, including the various forces impacting the market and what they might mean as you develop your business strategy for 2021 and beyond. Hear the latest analysis of current economic, housing market and mortgage market trends and more.

Session

Social Selling: Leverage Your Social Reach to Drive More Loans

Josh Pitts | SHRED Media

The Million Dollar questions, how do you monetize social media without killing your brand? Learn from our digital marketing gurus on social media strategy, branding and best practices on how to turn social media into a highly producing revenue channel.

Session

eMortgage Expertise: Best of Breed Partners

Courtney Montgomery | Senior Partner Marketing Manager

Partnering with innovative vendors to enhance the borrower and lender experience is at the heart of SimpleNexus' commitment to our clients. Come listen to our panel of key industry executives as we review collaboration, integration and innovation.

General Session

Shark Tank - Product Roadmap Edition

Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer

The SimpleNexus product team will play the role of the entrepreneurs, bringing their product enhancement ideas to the audience (our sharks). These product pitch presentations will result in the audience allocating a pre-set dollar amount towards the project. We will then aggregate the "funding" and use this information to inform our roadmap.

  • February 22
  • February 23
  • February 24

Monday, February 22

Welcome Reception

COOK LIVE with Chef Fabio

Fabio Viviani
Celebrity Chef, Hospitality Developer, Best Selling Cookbook Author, & TV Host

The SNUG experience kicks-off with flavor! Join Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani for a live virtual culinary class that promises to be a delicious experience.

*Registered attendees will receive a recipe card in advance with the required ingredient list to participate.

Tuesday, February 23

General Session | Keynote

The eMortgage Forefront

Matt Hansen | CEO
Ben Miller | Co-Founder
Cathleen Schreiner Gates | President

Session

Killing It with SimpleNexus

John Aslanian | SVP of Sales

Session

Innovation Signposts - An Evolution of the SimpleNexus Roadmap

Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer

Session

Key Considerations Regarding ROI

Jordan Brown | MarketWise Advisors
John Aslanian | SVP of Sales

Session

Are you Maximizing Your SimpleNexus Investment?

Kent Besaw | VP of Customer
Pam Faulkner | Director Mortgage Solutions
Eric Bjornn | Sr. Product Manager

Session

Into the Breach: Industry Challenges and Opportunities

Ben Miller | Co-Founder

Session

A Field Guide to SimpleNexus

Pam Faulkner | Director, Mortgage Solutions
Tracy Farber | Director, Solutions Engineer

Session

Disclosures

Travis Cox | Manager, Implementations
Casey Williams | Manager, Customer Success
Tyler Prows | Principal Product Manager

Session

Regulatory Revenge? An Honest Compliance Forecast for the Biden-Harris Administration

Tyler Moore | Compliance Counsel

General Session

Survive & Thrive - Tales of COVID & Mortgage Market Boom

Paul Drobot | SVP of Sales

Wednesday, February 24

MORNING KICKOFF

Coffee with Daymond

Daymond John
Businessman, Investor, Author, Television Personality, & Motivational Speaker

Matt Hansen
Simplenexus Founder & CEO

Session

Best Practices in Effective Change Management

Michael Chan | Director, Sales David Lykken | Transformational Mortgage Solutions

Session

eMortgage and GSEs

Ben Miller | Co-Founder
Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer
Shane Hartzler | FannieMae

Session

Don't Look Back: eClose is Here to Stay

Tyler Prows | Principal Product Manager
Tracy Faber | Director, Solutions Engineer

Session

Turn Collaboration into Business Development with SimpleNexus

Sol Klein | Director of Implementation

Session

2021 & Beyond Economic Forecast

Session

Social Selling: Leverage Your Social Reach to Drive More Loans

Josh Pitts | SHRED Media

Session

eMortgage Expertise: Best of Breed Partners

Courtney Montgomery | Senior Partner Marketing Manager

General Session

Shark Tank - Product Roadmap Edition

Shane Westra | Chief Product Officer

General Session | Panel

Survive & Thrive - Tales of COVID & Mortgage Market Boom

Paul Drobot | SVP of Sales

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