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Open Mortgage Hires Kevin McKnight as VP of Sales

Sep 14, 2016
Open Mortgage has named Kevin McKnight as vice president of sales, where he will work to drive growth and profitability in the Open Mortgage core business of traditional mortgages

Open Mortgage has named Kevin McKnight as vice president of sales, where he will work to drive growth and profitability in the Open Mortgage core business of traditional mortgages.

"Kevin is an accomplished, results-driven and passionate leader,” said Scott Gordon, Open Mortgage founder and CEO. “With his well-rounded leadership experience, Kevin will take charge by empowering the growth and success of our business and those we serve.”

With more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry, McKnight was most recently national NDC sales manager at Homebridge Financial. He's also held leadership positions at Stonegate Mortgage as a regional manager.

"I am delighted to join the Open Mortgage team and the phenomenal culture Scott has created here, that is committed to delivering a full suite of solutions to our loan officers and partners helping them to be more successful," said McKnight.

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