Joe Dahleen Named EVP and Chief Strategy Officer for MortgageHippo

Sep 21, 2017

MortgageHippo Inc. has named mortgage industry veteran Joe Dahleen as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, where he will help lenders, credit unions and banks implement the technology and advise different origination channels on executing their strategic technology initiatives.

"This is the technology that makes it possible to work with consumers the way I've been wanting to work with them for years," said Dahleen. "I'm looking forward to helping more lenders complete their digital transformation and compete in their marketplace with this fantastic technology."

MortgageHippo offers a customizable and consumer-friendly digital mortgage platform that helps lenders immediately bridge the technology gap and deliver a better experience to borrowers while making the process more efficient.

"We are thrilled that Joe has joined our team to help expand our solution throughout the lending community," said Valentin Saportas, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MortgageHippo. "He will be a great resource to all of our clients. Joe is a well-known mortgage industry veteran with over 22 years of experience and a long-time proponent of mortgage technology. He has succeeded with our technology and knows how to deploy it for maximum success. We could not have asked for a better advocate in the marketplace."

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