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Flagstar Bank's Christy Soukhamneut To Appear On The Mortgage Leadership Outlook

Aug 02, 2021
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The next installment in the Mortgage Leadership Outlook's Tech Stack Heroes collaboration with BeSmartee is set to feature Christy Soukhamneut, chief of staff/director of mortgage strategic initiatives for Flagstar Bank.

The next installment in the Mortgage Leadership Outlook's Tech Stack Heroes collaboration with BeSmartee is set to feature Christy Soukhamneut, chief of staff/director of mortgage strategic initiatives for Flagstar Bank. Along with co-host, Tim Nguyen, co-founder and CEO of BeSmartee; MLO host Andrew Berman will chat about Soukhamneut's career path from an appraiser to a mortgage broker to eventually landing in the c-suite of Flagstar, a bank with massive success in multiple channels and an early adopter of mortgage tech. They will also dive into how she got started in mortgages, learn about Flagstar's tech stack, their Fintech accelerator, build vs. buy, her history advocating to bring more women into executive roles including being at the first mPower meetings and more.

Soukhamneut joined Flagstar in 2019 and uses three bars to evaluate everything she does. These include: Will it make your life easier? Will it help you and your team be more productive? Will it help you grow your business She believes to achieve ambitious results you have to have a purpose in everything you do while simultaneously leveraging the tools and resources available. 

Join in on the conversation with Soukhamneut, Berman and Nguyen. Log on to the NMP Facebook page and post your questions in the comments section. Our guest and co-hosts will be answering questions live, and discuss important topics in the industry at 4 P.M. EDT, Wednesday, August 4.‍

Previous guests include Robert Broeksmit, Josh Friend, Joe Dahleen, Tim Nguyen, Kristy Fercho, Tony Thompson, Mat Ishbia, David Luna, Barry Habib‍, Rob Chrisman and more.

See all the interviews from the Mortgage Leadership Outlook series on its YouTube channel.

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