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Movement Mortgage Names New Chief Information Officer

Oct 31, 2022
Lyra Waggoner CIO Movement Mortgage

Lyra Waggoner brings 18 years of experience in mortgage industry.

Movement Mortgage, the nation's sixth-largest retail mortgage lender, is expanding its leadership team with a position focused on the growth and transformation of Movement's technology platform. For this new role, it welcomes Lyra Waggoner as chief information officer.

Prior to joining Movement, Waggoner served as executive vice president and head of technology for Level Capital. An 18-year mortgage industry veteran, Waggoner has held various leadership roles, including senior vice president of Caliber Home Loans, where she was a founding member of their technology team and worked to build their proprietary loan origination software platform. At Level Capital, Waggoner oversaw the creation and release of an industry-leading loan origination and servicing platform for residential construction lending. In her new role, Waggoner will lead Movement's information technology team and focus on accelerating business growth by delivering best-in-class technology solutions. 

"Movement Mortgage has an incredible vision and focus. I'm excited to translate this vision into transformational action across our technology platform by putting the best tools in the hands of our loan officers," says Waggoner. "Movement and I share the belief that technology, culture, and product focus should drive the empowerment of our sales team. I am so grateful to join this talented group."

"Lyra shares our passion for empowering loan officers with everything they need to win," said Michael Brennan, Movement's president. "She has a proven track record of leading sales-centric technology teams and delivering with speed to market. We will partner to drive technology to fuel the next chapter of our growth, and I am so excited to have her join our team."

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