Atlas VMS, the appraisal and valuation company led by Erik Morin, announced this week the appointment of Joe Pravettone as chief appraiser. The company describes the hire as a “significant addition” to its leadership team. Pravettone began his valuation career roughly 25 years ago, starting as an independent fee appraiser and ultimately working for both [...]read moreAppraisal firm Atlas VMS hires former AAG chief appraiser
Qualcomm and Intel veteran Shawn Malhotra comes to Rocket from Thomson Reuters where, as head of engineering, he helped the global media giant develop a cloud-based, API-driven generative AI platform. At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1, 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be answered, and new [...]read moreRocket Hires First Group CTO To Accelerate AI Development
After exiting the wholesale channel in February, top U.S. mortgage lender Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. has decided to grow its retail footprint organically by hiring origination teams from various competitors. The company announced last week that, in April, it welcomed production teams that collectively originated more than $500 million in mortgage volume in 2023. These groups are bringing a [...]read moreAfter exiting wholesale, Fairway hires origination teams across the nation
Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, announced on Monday that it has hired Shawn Malhotra, a former Thomson Reuters and Intel executive, as the first chief technology officer (CTO) in the company’s history. Malhotra will oversee, among other areas, the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) development, data science, product engineering, technology operations and information security. HousingWire reported in early April [...]read moreRocket hires former Thomson Reuters, Intel executive as its first CTO
Last spring, founders from all over the world began their treks to Techstars’ Stockholm accelerator program. Their backdrop was solemn: a bank run was in the process of crushing Silicon Valley Bank, and the entire startup industry was on edge. The bank’s parent company, SVB Financial, was a major investor in Techstars and, like much of [...]read moreInside the ‘cold war’ at Techstars as CEO Mäelle Gavet hires, fires, fights to force change
Historic British marque MG this month named Jozef Kaban as its design chief. The former Volkswagen brand design chief has been charged with crafting a new design language for MG’s global portfolio of electric and hybrid vehicles, and will lead a team at MG’s Global Design Center in London. Kaban is a graduate of the [...]read moreMG hires Bugatti Veyron designer
Multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR) appointed Michael Brenning as its head of production and Brian Collins to the role of executive vice president of capital markets, the company announced Tuesday. Brenning will be responsible for driving loan volume growth and enhancing sales productivity. Most recently, he served as the president of Fairway Central at [...]read moreAmerican Financial Resources announces two executive hires
Former Meta executive Jason Taylor is joining Microsoft’s AI supercomputing team. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott says Taylor will take on the role of corporate vice president and deputy CTO to help “build the next set of systems that will push the frontier of AI forward.” Taylor worked at Meta [...]read moreMicrosoft hires former Meta exec to bolster AI supercomputing team
Image: One We’re in something of a live-action adaptation renaissance in Hollywood right now, what with the Barbie doll coming to life thanks to Margot Robbie, and Netflix turning a bunch of anime into real-life shows (to varying degrees of success). The hit anime and manga One-Punch Man is getting a similar treatment by Sony [...]read moreLive-Action One-Punch Man Movie Hires Rick & Morty Co-Creator
What Are Onboarding Documents For New Hires? Every person starting a new job feels some level of stress and anticipation, eager to take on new challenges but also unsure of what they’ll encounter. On top of that, they have to fill out a ton of paperwork that comes with a new position, which doesn’t always [...]read more15 Important Onboarding Documents For New Hires In 2024