SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 4, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Nearly five decades after arriving in San Francisco as a Vietnamese refugee, David Duong returned to the city for an awards ceremony honoring “The King of Trash,” a documentary about his family’s journey from war and displacement to building a successful business in America. The film won Best Documentary and Best People Choice Film at the 13th San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival. Duong, the founder of California Waste Solutions, dedicated the film and its two awards to his parents, Jim Thu Tai Duong and Anh Thi Le.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Amuza Inc., a San Diego-based provider of life science research instruments and application support, has received the 2026 Bioz Rising Star™ award in the Chromatography category. The award recognizes up-and-coming suppliers within a product category that show the greatest increase in citations in peer-reviewed scientific literature relative to company age.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Informative Research (IR), a leading technology provider of data-driven credit and verification solutions for the lending industry, today announced that Chief Technology Officer Ajay Trilokeshwaran has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award honors the impactful technology leaders driving innovation in the housing sector. Trilokeshwaran is recognized for more than 20 years spent building the foundational infrastructure that makes modern mortgage credit and verification services fast and reliable.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, announced today that Steven Joyce, director of product management, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award honors technology leaders who have made an impact on the mortgage and real estate industry by driving innovation.
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — JazzX AI, an enterprise AI company purpose-built for the mortgage industry, announced today that Jagjit Singh, head of product for mortgage lending, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The award recognizes technology leaders who are driving innovation across the mortgage and real estate industries.
TORRANCE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DocMagic® today announced that Chief Technology Officer Michael Morford has been named a winner of HousingWire’s 2026 Tech Trendsetters award. Previously honored in 2024, Morford earned his second Tech Trendsetter recognition for advancing fully digital mortgage transactions and leading DocMagic’s expansion into AI-powered mortgage technology.
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Floify, the mortgage industry’s leading point-of-sale (POS) solution, today announced that Senior Product Manager Carl McDonald has been named a 2026 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. The HousingWire Tech Trendsetters award honors the most impactful and innovative technology leaders serving mortgage and real estate clients across the housing economy.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that Chief Technology Officer Dan Kellett has been named a 2026 Tech Trendsetter by HousingWire. The award honors the people developing, improving and implementing the technology transforming how housing professionals work and serve their customers.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Nov. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Spodak Dental Group has earned five 2026 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence and Industry awards, marking the practice’s first recognition in these specific categories. The honors build on its history as a 10-time recipient of the Sun Sentinel’s overall Top Workplace award.
MCDONOUGH, Ga., Oct. 29, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Southern RV has earned its third consecutive RVBusiness Top 50 Dealer recognition and the 2026 Gaylord Maxwell Innovation Award, sponsored by Airxcel. The latest honors expand an extensive record of recognition for the family-owned Georgia RV dealership, with 13 distinctions across four national business and RV industry award programs.
ADDISON, Texas, Oct. 21, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Click n’ Close, a multistate mortgage lender, today announced that it has been named one of Mortgage Women Magazine’s 2026 Top Employers for Women. The annual recognition, featured by Mortgage Women Magazine and National Mortgage Professional, honors mortgage companies that provide women with resources, mentorship and leadership opportunities and maintain women’s representation at every level of their organizations.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that PROGRESS in Lending (PIL) has recognized Chief Technology Officer Dan Kellett for his influence on how lenders approach home equity technology, naming him one of nine 2026 Lending Luminaries.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 20, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced today that PROGRESS in Lending (PIL) has recognized Kyle Kehoe, executive vice president of sales, as one of nine 2026 Lending Luminaries. PIL’s eighth annual Lending Luminary Award recognizes people in the lending industry who inspire or influence others.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 19, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today announced that CEO Laird Nossuli has been named a finalist for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) inaugural mPower Visionary Awards. Nossuli was honored October 10 in Chicago at mPowering You, the MBA Summit for Women in Real Estate Finance, following a selection process that drew nearly 100 nominees from across the mortgage industry.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 15, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. (SBA), an independent employee benefits consulting firm, today announced it was named HR Consultant/Advisory Partner of the Year in the 2026 Pinnacle Awards for Human Resources, earning the category’s sole platinum award, the program’s highest level of recognition. The honor recognizes SBA’s expertise in benefits consulting, with particular emphasis on a longstanding client engagement led by Director Kim Shumate.
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DocMagic® announced today that Chief Information Officer Jeremy Boyd has been named a recipient of the 2026 Lending Luminary Award presented by PROGRESS in Lending. The honor recognizes mortgage industry leaders who demonstrate exceptional vision, leadership, and commitment to advancing the future of lending.
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DocMagic® announced today that Chief Operating Officer Lori Johnson has been named one of Mortgage Banker’s 2026 Powerful Women of Mortgage Banking. The award recognizes women in mortgage banking who stand out as leaders by driving innovation, adapting to change and making a positive impact on their organizations, colleagues and the industry.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 7, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, announced today that it has been named one of the AI Pioneer Award winners by PROGRESS in Lending. Honorees include 14 financial technology companies whose AI work spans the loan lifecycle from origination through servicing.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 1, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, has been named a winner of PROGRESS in Lending’s 2026 AI Pioneer Award. Friday Harbor pioneered AI pre-underwriting as a new category of mortgage technology and has since brought the approach into production at meaningful scale.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 23, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. (SBA) has been recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s largest employee benefits and compensation companies of 2026. This is the eighth consecutive year SBA has made the Chronicle’s annual list highlighting benefits consultants and brokers. Even as the number of benefits consultants and brokers in Atlanta fell 17% in 2026, according to the Chronicle, SBA held its position.
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 14, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In advance of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) introduced the six members of its Class of 2027 IMPACT Fellowship Program (IMPACT). The sixth IMPACT cohort consists of postdoctoral scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds and research disciplines who will engage in a 16-month program designed to provide comprehensive personal and professional development.
ONTARIO, Canada, Sept. 10, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Soap Opera Magazine, a digital publication covering American daytime television, has been named the No. 1 soap opera news website of 2026 by entertainment publication High on Films. In its newly published ranking, “The 5 Best Soap Opera News Sites Online in 2026,” High on Films placed Soap Opera Magazine first among five major outlets covering the daytime television industry.
ONTARIO, Canada, Sept. 3, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Soap Opera Magazine, a leading digital publication covering daytime television, today announced the nominees for the first annual Maggie Awards, a new honors program recognizing outstanding performances and storytelling across all five American daytime dramas. The Maggies celebrate work that aired during the 2025 calendar year, and every winner will be chosen by fan vote. Winners will be announced October 1, 2026.
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Sept. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Southern Nevada’s premier electrical contractor, Ampere Electric, has been honored with the Outstanding Advertising Performance Award by RSVP Las Vegas Advertising using a targeted mailer to the top 30% of homeowners in the Las Vegas Valley. This accolade recognizes the company’s exceptional results in an 18-month advertising campaign that successfully closed over $4 million in new business matched back to the targeted mailer.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that John Aslanian, chief revenue officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. The award recognizes C-level executives across mortgage, real estate and homebuilding for leadership that has driven measurable impact on their organizations and the broader housing economy over the past year.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 1, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced that its Founder and CEO Theo Ellis has been honored with HousingWire’s 2026 Vanguard Award.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 1, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced that Vikas Rao, chief executive officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. Rao recognized for transforming Dark Matter and opening new ways for lenders to build, integrate and deploy AI.
TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DocMagic® announced today that Chief Operating Officer Lori Johnson has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. COO recognized for advancing DocMagic’s latest innovations in a digital mortgage career spanning more than 30 years.
SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 27, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CARZ4US, a family-owned independent used car dealership serving New Jersey from locations in South Hackensack (Bergen County) and Pine Brook (Morris County), has been named a 2026 Top Digital Dealer by CarGurus, placing the dealership among only 100 U.S. dealerships nationwide recognized in the category.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., Aug. 24, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain solutions, has been named a 2026 Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Provider by Inbound Logistics. Each year, Inbound Logistics selects 100 logistics providers that demonstrate the capabilities, scale, and expertise required to navigate increasingly complex supply chain demands.
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CDF Labor Law LLP (CDF) is pleased to announce that 30 of its attorneys, more than half of the firm’s attorneys, have been recognized in the 2027 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, reflecting the depth of talent across the firm and its continued strength in representing California employers in labor and employment matters.
MESA, Ariz., Aug. 13, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Edupoint® Educational Systems, creator of the unified Synergy® Education Platform for K-12 student data management, today announced that the company has been named one of the Top Companies to Work for in Arizona in 2026. This marks the eighth time Edupoint has received this recognition.
LA VERNE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Hillcrest, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in La Verne, has been named one of the 2026 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Hillcrest was recognized for fostering a workplace where employees feel valued, supported and connected to the community’s nonprofit mission.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Aug. 11, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LodeStar Software Solutions (LodeStar), the leading provider of mortgage closing cost and fee data, today announced that it has been ranked No. 3,091 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, the annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Marking its fourth appearance on the list, LodeStar ranks 239th in software, 94th in Pennsylvania, and 87th in the Philly-Camden-Wilmington area.
TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — DocMagic®, a leading provider of digital mortgage solutions, has been named one of the 2026 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The annual program, now in its 20th year, recognizes companies that demonstrate a strong commitment to employee engagement.
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 11, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading affordability intelligence platform, today announced it has earned a spot on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately owned companies after achieving significant revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. DPR was also honored on the 2023 and 2025 Inc. 5000 lists.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 10, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group LLC (Atlantic Bay) is proud to announce it has been recognized among Hampton Roads’ Top Workplaces by the Virginian-Pilot. The annual recognition honors employers that create exceptional workplace experiences, with recipients determined through confidential employee survey feedback.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 6, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Natural Transplants, Hair Restoration Clinic, is proud to announce that Dr. Matt Huebner and Natural Transplants have been recognized as the Best Hair Implant Specialist in Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s Best of Fort Lauderdale 2026 awards.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Quality Management® (ACES), the leading provider of enterprise quality management and control software for the financial services industry, today announced that Garry Manley, assistant vice president of client success, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Insider. The award recognizes operational leaders across the mortgage, real estate and homebuilding industries whose behind-the-scenes work drives measurable impact within their organizations.
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Floify, the mortgage industry’s leading point-of-sale (POS) solution, today announced that Sol Klein, head of customer experience and business operations, has been named to HousingWire’s 2026 Insiders list. The annual program recognizes the operational leaders who are vital to their organizations’ success and making a measurable difference in the housing industry.
