{"id":40306,"date":"2018-09-21T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=40306"},"modified":"2018-09-21T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:52:01","slug":"cloudvirga-co-founder-kyle-kamrooz-named-innovator-of-the-year-by-orange-county-business-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/cloudvirga-co-founder-kyle-kamrooz-named-innovator-of-the-year-by-orange-county-business-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudvirga Co-founder Kyle Kamrooz named &#8216;Innovator of the Year&#8217; by Orange County Business Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IRVINE, Calif.,\u00a0Sept. 21, 2018\u00a0(SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudvirga.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cloudvirga<\/a>&#x2122;, a leading provider of digital mortgage software, today announced that company Co-founder Kyle Kamrooz has been named a 2018 \u201cInnovator of the Year\u201d by the Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ). Kamrooz was selected from a competitive field of over 70 nominees and honored at an awards luncheon at Hotel Irvine on September 20.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kyle Kamrooz of Cloudvirga\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-1201-Kyle-Kamrooz-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Kamrooz of Cloudvirga\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-1201-Kyle-Kamrooz-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-1201-Kyle-Kamrooz-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-1201-Kyle-Kamrooz-696x522-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nNow in its fourth year, the OCBJ\u2019s Innovator of the Year program celebrates individuals and organizations based in Orange County, California, who are creating game-changing products and services and who demonstrate brilliance and leadership in innovation. Past winners include leaders from Allergan (NYSE: AGN), Cylance, Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) and Vizio, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Kamrooz was recognized for his significant contributions to business innovation in Orange County and nationwide. His first business venture grew to become one of county\u2019s largest direct-to-consumer lenders. He went on to serve as executive vice president at Calabasas-based Skyline Home Loans before founding Cloudvirga, a company that helps top lenders automate the loan process and empowers borrowers with greater transparency and engagement in the mortgage transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudvirga has experienced exponential growth in its first three years. Cloudvirga is already the digital mortgage technology used by eight of the top 40 mortgage lenders in the United States, and the company closed a Series C funding round that raised $50 million in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCloudvirga digitizes the mortgage process for top lenders and their borrowers,\u201d said Kamrooz. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be recognized for this work, which is really a testament to the amazing team we have built here in Orange County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIn founding Cloudvirga, Kyle set a vision to transform one of the largest industries in the country and ultimately make home ownership more affordable for more Americans,\u201d said Cloudvirga CEO Michael Schreck. \u201cOur entire company shares Kyle\u2019s passion for this movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamrooz is the recipient of numerous awards for innovation and leadership. He was a finalist for the OCBJ\u2019s Innovator of the Year program in both 2016 and 2017. He has also been recognized by HousingWire magazine as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/cloudvirgas-kyle-kamrooz-honored-with-housingwire-vanguard-award-for-mortgage-industry-leadership\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vanguard Award winner<\/a> and by Entrepreneur magazine as an Inspiring Tech Entrepreneur Under 40. He is an active member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/cloudvirga-founder-kyle-kamrooz-accepted-into-forbes-finance-council\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Forbes Finance Council<\/a>, an invitation-only community for senior-level finance executives.<\/p>\n<h3>About Cloudvirga&#x2122;<\/h3>\n<p>Cloudvirga\u2019s digital mortgage point-of-sale (POS) software, powered by the intelligent Mortgage Platform\u00ae, uniquely combines a world-class borrower experience with a truly automated lender workflow that radically cuts overall loan costs, increases transparency and reduces the time to close a loan. Led by top fintech veterans with a track record of building successful mortgage technologies, Cloudvirga\u2019s customer base includes eight of the top 40 non-bank mortgage originators. To date, Cloudvirga has raised over $77 million from some of the country\u2019s top lenders and private-equity firms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudvirga.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cloudvirga.com<\/a> or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/7577062\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cloudvirga on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>@Cloudvirga @OCBizJournal #InnovatoroftheYear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Cloudvirga, a leading provider of digital mortgage software, today announced that company Co-founder Kyle Kamrooz has been named a 2018 &#8220;Innovator of the Year&#8221; by the Orange County Business Journal. Kamrooz was selected from a competitive field of over 70 nominees and honored at an awards luncheon at Hotel Irvine on September 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6993,"featured_media":31218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1,10163,39,6],"tags":[205,10329,6701],"class_list":["post-40306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-honors-news","category-business-news","category-irvine-business","category-mortgage-news","category-software-news","tag-depthpr","tag-innovator-of-the-year","tag-orange-county-business-journal","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":8087,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}