{"id":49661,"date":"2019-06-28T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=49661"},"modified":"2019-06-30T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T17:12:13","slug":"simplenexus-bolsters-senior-leadership-team-to-support-expanding-roster-of-mortgage-lender-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/simplenexus-bolsters-senior-leadership-team-to-support-expanding-roster-of-mortgage-lender-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"SimpleNexus Bolsters Senior Leadership Team to Support Expanding Roster of Mortgage Lender Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEHI, Utah, June 28, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) \u2013 SimpleNexus (<a href=\"https:\/\/simplenexus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/simplenexus.com\/<\/a>), developer of the leading digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers and real estate agents, today announced that it has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointments of three vice presidents to support the company\u2019s rapidly expanding roster of mortgage lender clients.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0628s2p-snexus-newhires-1200x625.jpg\" alt=\"Besaw, McKenzie and Westra join SimpleNexus\" width=\"1200\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49660\" \/><br \/>\n<small><em>*PHOTO caption: (L-R) Kent Besaw, Kevin McKenzie and Shane Westra join SimpleNexus leadership.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur rapidly growing user base underscores a strong lender appetite for digital mortgage tools that help fill referral pipelines and improve loan application conversion,\u201d said SimpleNexus President and COO Ben Miller. \u201cWe are proud to welcome three talented leaders who share SimpleNexus\u2019 commitment to excellence and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The newly appointed executives are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kent Besaw, VP of Customer Success<br \/>\n<\/em>Besaw possesses 17 years of management experience in the financial services and technology sectors and a proven track record of accelerating the growth and impact of customer success teams. In his role as VP of customer success, Besaw will help maximize client outcomes and loyalty. Prior to joining SimpleNexus, Besaw held positions as director of customer success at SaltStack, an IT automation software company, and Instructure, an education and professional development platform. Besaw earned his master\u2019s degree in business administration from Brigham Young University.<\/li>\n<li><em>Kevin McKenzie, VP of Finance<br \/>\n<\/em>McKenzie has 15 years\u2019 experience in financial analysis and controllership. As VP of finance, McKenzie will leverage his finance and accounting acumen to fiscally position SimpleNexus for the next stage of its development. Previously, McKenzie held VP of finance roles at Zane Benefits and AdvancedMD, where he successfully led finance teams to drive scalable growth. McKenzie holds a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Westminster College and a bachelor\u2019s degree in finance from the University of Utah.<\/li>\n<li><em>Shane Westra, VP of Product<br \/>\n<\/em>Westra brings a twenty-year background in product development to his role as VP of product for SimpleNexus. Westra\u2019s penchant for identifying elegant solutions to complex problems will guide his team\u2019s development of SimpleNexus products and user experiences. His past roles in Silicon Valley and Utah\u2019s local tech scene have helped companies such as Bynder and LexisNexis grow revenue and establish mature and scalable product development lifecycles. Westra holds a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Brigham Young University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Besaw, McKenzie and Westra join SimpleNexus\u2019 highly decorated leadership team, whose members have been honorees of the HousingWire Vanguard award, HousingWire Rising Star award and National Mortgage Professional\u2019s 40 Under 40 award.<\/p>\n<p>SimpleNexus empowers more than 20,000 loan officers to \u201cdo more\u201d while serving more than 220 mortgage companies, including 15 of the top 25 retail lenders in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/simplenexus.com\/domore\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/simplenexus.com\/domore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About SimpleNexus, LLC:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>SimpleNexus is the digital mortgage platform that enables lenders to originate and process loans from anywhere. The company\u2019s best-in-class, easy-to-use app connects loan officers to their borrowers and real estate agents to easily communicate and exchange data in a single location throughout the entire loan life cycle. Loan officers can manage their loan pipelines, order credit, run pricing, send pre-approvals and sign disclosures \u2014 all on the go.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @SimpleNexus #digitalmortgage #newhires #peoplemovers<\/p>\n<p>*PHOTO link for media: Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/19-0628s2p-snexus-newhires-300dpi.jpg<br \/>\n*Photo caption (L-R): Kent Besaw, Kevin McKenzie and Shane Westra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEHI, Utah, June 28, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; SimpleNexus, developer of the leading digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers and real estate agents, today announced that it has bolstered its senior leadership team with the appointments of three vice presidents to support the company&#8217;s rapidly expanding roster of mortgage lender clients. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":49660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"singles-wide.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,38,10711,317,39,6,5,130],"tags":[205,9067],"class_list":["post-49661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-finance-news","category-fintech","category-career-news","category-mortgage-news","category-software-news","category-technology-news","category-utah-news","tag-depthpr","tag-digital-mortgage","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4637,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49661","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\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}