This week we have Chris McEntee on the program to discuss the transition to digital mortgages!

Chris McEntee is President of ICE Mortgage Services, the business unit responsible for the operations of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, (“MERS System”) and Simplifile, which are part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE).

In this role, McEntee is responsible for the management of ICE Mortgage Services, as well as M&A, partnerships and alliances for various business segments, including mortgage finance and emerging technologies. He started at ICE in March 2011 as Senior Director of Corporate Development.

Prior to joining ICE, McEntee worked at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta as a Director and managed the marketing of lending programs, supported product development, and served on multiple executive committees. He began his career as an Editor and Bureau Chief for The Bond Buyer, and was the National Editor until 1999.

McEntee earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Michael’s College and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University, where he has taught as a part-time professor at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
1. Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
2. Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence
3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The first half of the Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Updates: we’ve got Rob VanRaaphorst with his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Joe Farr providing you a rate & market update, followed by Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update,Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report of the latest technology impacting our industry and then we wrap up the first half the program with Dr. Andy Schell: aka Doctor Schell the Profit Doctor sharing ideas on how to improve your bottom line.