dark matter technology,before black knight Origin TechnologyThe company announced on Tuesday the appointment of Vikas Rao as its deputy chief product officer.
In his new role, Rao will report directly to Chief Product Officer Stephanie Durflinger. His responsibilities include overseeing enhancements to the Empower Loan Origination System (LOS) and building Dark Matter’s developer community. The program is designed to help mortgage lenders embed automation more deeply into their origination workflows while enabling tighter integration of their systems through open application programming interfaces (APIs) and widgets.
Prior to joining Dark Matter Technologies, Rao served as Vice President of Product Management at: Ellie Maea mortgage origination technology provider, was intercontinental exchange It will reach US$11 billion in 2020.
While at Ellie Mae, Rao led product strategy for the Encompass loan origination platform and Developer Connect solutions, a set of APIs that enable lenders and partners to securely share information.
“Vikas has an impressive track record of success in driving digital innovation and API usage in mortgage origination,” Dark Matter CEO Rich Gagliano said in a statement. “With his technical expertise and effective leadership style, Vikas will play a key role in our mission of empowering lenders through artificial intelligence, automation and innovation.”
Rao brings more than 15 years of software engineering, product management, and technology leadership experience with public and private companies in the mortgage industry and the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial ecosystem.
