Mortgage Cadence, Inc., a leading end-to-end mortgage lending platform provider, has named Gerard J. Heinz its chief operating officer (COO).

Heinz's primary objective as COO is to support Mortgage Cadence's growth and to lead it into the next stage of maturity as a product company and to establish Mortgage Cadence as the standard for mortgage technology. He will be responsible for Mortgage Cadence's product direction, development, support, and education.

"Our vision is to be the last lending platform a mortgage professional will ever need," stated Michael Detwiler, chief executive officer of Mortgage Cadence. "Our product offering currently solves everyday business problems and delivers real world tangible benefits. By utilizing Jerry's background and technical knowledge, I feel we can build upon our current technology platform and the sales momentum we are already receiving and continue to develop functionality that innovates the mortgage process with an eye toward the eventual realization of e-Mortgages."

Heinz has 30 years of operation and organizational expertise within both the mortgage and technology industry. In that time, he has held senior roles in finance, secondary marketing, mortgage operations, servicing and mortgage related technology. Heinz's consulting resume spans back-office operational reengineering and support, warehouse lending audits, technology reviews, technology design, project management and default management. He has also designed and managed the development of multi-channel mortgage production systems. Heinz has been a proponent of e-commerce solutions; working with various firms and investors to implement paperless processing and servicing solutions while promoting data centric architectures to provide analytical and decisioning in support of a final e-Mortgage solution.

"I am excited about the opportunity being presented to me at Mortgage Cadence," stated Heinz. "In my career, I have focused on the potential of leveraging existing technology to streamline the mortgage process. Mortgage Cadence is uniquely qualified to advance this objective, in that it is built upon a service oriented architecture technology platform that is necessary to deliver this vision."


About Mortgage Cadence
Mortgage Cadence supplies mortgage lending platforms that enable companies to focus on profitability and superior service. Comprised of comprehensive end-to-end loan origination software at its core, a business rule management system (BRMS), workflow engine, product and pricing functionality, automated underwriting, imaging/electronic document management and document preparation services, the system gives companies the flexibility to readily adapt to industry changes and easily capitalize on new business opportunities. Built on an ever-evolving, SOA-based architecture, consisting of functionality to innovate the mortgage process, and an eye toward the eventual realization of e-Mortgages, Mortgage Cadence provides the last lending platform a company will ever need. To learn more, please visit us on the Web at http://www.mortgagecadence.com.