Meet the Home Lending Pal Team
Steve Better
As COO Steven oversees the day to day operations of the company and the development of our AI models. Before launching HLP he was a…
Bryan Young
Bryan has a track record of success as an entrepreneur and in corporate America. At 24, he was recognized by both Bloomberg and Ernst and…
Joey Barrow
Joey is a President’s Club level mortgage broker with more than 20 years of industry experience. He provides the voice of the customer in all…
Dr. Shoaib Shaikh
Gary Simms, Jr
Gary is a seasoned audit and compliance professional. His experiences include providing risk assessments and control design and implementation for a Fortune 500 company as…
Frank Pollock
For more than 20 years Frank has worked at the intersection of Marketing, Innovation and Technology. He learned his craft at the McCombs school of…
Cheron Bruce
With over 15 years of experience in IT, Cheron Bruce has contributed in leading teams in the hospitality, health and human services, government, and financial…
Rashad Sabree
Rashad has a background in application development as a full stack developer. He is an Army Veteran and studied information technology at Austin Peay State…
Jake Shivers
Jake Shivers graduated from Utah State University and lives in Farmington, Utah. He has 14 years of data engineering and business intelligence experience. Jake has…
Maria Munaro
Maria is a solution architect with over 20 years experience in the industry particularly in the banking and government industry. She started her career at…
Michael Blake
Michael Blake is an expert in efficient and secure management of distributed and decentralized data products. His 2013 paper "Smart Technology for Big Data" provided…
Sarmad Zargham
Sarmad is a full-stack developer having about three years of experience and expertise in different JavaScript libraries and frameworks. Due to his interest in Machine…
Mark Slawinski
Mark is a seasoned loan officer. He has managed a branch office and worked with a multitude of lenders while brokering loans as well. His…
Matias Salimbene
Matias is an IT professional with roughly 20 years of experience, of which the last 15 took place on an international tech corporation where he…
Kyle Walsh
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering, Kyle worked at a variety of companies…
Chadwick Maycumber
After graduating from UCF with a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. Chad has worked as an application developer, startup consultant, and founded a variety of…
Brandon Mendez
Dr. Brandon Mendez is the interim CFO for Home Lending Pal. He has worked with startups to advise on financing and accounting decisions, processes, and…
Spencer Barnes
Dr. Spencer Barnes is the interim Chief Economist for Home Lending Pal. He has worked with startups to provide insight to owners on economic and…
Join Our Team
The Home Lending Pal team is composed of incredibly driven, innovative, collaborative, and curious people who love architecting and building from scratch. Everyone at the company is encouraged to be an individual contributor but also a team collaborator.