Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
Latest NewsRob Couch is a member of the Banking and Financial Services, Real Estate and Governmental Affairs practice groups at the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. He also serves as a Commissioner on the Housing Commission of the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC. Rob served as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2006 to 2008. Prior to his position with HUD, Rob served as President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). He also served as a member of President George W. Bush's Task Force on the Status of Puerto Rico. Rob�s first tour of duty in government was as a law clerk to Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr., associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.Rob has a wealth of private sector skills and experience. He currently serves as a director of Prospect Mortgage Co., Sherman Oaks, CA, and as a director of American Capital Agency Corp. and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp., both of Bethesda, MD. Prior to his government service, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of New South Federal Savings Bank in Birmingham, AL. An active member of the mortgage banking industry, Rob is a former Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. Rob is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Certified Mortgage Banker (master certificate).
Alex Kangelaris is CEO and managing partner at Wall Street Emprises LLC. He has over 25 years of mortgage industry and capital markets experience.
Michael Adomatis has a broad background in the lending space focusing for a nearly a decade on life-of-loan management, including origination processes and sales strategy as well as servicing and end-of-loan disposition. Since joining Fiserv, Michael has performed various consulting, product development and product management functions. In his current role with the company�s Lending Solutions Division, Michael�s unique viewpoint takes aim at challenging the current norms of �business as usual� and lends a creative spirit moving into the future of servicing technology.Prior to joining Fiserv, he spent time as a project manager in the health care industry, concentrating on health information systems management outpatient ordering implementation and consulting.Michael received the project management professional credential through the Project Management Institute and is astute at standardizing and applying project management principles throughout the technology assessment and product road mapping processes.Michael is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan State University.��
Alice Alvey was co-founder of Mortgage U in 1996 and now heads Indecomm�s Mortgage Learning division. She has created customized mortgage training programs, including automated compliance Health Checklists and procedure manuals. She is the author of the FHA and VA Practical Guides now distributed by Indecomm. Alvey is a Master Certified Mortgage Banker and serves on the advisory board for Habitat for Humanity Michigan Fund. Previously she served on Fannie Mae�s Risk Management Advisory Counsel and in 2009 she received the James T. Barnes award for significant contributions to the mortgage banking industry.
Reid F. Herlihy provides regulatory and transactional advice for clients on a range of issues involving state and federal consumer finance laws. Mr. Herlihy counsels mortgage companies, servicers, consumer finance companies, financial institutions, investment banks, debt collectors, and secondary-market investors on state and federal regulatory compliance issues. Mr. Herlihy regularly assists clients with meeting state and federal licensing and approval requirements, including those related to stock and asset acquisitions. He has extensive experience with the SAFE Act and has counseled numerous mortgage companies, servicers, and third-party service providers on implementing those requirements. He also assists clients with state and federal examination issues and regulatory actions, and counsels clients on laws regarding advertising, fair debt collection, disclosures, loss mitigation, foreclosure procedures, and business practices. Mr. Herlihy frequently prepares multistate regulatory surveys and analyses on a wide range of matters concerning residential mortgage lending, brokering, and servicing, and assists companies in implementing new state laws and regulations.Mr. Herlihy authored the �Fair Debt Collection Practices Act� chapter of Mortgage Finance Regulation Answer Book 2011-2012, published by the Practising Law Institute.
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Todd J. Fisher is the founder and chairman of Intraprise Solutions, a custom software technology firm.
Craig Freel, CFA, serves as Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management at RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation where he oversees RoundPoint�s MSR trading desk and its business analytics team. During his tenure at RoundPoint, Mr. Freel has also been responsible for all MSR acquisition activity and has led key initiatives to improve RoundPoint�s customer contract strategies, loss mitigation fulfillment, default management and analytics and reporting.
Mike has spent nearly 30 years in the mortgage and financial services industries. Prior to co-founding CrossCheck, he was associated with The Prieston Group, a firm he helped launch that provides fraud prevention, and indemnification services to the mortgage industry. Prior to joining The Prieston Group, he spent 16 years with Household International. During his career with Household, he served in a variety of positions, including national sales director of Household�s correspondent mortgage business and chief financial officer of Household�s consumer finance business, Household Finance. Mike began his professional career with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young and is a Certified Public Accountant.He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.








