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Sig Anderman
Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for the company's vision, strategic direction, and management of the executive team, Sig is a pioneer in mortgage industry automation. Twenty years ago, long before the advent of the Internet or even personal computers, he pioneered the use of computer technology in the mortgage industry by founding CompuFund—the first computer-based mortgage banking network in the country—and coining the phrase "CLO": computerized loan origination. Ellie Mae is his fourth successful business venture during the past 30 years. In addition to CompuFund (which was sold to a major financial institution), he co-founded American Home Shield, the oldest and largest home warranty company in the country (now a division of ServiceMaster) and Inspectech Corp, the largest home inspection company in the western United States (now a division of LandAmerica).

Edgar Luce
Chief Financial Officer
Responsible for financial operations at Ellie Mae, Ed has over twenty years of financial, operational and management experience, primarily in the technology and life science arenas. Since starting his career with Price Waterhouse and moving to Datapoint Corporation (networking devices and automatic call distribution products), Ed has served as Chief Financial Officer for several firms in the Bay Area, in industries including software, medical devices, pharmaceutical, and consumer products. He has worked with venture backed companies which ranged from pre-revenue to over $100 million in sales, and has led or participated in both public (IPO) and private equity financings totaling over $200 million. Ed holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA in finance from UCLA.

Limin Hu
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Responsible for Ellie Mae's technology, product development, and information systems, Limin started his career with IBM's T. J. Watson and Almaden Research Centers. At IBM, he developed advanced technologies in networking, systems architecture, multimedia software, and database management. In 1994, he became vice president and general manager for Teknekron Corporation, a large systems development company in Silicon Valley. Immediately prior to co-founding Ellie Mae with Sig Anderman, he managed his own consulting firm, handling Internet-based accounts. Limin has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joseph Langner
Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for overseeing Ellie Mae's daily operations, Joe previously held the role of SVP of Sales at Ellie Mae. Joe came to Ellie Mae from the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation, where he was senior vice president and general manager of the Small Business Solutions division. This division was established to support the company's growth strategy by expanding the D&B brand into the small business market. Joe joined D&B in 1986 and held a variety of sales and marketing management positions there, including senior vice president for U.S. sales with responsibility for indirect sales, retail Internet sales, customer education, customer service, sales and revenue forecasting, compensation, business planning and analysis, sales process improvement, back-office systems and infrastructure, sales force automation, and strategic planning and research. Prior to that, Joe was a D&B vice president and regional manager. Joe has received numerous awards for sales and leadership accomplishments. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Davis.

Jonathan Corr
Chief Strategic Officer
Responsible for product strategy at Ellie Mae, Jonathan has a wealth of marketing, strategy, and product management experience at several leading high technology and Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, he was vice president of product strategy for PeopleSoft, a leading enterprise software company. Prior to PeopleSoft, he was vice president of product management for Kana, a top provider of customer relationship management software. Jonathan went to Kana as part of its acquisition of Broadbase Software, a maker of intelligent customer-interaction software. At Broadbase, he was VP of product management, instrumental in growing the company from $12 million in sales to $100 million in less than two years. Corr joined Broadbase as part of its acquisition of Rubric, where he was director of product management. At Rubric, he led product direction and helped establish Rubric as the leader in marketing automation software. Jonathan has also held product marketing and product management positions for Apple Computer, Tandem, Compaq, and Netscape, where he managed the award-winning Netscape browser. His credentials include a BS in Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Richard Roof
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Responsible for Ellie Mae's strategic partner relationships, Rich has an extensive knowledge of Internet-based mortgage technologies and was designated a "Tech Pioneer" by the mortgage industry trade press. He started his business career as a loan officer for Timber Investment and Mortgage Services. Several years later he moved into high-tech and subsequently held management positions at Xerox, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. He later returned to the mortgage industry and was a co-founder of National Mortgage Affiliates, which became one of the largest mortgage origination chains in the country. Prior to joining Ellie Mae he was executive vice president of marketing and support for Mortgage Net Technologies. His credentials include a BS in Finance from California State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Philip Yee
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Training
Responsible for Ellie Mae’s strategic marketing direction, Philip has extensive experience in leading branding and marketing efforts for the residential mortgage industry, including mortgage lenders, Internet-based products and start-up ventures. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, Philip served as Chief Marketing Officer for LoanCity, where he was responsible for the marketing direction of a $5 billion, technology-driven national wholesale mortgage lender. At DeepGreen Bank, Philip served as CMO, leading research and marketing efforts at this innovative Internet-only national home equity lender. At Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Philip served as CMO and led product development and strategic marketing initiatives for its $80 billion retail, wholesale, correspondent and related mortgage divisions, in addition to re-branding Norwest Mortgage into Wells Fargo. As SVP of Marketing Services and Corporate Communications Director for Amerin Guaranty, Philip helped grow a $200 million start-up venture into one of the most dominant mortgage insurance providers in the nation. After completing a successful IPO, Philip re-branded the newly Amerin/CMAC merged company into Radian Guaranty. Philip has also served as marketing director for Chemical Residential Mortgage Corporation, Bank of America’s Residential Loan Division, Prudential Home Mortgage and Great Western Bank.

Ting Wu
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Responsible for software development at Ellie Mae— including websites, loan origination software and partner integrations—Ting came from Standard & Poor's ComStock, an information provider for financial professionals. At ComStock, he was the lead architect, designing and developing a high-performance information distribution system that transmitted real-time information over the Internet to thousands of desktop users simultaneously. Previous to Standard & Poor, Ting served in research and development positions focused on Internet-based and client-server technologies at IBM and Prodigy. Before that, he worked as a faculty staff researcher for The Center for Automation Research at the University of Maryland, where he published numerous papers on computer vision and pattern recognition. Ting has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Chris Lin
Vice President of Infrastructure and eCommerce
Responsible for Ellie Mae's ePASS transaction technology, Chris has extensive experience in information technology infrastructure, multimedia, data networking, mobile applications, and ecommerce and Internet applications. Before joining Ellie Mae, Chris was in the CTO office and headed the Shanghai R&D Center for Universal Scientific Industrial, a billion-dollar global manufacturer of IT products for IBM and other companies. Prior to USI, he founded and served as president and CEO of iDini Corporation, a wireless-computing services provider for enterprises and carriers. Before that, he was chief technologist at NPL, Inc., in San Jose, where he headed the application-specific standard product organization, including the networking, video, and display product groups. Chris has also held technical management positions at HolonTech Corporation, an ecommerce resource-management firm, NEC America, the networking products and software division of the electronics giant, and Lucent Technologies/AT&T Bell Laboratories. Chris holds MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.

Lucille Johnson
Vice President of Document Services
Responsible for Ellie Mae's desktop and online document services, Lucille has an extensive background in the mortgage, financial services, and retail industries. Before joining Ellie Mae, she funded wholesale loans at Imperial Credit Industries, in San Jose, verifying and analyzing final documents for conventional and government loans, with an emphasis on underwriting and program-guideline compliance. Prior to that, she funded and closed retail loans at Orange Coast Mortgage, Inc., in Irvine, California, where she oversaw the preparation and drawing of final residential loan documents, then proofed and packaged loan documents for submission to wholesale lenders. Before that, Lucille held a number of retail management positions, including operations manager for AfterMart, Inc., in Irvine, store manager for the Red Balloon clothing store in Newport Beach, and divisional manager and buyer at I. Magnin & Co., in Santa Clara.

Lisa Bruun
Vice President of Human Resources and Operations
Responsible for people management at Ellie Mae, Lisa has fifteen years of experience managing technical and professional human resource organizations. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, she served as an HR consultant at Levis Strauss & Co. and director of recruitment for COMSYS Technical Services. Before that, she was vice president of human resources and administration at 800-Software, Inc., a subsidiary of Digital Equipment Corporation, where she developed and implemented HR strategies and oversaw employee relations, legal compliance, and performance standards evaluation. Her administrative duties included championing the company's continuous-improvement initiatives and supervising corporate office services, security, real estate, and telecommunications. Lisa is a SPHR-SHRM Certified Senior Human Resource Professional.