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19 risk program at Planet Home Lending. He will also enhance the governance, risk management, and compliance processes for the organization. "I've always had a passion for improving how companies approach risk and finding solutions for enhancements between the business and risk, legal, and compliance. Joining Planet is an exciting opportunity because the management team places great emphasis on being a leader in all processes, including risks, controls, compliance, audit, and regulatory examinations," Joles said. Before joining the company, Joles was the VP of Internal Audit at Finance of America Mortgage, where he performed risk assessments and evaluated potential exposures. He has also had additional risk and internal audit leadership positions, including VP of Risk and Compliance at Nationstar Mortgage (Mr. Cooper) and VP of Risk Management at Pacific Union Financial, LLC. Keller joined Planet Home Lending in 2018 as the Eastern Division Production Manager. Now, as SVP of Strategic Initiatives, Keller helps the company achieve competitive advantages and gain cost efficiencies. She will also formulate policies and procedures to keep the company first in class in compliance. Keller has spent more than 20 years in the mortgage industry. Her extensive knowledge positions her perfectly to lead strategic initiatives across Planet's correspondent, distributed, and retention retail, servicing, subservicing, and residential transition loan business lines. "Having been at Planet for the last year and a half, I have been able to strategically assist with developing the retail sector of the company," Keller said. "In my new position, I'm looking forward to building on Planet's strengths, implementing new procedures to streamline our lines of business, and sharing what works best across our multiple channels." "Joining Planet is an exciting opportunity because the management team places great emphasis on being a leader in all processes, including risks, controls, compliance, audit, and regulatory examinations." —Christopher Joles, SVP and Enterprise Risk Officer, Planet Home Lending, LLC S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R S BLACK KNIGHT ANNOUNCES TWO STRATEGIC HIRES Black Knight, Inc., a provider of integrated software, data, and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, announced that industry veterans Richard Lombardi and Kevin Hughes have joined the company's Data & Analytics organization. Lombardi will serve as SVP for Data Strategy & Innovation, and Hughes will be SVP of Sales and Business Development for Black Knight's Multiple Listing Services (MLS) technology business. Each industry veteran brings decades of knowledge to the Black Knight team. "is gives Black Knight a tremendous opportunity to benefit from the talent and in-depth industry knowledge that Richard and Kevin bring to the team," said Ben Graboske, President of Black Knight Data & Analytics. "ey are both consummate professionals with deep experience who bring great skill and insight to our organization and will fit in well with Black Knight's spirit of innovation and acting with urgency to support clients' needs." Before joining Black Knight, Lombardi served as COO of ATTOM Data Solutions, responsible for oversight of operations, sales, customer success, and contracts. Before that, he was VP of Data Solutions and Licensing at CoreLogic, responsible for overall sales strategy and field engagement within the National Licensing division. "Black Knight is clearly leading the industry in terms of innovating around real estate and mortgage data and analytics," Lombardi said. "ere is no other company in the market that is making such fundamental improvements to so many aspects of the real estate/mortgage continuum. I'm proud to be joining such a future-forward enterprise." Hughes is also a recognized industry innovator, having most recently served as chief executive officer of the technology start-up BoxMLS. A co-founder of Clareity Security, Hughes is also a featured speaker and panelist expert at numerous industry conferences, including multiple National Association of Realtors conferences, Clareity workshops, and state, local, and MLS specific trade shows/ conferences. "ese are very exciting—and challenging— days for the real estate industry," Hughes said. "e environment calls for vision and innovation, and Black Knight embodies both. e organization is also amazingly nimble for such a large and established company, which was a very strong draw for me. I'm honored to join the Black Knight team." "[Richard Lombardi and Kevin Hughes] are both consummate professionals with deep experience who bring great skill and insight to our organization, and will fit in well with Black Knight's spirit of innovation and acting with urgency to support clients' needs." —Ben Graboske, President, Black Knight Data & Analytics