OpenClose has hired technology veteran Chris Olsen for its newly created position of vice president of sales engineering, the company announced.
OpenClose said Olsen will provide software support for its sales executives catering to mortgage bankers, credit unions, community banks and other real estate entities.
“Chris brings a unique blend of enterprise-level solution-based experience, sales engineering methods supporting large lenders, development knowledge, project execution and management expertise from start-ups to Fortune 500 Companies,” OpenClose Chief Revenue Officer Vince Furey said in a release. “He will serve as a valuable resource for our organization as our rapid growth continues.”
Olsen previously served a senior technical sales engineer at Ellie Mae, where he led multiple cross-organization training initiatives for new product introductions and positioning, provided consultative custom development insight and assisted with the onboarding of new lender customers. Prior to Ellie Mae, Olsen was a project manager and assistant vice president at JP Morgan Chase.
“I look forward to working with lenders and taking OpenClose’s pre and post sales engineering to the next level,” Olsen said. “The completely browser-based comprehensive mortgage software suite that OpenClose has developed and continues to expand on is in high demand by a variety of different lending entities of all types and sizes.”
“OpenClose is an innovative and nimble software firm that has major advantages over the competition,” Olsen added. “I will enjoy showcasing their immense strengths, disruptive software model and far-reaching lender benefits.”