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Floify named Bryan Traeger general manager effective Oct. 12, with a mandate focused on AI, borrower experience and lowering mortgage origination costs.
Mortgage point-of-sale provider Floify has named Bryan Traeger general manager, putting a mortgage-technology executive with experience in M&A, lender operations and capital markets in charge of the company’s next phase of product development.
Floify said Tuesday that Traeger will officially assume the role Oct. 12. His mandate includes expanding the company’s use of artificial intelligence and improving both the borrower experience and lender economics.
Traeger most recently worked in corporate development at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota. Before that, he spent nearly six years at mortgage fintech Maxwell, where his work included acquisitions of LenderSelect Mortgage Group and point-of-sale company Revvin, formerly MortgageHippo.
He previously served as vice president of corporate development, IT and marketing at HomeServices Lending, a Berkshire Hathaway company, and worked on capital markets initiatives for the lender.
“The POS is not just an intake form. It is where the digital borrower experience begins,” Traeger said in the announcement, describing an opportunity to extend the platform beyond the initial mortgage application.
AI becomes a larger part of the mortgage POS
Floify is a subsidiary of Porch Group and provides a configurable mortgage point-of-sale platform for applications, communications and document exchange. Its Dynamic AI product moves document collection and AI-assisted data extraction earlier in the application process, with the goal of prepopulating verified information and accelerating preapprovals.
The leadership change comes as mortgage technology companies face competing demands from lenders: reduce origination costs, automate more routine work and improve conversion without sacrificing compliance or borrower service.
Traeger will take over as mortgage lenders are scrutinizing technology spending particularly closely. With origination volumes pressured by high rates, products that can demonstrate measurable cost or cycle-time improvements have a stronger case for lender budgets than technology sold primarily on feature expansion.
