Stephanie Durflinger has joined Dark Matter Technologies, a new mortgage lending technology firm, as chief product officer.
Durflinger is a 15-year mortgage technology veteran. She was previously with ICE Mortgage Technology, where she most recently served as senior vice president of product development.
Prior to her experience at ICE, Durflinger served as executive vice president and chief product officer at Sagent Lending Technologies and as vice president of product management at Ellie Mae, which developed Encompass.
“Stephanie is an important part of the management team we’re assembling to transform the mortgage lending landscape,” says Rich Gagliano, CEO of Dark Matter, in a release. “She is a proven industry leader and strategic thinker whose industry experience is a perfect match for taking our products into the future. We are excited to have Stephanie contribute to our continued market penetration and help Empower reach its full potential in the marketplace.”
As chief product officer, Durflinger will spearhead product development for the Empower software and digital products.
“I’m energized by the opportunity to work with Rich and the rest of the executive team on the future they’ve envisioned for Dark Matter’s origination technology and for the industry at large,” says Durflinger. “I’m also looking forward to working closely with customers, which I think is key to understanding their struggles and giving them unprecedented performance and value.”