Erin Wester has been promoted to chief product officer while Mike Vough has been promoted to head of corporate strategy at secondary marketing software firm Optimal Blue.
Wester was formerly focused on the company’s product and pricing solutions. She will now oversee product strategy for the entire Optimal Blue capital markets platform, which includes product and pricing, broker pricing solutions, hedging and trading platforms, investor services solutions, Comergence compliance solutions, user experience and design departments, and the integrations department. She will also lead Optimal Blue’s initiative to deliver more value to clients without incremental costs to ultimately improve their ROI.
Vough, who was previously leading the strategy for Optimal Blue’s hedging and trading solutions, will now focus on corporate strategy, which includes business development to support the company’s integration partner network, as well as corporate development to drive its acquisition strategy. Vough will also drive the continued growth of Optimal Blue’s data business, including the company’s data reseller partners.
“At Optimal Blue, we are very fortunate to not only have the latest and most accurate technology in the industry, but we also have proven industry experts that bring incredible experience in all aspects of secondary marketing,” says Joe Tyrrell, CEO of Optimal Blue, in a release. “By aligning all product strategy under a mortgage technology expert like Erin, we will accelerate the delivery of value and innovation to our clients.”
”We’re not just building new client value; we are also actively acquiring and partnering,” Tyrell adds. “As the leading secondary marketing platform in the industry, it is important that we are complementing our own innovation with both acquired solutions and strategic partnerships to do more for our clients. Mike’s background in all aspects of capital markets, business enablement and growth strategy will enable us to move quicker here as well.”