GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO – March 4, 2019 – STRATMOR Group today announced that Seth Sprague, CMB, has joined STRATMOR Group as a principal. An executive with more than 20 years of mortgage experience, Sprague brings to STRATMOR significant subject matter expertise in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), servicing, cash flows, liquidity and mortgage profitability strategies.
“We are delighted to have someone of Seth’s caliber and reputation join our team,” said Lisa Springer, senior partner and CEO of STRATMOR Group. “In today’s challenging times, understanding the value of servicing and how it integrates into an organization’s long-term business strategy is of paramount importance. We believe our clients will greatly benefit from Seth’s servicing know-how and unique industry knowledge. By being able to advise lenders on liquidity and servicing strategies, he adds very important expertise to STRATMOR which will bring tremendous value to our clients.”
Sprague’s career has focused on the MSR asset management with an emphasis on valuation, cash flows and profitability of servicing at a variety of firms, including Bank of America and KPMG. Most recently, he served as executive vice president of Trading and Analytics at PHOENIX, a provider of mortgage servicing rights analytics, transactions and advisory services to over 250 clients, where he was responsible for client development and a variety of industry outreach efforts. Prior to joining PHOENIX in 2013, Sprague served as senior vice president and servicing asset manager at SunTrust Mortgage, where he managed the mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio valuation process as well as periodic MSR transactions for over 10 years.
“Today’s environment requires data driven solutions and optimized performance,” said Sprague. “STRATMOR’s suite of proprietary data and industry subject matter experts provides clients optimal opportunity to prosper and grow. I am thrilled to help leverage these resources into practical solutions for our clients, so they may survive and thrive in the ever-changing mortgage environment.”
In 2018, Sprague was appointed as secretary of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) Society. He also serves on several other MBA committees, including the Financial Management Steering Committee, the Council on Residential Mortgage Servicing for the 21st Century, the BASEL Committee and the Servicing Compensation Working Group. Since 2007, Sprague has been an instructor with the MBA School of Mortgage Banking program, where he teaches “Servicing/MSR Day.” He is also as an instructor at the MBA School of Mortgage Servicing. More recently, Sprague has taught a course on the Secondary Market for The National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America.
Sprague is a frequent speaker at various MBA and other industry conferences, often speaking on liquidity and the overall challenges present in the mortgage industry. He holds an MBA from the University of Colorado-Denver and has an undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond with a concentration in Accounting.
Seth can be reached at Seth.Sprague@stratmorgroup.com.
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