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People who Power GMFS                                                                                                  Department Spotlight: IT











      JUDI                                                                                               JENNIE                       This quarter we are spotlighting the IT Department!
      LANDRY,                                                                                       ARMAND,                           The IT department is comprised of six full time employees, averaging ten years of service


      VA DEPARTMENT                                                                              LOAN SERVICING                       with three employees having an average of sixteen years. Although a small department at
                                                                                                                                      GMFS, they are tackling big projects to help increase efficiencies. Joel was asked to report
      MANAGER                                                                                            SPECIALIST                   on a few changes we can expect to see this year.


                                                                                                                                      “The IT Department will be installing a new view of MortgageBuilder called “SB Client”.
                                                                                                                                      Having a similar functionality as the previous version that will result in a more stable sys-

                                                                                                                                      tem and will better enable DocuSign.”

                                                                                                                                      Migrating MortgageBuilder to the new DocuSign module, installing a new e-mail system
      Judi Landry is the VA department manager and              Jennie Armand is a Loan Servicing Specialist at

      respectfully known to her peers as the “VA Expert         the corporate office. She has become the “go-to”                      and replacing 125 computers are some of the department’s biggest projects.
      of the Industry.” She is the go-to person, offering a     person for customer-related flood inquiries. A few of                 “ We are a high performing, cross functional team having many skillsets that provide many
      wealth of knowledge and superior customer service.        our borrowers have even stopped her in the grocery                    solutions to many undocumented problems. Whether its managing fifty virtual servers and
                                                                store!
                                                                                                                                      Microsoft’s weekly updates to daily MortgageBuilder challenges, everyone on the team has
      Judi started at GMFS in 2008. Before GMFS, Judi           Jennie started working at GMFS in June 2016.                          the expertise to solve 99% of the issues that are encountered by 270 users.”
      previously spent 16 year in banking, working various      Shortly after starting, the August 2016 flood

      deparments within their mortgage operations, such         occurred, causing her role to focus on servicing flood                                            Thank you for all that you do!
      as: loan origination, secondary, processing, lead         impacted borrowers – a stressful challenge she is
                                                                able to accomplish with teamwork and a knack for
      generating and call center management.                    customer satisfaction.


      Judi is inspired by meaningful work and recognition.      A typical day for Jennie is helping customers file their
      Her biggest professional challenge is having the time     claims, scheduling inspections and helping  with loan

      to train others, but it is something she enjoys. In her   modifications if borrowers have been unable to make
      own words, the best part of her job is “the analytical    their mortgage payments

      part of my job while still working hands on with training   In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her
      loan officers and others in the VA program.”              grandbabies and taking road trips with her husband
                                                                on their motorcycle.

      When asked, “What does GMFS mean to you?” She             “I take the phrase “Changing Lives” very seriously
      replied, “caring people and stability.”                   and I do my best every day to make a difference,”
                                                                Jennie says.                                                     THE GMFS IT DEPARTMENT:

              Thank you Judi for your hard work!                                                                                 BOONE ANDERSON, RYAN AUCOIN, JENNIE BACKERS, BEAU MEISNER,
                                                                 Thank you for helping so many of our borrowers                  SCOTT MURRY, BLAKE ROACH, JILL SAVOIE, JOEL SWETNAM
                                                                          Jennie! Keep up the great work!
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