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Leadership

Brian Lang , Chief Executive Officer

Brian Lang was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Real Matters and joined its Board of Directors in November 2020. Mr. Lang joined Real Matters as President and Chief Operating Officer in June 2019. Prior to joining Real Matters, Mr. Lang was President of MasterCard Canada. Lang’s career with MasterCard spanned more than 13 years during which he held a number of senior executive positions in various geographies including Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. Prior to MasterCard, Lang held key management roles with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Aeroplan. Mr. Lang is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts. He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has served on Junior Achievement Boards in three regions. Mr. Lang is also on the board of directors of Crescent School and Brock University, and is an active United Way MIG member.

Rodrigo Pinto , Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Rodrigo Pinto has more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting across various industries including financial services and real estate. Prior to joining Real Matters in April 2023, Mr. Pinto was at Royal LePage Real Estate Services where he led the team responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and taxation, and played a key role in the company’s long-term strategy and acquisitions. Prior to Royal LePage, Mr. Pinto served as Chief Financial Officer of The Nationwide Group of Companies and MBAC Fertilizer Corp. (TSX: MBC). He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brazil and in the United States. Mr. Pinto worked as a management consultant at Fannie Mae and subsequently moved into senior accounting and finance positions at Yamana Gold (TSX:YRI, NYSE:AUY, LSE:AUY) and TD Bank Group (TSX,NYSE: TD). Mr. Pinto is a Chartered Professional Accountant in the U.S. and Canada.

Loren Cooke , Executive Vice President and President of Solidifi

Mr. Cooke has 20 years of industry-related experience in promoting and deploying business solutions to the financial services market with an extensive focus on real estate valuation services, mortgage and loan origination technologies and data management. He joined Real Matters in 2008. Prior to joining Real Matters, Mr. Cooke held several senior management positions at Filogix Limited Partnership (a division of Davis & Henderson) and Equifax Inc. in the areas of sales and marketing, operations, client delivery and professional services.

Kim Montgomery , Executive Vice President

Ms. Montgomery leads the team responsible for extending Real Matters’ core network operations management capabilities across new product verticals and aligning acquisitions. She joined the Company in 2008 and has been instrumental in building Solidifi’s U.S. operations. With more than 15 years of experience in the mortgage lending industry, Ms. Montgomery has a proven track record of identifying and implementing new business practices and delivering high growth. Her diverse background includes leadership positions in sales, operations and compliance, and managing large teams across multiple geographies. Prior to joining Real Matters, Ms. Montgomery held a number of progressively senior roles at HSBC Financial Corp., including leading the virtual mortgage lending channel in Canada.

Ryan Smith , Executive Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Smith has more than 20 years of experience in mortgage technologies and a wealth of experience in driving high-growth, cross-company engineering initiatives and collaboration strategies that deliver mission critical business solutions. He joined Real Matters in 2006. Throughout his career, Mr. Smith has demonstrated experience in building solutions for the Canadian and U.S. mortgage industries and has gained extensive knowledge and involvement in real estate collateral assessment and mortgage processing. Mr. Smith has held various executive positions at multiple organizations within the industry. As Vice President at Basis100, Mr. Smith led business units responsible for point-of-sale applications designed for mortgage brokers as well as managed the development and implementation of an automated underwriting system for lending institutions. Mr. Smith also led the market requirements and delivery of a U.S. collateral assessment solution, which brought the leading automated valuation model (“AVM”) and appraisal companies onto a single transaction platform.