USFS Names New President

In Michigan, ""United Shore Financial Services"":http://www.unitedshore.com/, LLC (USFS) has a new leader at the helm. The company named Mat Ishbia as president.

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Ishbia previously served as president of ""United Wholesale Mortgage"":http://www.uwm.com/ (UWM), USFS' largest division and the fastest-growing wholesale mortgage lender in America.

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""This promotion recognizes the tremendous contribution Mat has made to the growth of USFS, including his hard work and success in building UWM into a top-10 wholesale lender and the fastest-growing company in its space,"" said USFS CEO Kip Kirkpatrick. ""Mat is already instrumental in running the larger USFS business day-to-day, and he is having a huge impact on where we are going as a company.""

As president of UWM, Ishbia redesigned the sales team from a traditional outside sales model to an inside sales model, differentiating the company from its competition and boosting its production numbers into the top-10 industry-wide. He is credited with having a leading role in driving USFS to its best year since its founding in 1985.

""I'm excited to take on greater responsibility for the continued growth and development of USFS, which is enhancing our ability to meet our clients' needs through a combination of service, technology and industry-leading turn times,"" Ishbia said. ""We are determined to be the partner of choice for our clients, and, ultimately, to build the premier independent mortgage bank in the U.S.""