Breakout Session Agenda

The Iron Horn

Breakout Room 1 (JW Room 301/302)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

The 100 That Matter: Operating a Data-Driven Brokerage
Maddie Kamphaus | Planted Local Lending

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Build a Training Culture Without Building a Training Department
Dionne Bass | Ask the Underwriter

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

Tragedy, Transformation, and The Life in Between: Look Up Before Life Forces You To
Ryan Kearns | Kearns Mortgage Team, LLC

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Build Relationships Like A Spy
DJ Christofferson | NEXA Lending

Highland Cattle

Breakout Room 2 (JW Room 303/304)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

The $14 Trillion Mortgage Opportunity: Why Reverse Mortgages May Be The Largest Underserved Market in Mortgage Lending
Mark Hairston & Shara Parker | Texas Mortgage Source LLC

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Master the DSCR Niche: From One Loan to the Investor’s Entire Portfolio
Holly Niemeier | NEXA Lending

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

The Broker Advantage- How to Become the Mortgage Partner Realtors Refuse to Replace
Christine Beckwith | 20/20 Vision for Success Coaching

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Scale Your Business With AI Agents
Carlos Scarpero | Edge Home Finance

The Lonestar

Breakout Room 3 (JW Room 201/202)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

CREATE. DON’T COMPETE: Generating business with social media
Brandon Brotsky | Reach Home Loans

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

You got 30 seconds. Pick a lane!
John Flores | NEXA Lending

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

The Transaction Whisperer: See It Sooner. Solve It Smarter. Become Irreplaceable in the age of AI
Robyn Graves | Success Mortgage LLC

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

No Lead Left Behind – Be the Navy Seal of Loan Officers
Scott Groves | Consolidated Coaching

Branding Room

Breakout Room 4 (JW Room 203/204)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

Processor to Partner
Michelle Hewitt | Hancock Processing

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Credit Playbook: How Top LOs Win More Deals in a Changing Credit Market
Joy Huska Kite & Robin Hart | My Credit Info

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

How to Become Memorable in a World of Noise
Michelle Chretien | Milestone Mortgage Solutions

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Red Time vs Green Time
Michael Radcliffe | Rad CRM

Cattlemens Room

Breakout Room 5 (JW Room Brazos Ballroom)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

How to Scale Your Business Without Ruining Your Life
Artin Babayan | Premier Plus Lending

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Building a Business That Creates Freedom, Not Burnout
Alexa DePaolo | Edge Home Finance

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

Understanding Vantage Score & How It’s Changing Our Industry
Gordon Chin | Advantage Partners Solutions

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Tradition VS Innovation
Tanya Blanchard | Madison Chase Capital Advisors

King Ranch

Breakout Room 6 (JW Room 208)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

Breaking the Law of the Few: Turn Your Whole Team into Top Producers
Michael McAllister | Empower LO

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Green Zone Domination
Darren Copeland | Summit Lending

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

Turn Borrowers Into Clients for Life- How Mortgage Teams Can Stand Out, Build Trust and Create a Referable Experience in the Age of AI
Irene Duford | Loan Team Training

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Human Wins: Personal Service in an AI Mortgage World
Melanie Meyer | Edge Home Finance

Texas Star

Breakout Room 7 (JW Room 211/212)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

The Power of contract processing- more than a vendor, a true partner
Kathy Dey | Apex Processors LLC

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

Retail Shouldn’t Be Winning…But They Are: How to Decode the Retail Playbook & Beat Them at Their Own Game
Mark Howard | C2 Financial

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

From OpenAI to Brokerage Owner: A Practitioner’s Guide to AI in a Mortgage Brokerage
Oren Michaely | Elio Mortgage

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Be A Steward of Hope
Paul Francisco | Go Rascal

The Longhorn

Breakout Room 8 (JW Room 310/311)

2:00 pm – 2:40 pm

How to Stay Stuck at One Deal Every Six Years (And Call It a Strategy): Rethinking What “Repeat Business” Actually Means
Kayla Pelland | FlipCo Financial

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm

How to Suck Less at Sales
Nash Paradise | UMortgage

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm

The ARIVE Roundup: Discover What You’ve Been Missing
Scott Barnard & Amy Hulett | ARIVE

4:30 pm – 5:10 pm

New Ideas To Drive Volume In A Declining Market
John Wise | NewFi