Tavant Named to the 2019 IDC FinTech Rankings
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019 Tavant, a Silicon Valley-based provider of AI-powered digital lending technologies, announced today it has been named to the 2019 IDC FinTech Rankings, the most comprehensive vendor ranking within the financial services industry. The annual IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings recognizes companies that are among the top financial technology providers worldwide and includes rankings of top global technology providers to financial institutions. The rankings are based on 2018 calendar year revenues of hardware, software and IT services from financial institutions. Global providers of financial technology in hardware, software and services are categorized and evaluated by IDC to determine key players in the space. “IDC is honored to recognize the technology providers that appear on the 16th annual FinTech Rankings,” said Marc DeCastro, Research Director at IDC Financial Insights. “These are the companies that have shown commitment to the financial services institutions and their appearance on the list is a testament to that dedication.” Now in its 16th year, the IDC FinTech Rankings categorize and evaluate the top global providers of financial technology based on calendar year revenues from financial institutions for hardware, software and/or services. These providers supply the technological backbone of the financial services industry, an industry in which IDC Financial Insights forecasts worldwide spending on IT across the globe to reach half a trillion dollars by 2020. “Being named in the IDC FinTech Rankings is a significant accomplishment, demonstrating a provider’s commitment to the success of its financial institution clients,” states Marc DeCastro, Research Director at IDC Financial Insights. “The IDC Fintech Rankings, now in its 16th year, is the global standard list of fintech providers to the industry, and we congratulate the 2019 winners.” The annual IDC FinTech Rankings has become an important measure of the health and direction of technology in the industry and the emergence of innovative solutions from new players. In addition, the IDC FinTech Rankings serve as a critical tool for financial institutions and companies to use during strategic planning and to review whenever they consider new investments in third-party solutions. Tavant and the additional vendors featured in the 2018 IDC FinTech Rankings lead the charge in guiding financial institutions toward successfully executing digital transformation initiatives in an increasingly digital economy. “IDC Financial Insights is widely recognized as a thought leader at the forefront of our industry and we are honored to be included in its annual fintech ranking,” said Hassan Rashid, CRO, Tavant. “This recognition is a testament to our ongoing commitment to innovation and providing our customers a competitive edge in an increasingly demanding market. Tavant’s vision from day one has been focused on providing unparalleled solutions to meet the business goals of our customers. We have achieved this by consistently focusing on our people, the passion we bring to the partnerships and all-round excellence in everything we undertake.” Tavant’s growing customer base originates one out of every four loans in the U.S. Tavant’s VΞLOX suite of products solves many lender and borrower challenges, while maximizing data-driven processes. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Ankur Agrawal, Director of Engineering, Tavant, named a HousingWire Rising Star
Ankur Agrawal, Director of Engineering, Tavant, named a HousingWire Rising Star
Tavant Wins Stevie® Award in 2019 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 26, 2019 Tavant, a leading digital products and solutions company, has announced that Sreeja PM has been named a Stevie Award winner in the category of ‘Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Technology’ in the 16th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run– worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards. Sreeja is a technology leader driving innovation and technical excellence in the field of artificial intelligence, big data, and analytics. Sreeja spearheads the ‘Digital Assurance Center of Innovation’ at Tavant that is focused on addressing the changing face of technology. Sreeja’s excellent thought leadership & project management skills, exceptional customer-centric & collaborative approach, outstanding operational excellence mindset, and unprecedented understanding of digital solutions coupled with simplifying complexity & developing scalable propositions helped her implement digital transformation programs for Tavant’s customers. “In her role of leading the Digital Innovation program, Sreeja has brought in an impeccable blend of fast pace technology and customer-centric solutions while enabling businesses to harness the power of innovation. She demonstrates exemplary leadership qualities in every step of the way. This award is a true testament to the fact that we are committed to creating a customer-centric experience that helps organizations achieve their business goals,” said Meera Krishnan, VP, Quality Engineering. Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter. About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the new Middle East Stevie Awards. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Tavant Awarded for its Outstanding Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 03, 2019 Tavant, a leading digital products and solutions company, today announced that it has been recognized for demonstrating gender equality at the GIWL (Great Indian Women Leader) Awards 2019 hosted by UBS Forums. The GIWL 2019 brings together the leading experts across industries to provide direction, focus, and clarity on various topics such as work-life balance, personal branding, networking, and the importance of diversity. “Technology is enabling an unprecedented impact on the global landscape, and diversity of ideas and opportunities are imperative to reshape the work environment. At Tavant, diversity is one of our greatest strengths that helps our teams develop more innovative and creative solutions to the complex problems that our clients face. We have reimagined diversity to promote and cultivate an inclusive environment that rejoices organizational value across our workplace,” said Anil Kumar Puthumana, Global HR Head, Tavant. “Fostering a culture of respect, where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are celebrated builds stronger teams, improves the community, encourages innovation, and creativity. Tavant is committed to be an equal opportunity employer and recognizes that a talented and diverse workforce is a key competitive advantage. We strive to broaden diversity initiatives in our organization as we continue to build upon our successes. The award is a true testament of promotion of equality and diversity within our talent management framework,” Anil substantiated. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter. About the Award Conceptualized and curated by UBS Forums, the awards recognized leaders under various categories including Women Icon of the Year, Women Entrepreneur of the year, and Women Leader of the year. UBS Forums aims to create and bring around transformational leadership for individuals and industries.
Vinita Ranade, Tavant, Wins 2019 HousingWire Tech Trendsetters Award
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct 01, 2019 Tavant, a leading digital products and solutions company for the FINTECH industry, today announced that its Senior Product Manager Vinita Ranade has been named a 2019 Tech Trendsetters Award™ recipient by HousingWire (HW) magazine. HousingWire’s newest Tech Trendsetters Award recognizes the most impactful and innovative technology leaders serving the housing economy. Vinita was recognized for driving transformational change and innovation for lenders for the past 15 years. Her extensive knowledge coupled with technical prowess is driving digital innovations and business impact with top lenders across the U.S. and globally. She started as a software engineer but has worn many hats and has seen the industry from many different angles. She now works as a Senior Product Manager for Tavant’s flagship point of sale solution, FinXperience, which is a point of sale solution in the VΞLOX suite, provides a simplified digital experience across all lending channels. FinXperience is modernizing the lending industry by bringing increased loan production efficiency through customer self-service and digitization of business processes. She has led teams to build advanced solutions for mortgage lenders spanning loan origination, processing, and servicing. She is well known as a trusted partner and technologist in the mortgage industry, having helped lenders of all sizes modernize and transform their practices to deliver true business value and impact. She is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the lending industry and has hired and mentored several women in product and engineering roles. She is also on the frontlines of industry innovation while researching the application of new systems and technologies. “A critical thinker and problem solver, Vinita is always looking for a new approach to any situation, which led to the success and reception of the Tavant brand. She works tirelessly to ensure that the team follows the dynamic, fun voice and represents the future of the FinTech industry. Through FinXperience, Vinita has enabled the launch of the direct to consumer channel for a top 5 national lender to grow their business from zero to $4 billion dollars in loans funded within 12 months from launch. She has also led the design and launch of the FinXperience HELOC product, one of the first in its class of off-the-shelf HELOC solutions in the market,” said Hassan Rashid, CRO, Tavant. VΞLOX is the industry’s only AI-powered digital lending product suite that maximizes the use of data-driven processes in the automation of the loan origination lifecycle. Winners are profiled in the October issue of HousingWire magazine. To view the complete listing of award honorees, visit https://www.housingwire.com/articles/2019-tech-trendsetter-vinita-ranade/. About HousingWire HousingWire is the most influential source of news and information for the U.S. mortgage and housing markets. Built on a foundation of independent and original journalism, HousingWire reaches over 40,000 newsletter subscribers daily and over 4 million unique visitors each year. Our audience of mortgage, real estate, financial services and fintech professionals rely on us to Move Markets Forward. Visit https://www.HousingWire.com or https://www.solutions.housingwire.com to learn more. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Raj Menon, CMO, Tavant, Awarded Sales, Marketing & PR Trailblazers award by PROGRESS in Lending
SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 11, 2019 Tavant, a leading digital products and solutions company, today announced that their new Chief Marketing Officer, Raj Menon has been awarded the first-ever Sales, Marketing and PR Trailblazers award by PROGRESS in Lending. He was recognized for driving sales and marketing with personalized advice and customized solutions that meet the complex demands of Tavant’s prospects. Menon’s leadership and experience brought a unique perspective to Tavant, where he recognized the opportunity to leverage advanced technology to bring the modern mortgage tech stack together in an entirely new way. He is a company building leader who understands what it takes to catapult companies to the next level and quickly increase revenue. PROGRESS in Lending recognizes the sales, marketing, and public relations executives that are making the biggest impact. This award is a step towards recognizing the inexhaustible marketing, public relations, and sales executives who are blazing a trail in their respective domains and bringing in huge financial gains for their organizations. “Raj Menon is a results-driven leader who excels at making organizations stand out in the crowd. His vast knowledge, experience, and expertise to propel companies forward in all facets across industries are unparalleled. Menon has been instrumental in ensuring success through his comprehensive and big-picture thinking in his work in the financial services, technology, and corporate services industries. He leverages his experience to implement complex business solutions and is skilled at advising organizations piloting digital transformation strategies as well as creating business and technology goals,” said Hassan Rashid, CRO, Tavant. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Tavant Recognized in HousingWire’s 2017 HW TECH100TM list
Tavant Recognized in HousingWire’s 2017 HW TECH100TM list
HousingWire 2017 Rising Stars: Abhinav Asthana, Tavant
Abhinav Asthana is head of product innovation and strategy for Tavant Technologies’ consumer lending product suite, VELOX. The suite builds an enterprise data connector for the mortgage industry to provide lenders with a one-stop shop for all the data they need for a mortgage transaction, including credit, assets, verification of employment and income, appraisals, flood, and title. Prior to Tavant, Asthana ran product strategy and headed the innovation roadmap for a leading loan origination product suite. He also executed product innovation strategies and delivered on roadmaps for enterprise mobility in lending, omnichannel loan origination (device, loan product and lending channel agnostic) and digital strategy for enterprise lending in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. In this capacity, Asthana enabled a sub-30-day loan application process for three of the top 100 lenders in the U.S. WHAT IS ONE HABIT THAT HAS HELPED YOU SUCCEED? I have always kept myself updated with the latest developments in industry verticals such as retail, interactive media and high technology. I am an avid follower of design thinking concepts from across the world, which has helped me bring some of the most cutting-edge changes from other geographies and industry verticals into the U.S. mortgage industry. Originally published in HousingWire.com
2017 Women of Influence: Nida Haji
August 1, 2017 As the director of consumer lending at Tavant Technologies, Nida Haji possesses a deep understanding of the mortgage industry and a vision of the future that is changing the landscape of mortgage technology. Tavant has been growing rapidly and doubled its revenue in the last two years, with plans to add 300 employees across the U.S. this year. Haji led the design and development of voice interaction for Tavant’s VELOX product suite, which is possibly the first in the industry. The unique Alexa voice-based app was selected to be presented at Mortgage Banker Association conferences as well as FinovateSpring 2017. Haji is also a champion of Project Cohete, an industry research and intelligence practice within Tavant that tracks the latest trends, forms recommendations, advises leading mortgage companies and feeds market data to product development. Haji’s wide-ranging accomplishments include spearheading the platform design and development for top mortgage insurance companies in the U.S. and leading Tavant’s expansion in Australia. In addition, Haji is a founding member of Tavant Mortgage University, a learning and development initiative based on MBA’s School of Mortgage Banking to certify engineers and product teams on mortgage. Her leadership helped Tavant build a team of over 1,000 trained mortgage experts. As if that wasn’t enough, Haji also established Tavant’s Business Analyst Center of Excellence in New York and currently heads a team of business analysts working with top lenders. This work has led Haji to mentor new business analysts.
Tavant Receives HousingWires Second Annual Vanguard Award
Santa Clara, Calif., December 06, 2016 Tavant, America’s leading innovative mortgage technology provider, today announced that the company’s Chief Revenue Officer, Hassan Rashid has been honored with the HousingWire Vanguard Award for 2016. The award is meant to acknowledge leaders who move markets forward. Hassan Rashid is responsible for guiding and supporting Tavant’ revenue strategy and growth. He has a successful track record of scaling winning businesses by focusing on customer success and aligning offerings based on changing market needs. Tavant’ rise and position as a thought leader in the mortgage landscape under the leadership of Rashid is notable. He steered the 2×2 (double the revenue in two years) strategy declared in FY2015 and led the exponential growth of the mortgage business for the company. “The HW Vanguards continued to impress going into its second year; the winners are second-to-none and this list represents the finest cross-section of mortgage talent available,” said Jacob Gaffney, HousingWire editor-in-chief. Rashid’s passion for innovation led to quite a few impactful solutions to the mortgage industry such as FinConnect and VELOX that disrupt the way mortgage industry functions. He encourages and incubates ideas within the company with initiatives such as Tavant Innovation Lab and Tavant Mortgage University. “We have the experts and expertise – path-breaking solutions will be a natural outcome. However, as generations and technologies evolve, expectations increase. It is all about results and relationships,” said Hassan Rashid, CRO, Tavant. About HousingWire HousingWire is the nation’s most influential news source covering the U.S. housing economy, spanning residential mortgage lending, servicing, investments and real estate operations. The company’s news, commentary, magazine content, industry directories, and events give more than one million industry professionals each year the insight they need to make better, more informed business decisions. Learn more at http://www.housingwire.com. Find Tavant on LinkedIn and Twitter. For further information please contact: Vibhor Mishra Tavant Technologies +1-408-519-5400 [email protected]