Secondary Interactive (“SI”) is a new kind of secondary marketing company that offers a comprehensive spectrum of technology, services and support to mortgage bankers. Our goal is to energize the secondary marketing operations of any sized mortgage banker to help them operate more effectively and profitably.

Don Brown and Greg Beers formed SI by combining a team of technology experts with mortgage industry experience with a team of veteran risk managers. The result is a company with the tools to satisfy your secondary marketing needs and the service attitude and experience to enable you to integrate those tools into your business immediately and without disruption. From pricing to lock desk to hedging and best execution, SI has the solution to energize your business. Simply put, SI can make any mortgage banker more profitable and more efficient…and more effective in their marketplace.

Greg Beers
Greg has a unique combination of mortgage industry experience and technical expertise that enables SI to deliver services that apply technology specifically to mortgage industry needs. Greg designed and built SI’s Best Execution model that is used by Fannie Mae and other industry leaders. He oversees all new product development and best execution analysis for SI. Greg began his mortgage banking career with FirstBank of Colorado focusing on managing a servicing portfolio of over $1 billion. At Phoenix Capital, Greg managed the acquisition and disposition of mortgage assets for mortgage bankers nationwide. For the past four years, Greg has focused on developing dynamic analytical models to assist clients in valuing mortgage assets. Greg has a B.S. with an emphasis in finance from the University of Arizona and a M.S. in Management Information Systems (MIS) from University of Colorado, Denver.

Don Brown
Don oversees all sales, marketing and legal initiatives for SI. Don brings 20 years of business and legal experience to SI, spending the past five years in the mortgage arena focused on mortgage pipeline risk management and making mortgage and business processes more efficient through technical applications. Don also spent eight years practicing business, real estate, environmental and water law representing clients throughout the Western United States. Don received a B.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. Don is active in the community serving on the City Council for the City of Louisville, the Board of Directors for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Boulder Valley and is past Chair of the Alumni Board for the University of Colorado School of Law. Don spends his free time with his wife, Karen, and his two children, Donny and Katy.

Sean MacKendrick
Sean brings to SI a unique blend of industry experience and technical expertise focused specifically on the hedging aspects of the business. Sean has dedicated the past 5 years towards applying technology to lock desk operations and developing risk management models. Mortgage bankers nationwide currently use Sean’s models and reporting innovations to manage risk and improve their secondary marketing performance. Sean is the chief architect of the innovative SI hedging model. Sean has a B.S. from the University of Colorado.

James Annibella
James is a Senior Analyst with over 7 years of mortgage pipeline risk management experience and two years of in-house lock desk experience. Prior to joining SI, James held a similar position with Flatirons Capital Management. He began his career in an inventory control and secondary marketing position with a mortgage banking firm in Denver. James received a B.S. in Economics and Management Science from the State University of New York at Cortland. James is an accomplished outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, mountain biking and skiing in Colorado's majestic mountains when he is not at his desk.

Douglass Croot
Doug is a Senior Analyst with over 15 years of secondary marketing experience and eight years of specific risk management experience. Doug joins SI from Flatirons Capital Management. Before that, Doug held a variety of Secondary Marketing and origination positions with a Denver-based mortgage banker. His experience includes both small and large organizations, including mortgage operations within a commercial bank structure giving Doug a broad perspective to help SI’s clients implement system and procedure improvements. He is a specialist in the area of pipeline reporting and inventory control. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Denver and continues to live in Denver with his wife and two daughters. Douglass is an avid cyclist and skier.

Todd Schneider
Todd is a Series 7 licensed broker with two years of risk management experience. Todd started his career at Morgan Stanley and joined SI on February 1, 2005. Todd takes charge of SI’s broker/dealer relationships. When Todd is not at work, you will find him on the sunny slopes of the Colorado mountains.