FirstClose Hires Industry Vet as VP, Southeast Region Manager

""FirstClose"":http://www.firstclose.com/, an aggregator in mortgage settlement services based in Austin, announced the hiring of Chip Caldwell to manage its Southeast territory.

""Recruiting Chip along with other recent additions of senior industry veterans has strategically positioned FirstClose to capture more market share in select regional parts of the country,"" said Doug Beaty, EVP and national [COLUMN_BREAK]

sales director at FirstClose. ""We look forward to the contributions that he will undoubtedly bring to FirstClose to assist in growing our business and servicing new customers.""

Caldwell is a Certified Mortgage Banker with extensive experience operating in an executive-level sales capacity. He worked for nearly two decades at Freddie Mac, where he was responsible for varying aspects of sales, business development, customer relations, account management, and strategic solutions. He also has experience at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.

Caldwell most recently worked at FNC, a provider of automated appraisal workflow solutions.

""FirstClose has a unique service-centric model and technology solution offering that really sets it apart from the competition,"" Caldwell said. ""When I evaluated FirstClose's model, I saw a great deal of opportunity to introduce its services and innovative solutions to lenders, which are proven to effectively manage all settlement services functions. I am very pleased to join the FirstClose team.""