Co-Founder and CEO of Ask Bob AI | Empathetic Builder of Things that Matter | Normalizing Bipolar

Seasoned in the realms of finance and technology, I bring over 20 years of diverse experience as a founder and C-suite executive. I've navigated businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies, specializing in operations, product and business development, as well as client service management. My approach is rooted in strategic growth, innovation, and fostering mentally healthy workplace cultures. Passionate about mental health advocacy and a compelling communicator, I am dedicated to guiding companies towards sustainable success and cultivating next-level teams.

Andrew DeGood

Working with entrepreneurial students and particularly ones working on AI is my absolute passion. And so with that I am super honored to be able to be a judge for the Presidential AI Challenge. Students will first compete on a state level and winners from each state will then go on to a regional competition and then to a final competition held in DC. 

There is still a need for additional judges so if you work in the field of AI and have a passion for working with kids shoot me a DM.

"I stand on the shoulders of hundreds of exceptional human beings."  

This was the first thing I thought of when I was asked to author a chapter in this upcoming book on mentorship. I also freaked out a little bit because writing is definitely not my thing. 

But here we are, the book is going to be published soon and is chock full of amazing humans sharing their perspective on mentorship. Grateful to be a part of such an incredible book. 

Highly recommend grabbing a copy as soon as it is available.

Extremely excited to be speaking at the Northeast Mortgage Summit next month with Shashank Shekhar and Melissa Langdale about AI Adoption. 

This will not be a theoretical discussion but rather around what uses of AI all three of us are seeing working currently. No more hypotheticals, just real ROI. 

If you are headed to the conference next month let me know so we can connect.

The founder 50… 
Over the course of the last two years while co-founding AskBobAI I’ve probably put on 50 pounds. While I’m certainly not proud of it, I am ok with it. 

See I made choices over the past two years because of the season I was in. Now, starting off 2026 I consciously made this the year of health. I know myself and my capabilities and I know that the 50 will be gone fairly quickly. I don’t regret prior decisions, I just pivot when the season changes for me. 

While speaking to the kids at Amp Lab at Electric Works last week one student asked me what bad advice I had received in life. 

Rather than give something specific, I told them to take advice with a grain of salt. Not everyone’s advice will fit the season you are in and the important thing is to be ok with the decisions you make. 

Now that being said, time to get my butt back into the gym. 😎

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One of our clients has seen an increase in usage by 4x. They went from 60 questions a day to 240. This is because we are dedicated to focusing on adoption. We added another delivery channel for more folks to have access and the immediately results were amazing, contributing to even higher ROI for our client. 

If you want an AI provider dedicated to working with your organization on high adoption and high ROI then we should talk. 

AskBobAI

Cannot recommend this podcast enough. I was fortunate enough to be a guest on it and blown away by the company I get to keep with others who have been on it. Lyndsay Dowd absolutely slays when it comes to getting epic guests. Go give it a listen!

Today we hit 185 episodes!!!

That’s not a flex. 
That’s a responsibility. 

185 humans trusted me with their stories. 
Not their bios. 
Not their polished talking points. 

Their real ones. The pivots. The breakdowns. The comebacks. The grief. The grit. The becoming. 

This show has never been about building a podcast. 
It’s been about building permission. 
Permission for leaders to be human. 
Permission to talk about what it actually takes. 
Permission to lead with heart in a world that keeps trying to beat it out of us. 

When I look back at these faces, I don’t see “guests.” 
I see risk-takers. Truth-tellers. Cycle-breakers. Friends.
People who went first so someone else could breathe easier. 

Heartbeat for Hire exists because leadership is not a title. 
It’s a weight. 
It’s a privilege. 
It’s a human responsibility. 

To every voice that’s ever trusted this space… thank you. 
This milestone belongs to you. 

185 episodes in. And we are just getting warmed up. 🎙️

#podcast #leadership #leadwithheart #heartbeatsnotheadcount

Episode 33 with Melissa Langdale

Join Chris Mace and Pramod Kollamparambil and our very special guest Melissa Langdale, CEO at Praxis Lending Solutions, discuss all things mortgage, mortgage tech, AI and emerging tech. Grab some snacks, and prepare to be mildly impressed.

Mortgage Connect, LP

Director of Client Services

Valuation Connect, LLC

ADFITECH, Inc.

Canopy

SVP of Client Relations

Vice President Operations

Digital Risk

•	Manage 10-15 Modification underwriters in Loss Mitigation department.
•	Provide training of deal specific, reference material, and instructions.
•	Oversee team activity to ensure timely delivery of SLA to meet company expectations.
•	Report to Senior and Global Management teams.
•	Manage team performance

Manager Modification Underwriting

Clayton Holdings LLC

•	Manage 10-100+ TM quality control and underwriting employees for Due Diligence dedicated for NPL/RPL reviews. Experienced lead in credit, chattel, collateral, boat, RV, auto, HELOC, and Reverse Mtg deals.
•	Provide training of deal specific, reference material, deal instructions and UW/QC feedback to insure quality is met to company standards. 
•	Oversee daily deal activity to ensure deal is adequately staffed with QC and UW for on time delivery of deal to meet company expectations.
•	Interface with operations team, investors, lenders and underwriters about review findings.
•	Execute deal setup, system testing, and provide clear communication and requirements of projects to QC and UW team.
•	Produce final reports outlining audit findings and quality assessment for lender/client review.

Project Manager

•	Direct underwriting teams for various institutional investors in due diligence and asset reviews. 
•	Perform quality control review on project underwriter findings. 
•	Experienced in international mortgage markets including Canada, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
•	Perform Due Diligence Legal, Underwriting, and Compliance reviews on conforming and non-conforming residential mortgage portfolios
•	Obtain investor data points through legal review of necessary mortgage docs included but not limited to 1003, 1008, TIL, GFE, HUD1, Appraisal, Title Search, Mortgage Note, Deed and Credit Report.
•	Underwrite loans to ensure conformance to investor Loan Programs.
•	Verify loans are in compliance to Regulation X and Z.  Calculate and determine if loan is classified as Section 32

Quality Control Underwriter

Seasoned Due Diligence Executive with over 15 years of underwriting, quality control and client relationship management experience at industry leading Due Diligence and Third-Party Review firms working directly with all loan purpose, product and program types.  As active participant in the Structured Finance Association, I am excited to continue to work to propel our industry forward, while bringing value to my clients in the primary and secondary capital markets. 


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