About
Helping Reverse Market Leaders Maximize Return and Minimize Risk
RMI’s industry expertise and innovative tools enable more effective prospecting, pricing and servicing oversight of reverse mortgage loans. We provide needed clarity and confidence to decision makers at every stage of the reverse loan lifecycle. Our team of reverse market experts can explore your current challenges and guide you to the ideal process and tools to grow your business.
We give reverse mortgage wholesale lenders and retail originators fast access to comprehensive loan data and innovative tools that show them exactly where to focus efforts while our valuation software and performance data analysis give HMBS issuers, lenders, servicers, and investors the information they need to reliably value loans, portfolios and MSRs across a wide range of scenarios.
RMI wholesale and retail dashboards give reverse mortgage lenders fast access to comprehensive and current loan data. Our platform shows exactly where to focus efforts for wholesalers to connect with the strongest brokers and retailers to reach the most borrowers, and our digital tools help them sell more loans.
Our valuation software and performance data give HMBS issuers, lenders, servicers, and investors the tools they need to reliably value loans, portfolios and MSRs across a wide range of scenarios.
A Proven Resource
The industry’s top 10 lenders plus leading brokers, vendors, servicers, and investors all rely on our intelligence software and services.
RMI has been aggregating nationwide lending data since 2007 and now maintains the largest and most comprehensive reverse mortgage data set available. Our growing list of clients includes 7 of the industry’s top ten lenders who rely on RMI to focus their efforts and seize the greatest opportunities for success.
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Our Management Team
John K. Lunde
Founder and President
Topher Thiessen
Founder and Vice President
Topher is a veteran entrepreneur, with experience in startup and early stage venture formation, in addition to serving as Assistant Vice President at Financial Freedom during their dramatic growth as an industry leader in reverse mortgage.
Topher leads product development and operational performance for RMI, ensuring that RMI provides top level service efficiency in client services. He also assists in client engagement and consulting, lending his considerable expertise in both industry and systems design and implementation.
Prior to founding RMI, Topher was a key member of the Business Metrics & Analysis team at Financial Freedom, responsible for both development and operational performance of reporting systems in addition to his direct consultative role with each line of business.
Topher previously founded Urban Diversion, a Bay Area social events services company, and held roles at ML Stern, MetaMarkets Investments and Everen Securities. He is a native of Montana and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Washington.
Jon McCue
Director of Client Relations
Jon is the Director of Client Relations for Reverse Market Insight. Jon ensures that RMI’s clients are getting the exact services that are most beneficial to their individual needs by taking a personal interest in each of them with particular focus on their current and future goals. By talking to each one individually and customizing a package of services that is just right for their business needs Jon is able to help RMI’s clients more effectively and efficiently target their market place with as little money as possible while increasing their returns.
Jon is a native of Washington State and graduated from the University of Washington with his Bachelor of Arts in Economics. In his free time Jon enjoys spending time with his kids, fishing, and being active outdoors.
Thuy Thiessen
Servicing Oversight and Asset Management
Thuy is responsible for the design and implementation of RMI’s proprietary applications used for Servicing Oversight and Asset Management Service offerings. Thuy has successfully integrated regulatory and investor requirements into asset management software used to streamline decision making and mitigate risk for agency and non-agency portfolios.
Thuy started in the reverse mortgage industry in 2006 at Financial Freedom as Assistant Vice President of Operational Risk Management before moving to Reverse Mortgage Funding in 2016. At both companies she created Claims Management Systems to track servicing defects, manage indemnification and automate curtailment milestone events in accordance with HECM regulations.
Thuy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from University of California, Riverside.
Jared Skrabala
Servicing Oversight and Asset Management
Jared is an industry expert who started as an underwriter in reverse mortgage in 2008 before transitioning to servicing and servicing oversight in 2012. Jared was responsible for helping create, enhance, and lead oversight programs for some of the largest issuers and servicers in the space. Jared is proficient with regulations for government insured loans, well versed in late-stage default servicing, and has extensive experience with contractual claim evaluation.
Prior to joining RMI, Jared held various leadership roles at Bank of America and Reverse Mortgage Funding. Jared is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Paul Jacob
HECM Capital Markets
Paul is a mortgage-backed securities expert with more than 35 years of experience. He is an authority on reverse mortgage prepayment behavior and has substantial experience in MBS portfolio management, trading, investment strategy, and analysis. Before joining RMI, Paul managed HECM capital markets for Finance of America Reverse, the #1 reverse mortgage issuer in the U.S. He has also held senior positions with top firms including Finance of America, Countrywide Securities, Hyperion Capital Management, and Morgan Stanley, and has contributed to Fabozzi’s Handbook of Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Paul holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from the University of Texas at San Antonio.