We bring lenders, borrowers and Referral Partners Together
The average borrower will get 7 to 11 loans over their life-time, but less than 15% of those borrowers go back to their original lender for their next loan. We’re here to change that.
Insellerate is a highly scalable, configurable, and modern platform that accelerates the sales process and generates repeat business. Built by mortgage professionals, the Insellerate platform has full CRM functionality with built-in Lead management and automated marketing. Lenders can improve both the borrower and loan officer experience with multi-channel communication, leveraging tools such as phone, SMS text messaging, email, direct mail, chatbots, and customer monitoring.
Our Mission
“Insellerate began with a mission to transform the way lenders engage and interact with their customers. We want our lender clients to have a lasting impact on the lives of the borrowers and referrals partners they work with, which is why we focus on providing superior customer service to our customers.
We’re a fast-moving, customer-focused culture at our core, we invest in our people, and we believe in relentlessly pushing forward to innovate together. Today, our platform not only supercharges loan growth with a level of efficiency and customer engagement that can’t be matched, but we also help create customers for life because of the passionate people we have at Insellerate HQ,” Josh Friend, CEO of Insellerate.
Confidence from Leading Companies since 2013
History Of Innovation
1999
Two Decades Ago
Insellerate is founded by team members and founders who have deep experience and knowledge in the mortgage origination business.
2012
First System Built
Our management team built the initial system for People’s Bank. We quickly grew originations leveraging the technology and bi-directional integration into Encompass, owned by Ice, the largest mortgage technology provider in the US.
2014
Legacy Platform
As People’s Bank saw more success with the platform, Insellerate opened it up to all lenders in the industry. The first commercial addition of the platform is officially released.
2016
NEW INNOVATIVE PLATFORM DESIGN
Insellerate continues to update the architect and design of the platform, including the infrastructure and critical design elements. Version 3 ‘Katmandu’ of Insellerate commercially released, with new infrastructure, look and feel. CRM and Lead Management are released, enabling clients to have complete control over their workflow and how their teams interact with leads.
2017
Key Industry Integrations
Insellerate’s system continues to become more flexible, scalable, and secure, seamlessly fitting into the tech stacks that lenders use. This includes loan origination systems integrations into Calyx Point and Byte Software.
Kilimanjaro
Insellerate is able to leverage Microsoft Zero and innovate even further, releasing the 5th version of Insellerate ‘Kilimanjaro’ leveraging Microsoft Azure Cloud PaaS infrastructure, enabling an even more scalable and enterprise platform.
2018
INTEGRATIONS + API WEB HOOKS
Developed partner integrations and open APIs, webhooks for enterprise-level data syncing. These rapidly increased integrations.
2019
TREMENDOUS GROWTH
Insellerate reaches over 50,000 new borrower applications a month on the platform.
2020
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM
We create marketing automation and innovative tools, so the borrower journey is both personalized and targeted, evolving the platform into a Customer Experience Platform.
MOBILE INNOVATION
The first of its kind solution for the mortgage industry, Insellerate’s Mobile App automates In-bound call routing, lead distribution, full lead management, remote call tracking, click to call, and pipeline management. It even automates multi-channel marketing through social media, email, direct mail, compliant text messaging, ringless voicemail, and phone calls to enable better borrower engagement from the palm of a lenders’ hands.
INTRODUCING THE NEXT WAVE OF MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY
The power of intelligent data and engagement enables lenders to craft the right message at the right time with the right offer, with the new Data I.E and Customer for Life Program. Insellerate continues to transform the customer journey from transaction to relationship.
2021
Growth Continues
Today, Insellerate is at 450,000 new borrower applications per month on our platform and we continue to evolve!
Launch of Data IE
Insellerate’s dynamic DATA IE solution launches and enables loan officers to deliver timelier and more personalized engagement, enhanced borrower retention, and higher conversions.
Launch of CUstomer FOR life Program
Insellerate introduces the Customer for Life Programs allowing lenders to provide real value to their customers year-round in the form of content like direct mail and email.
Leadership Team
Our leadership team has a wealth of proven experience building customers for life. Insellerate’s success comes from our deep understanding of the mortgage market and a technical team devoted to creating the most innovative and efficient technology platform in the industry.
JOSH FRIEND
CEO/FOUNDER
Josh is a seasoned entrepreneur whose impact on the mortgage industry at large is unmistakable from his early days to working at a mortgage company, to rising the ranks, to running a mortgage company; he has helped thousands of people realize the dream of homeownership, has personally trained 1,000’s of loan officers that are directly impacting hundreds of thousands of borrowers if not millions over his 21-year career. Josh now dedicates himself solely to helping other lenders be more successful through better borrower engagement. He is transforming the borrower and LO experience with his leading technology company Insellerate which enables lenders to achieve higher revenue goals while creating customers for life.
In addition, Friend is viewed as a thought leader within the mortgage and technology space and has been published numerous times in leading real estate finance publications such as Housing Wire, Tomorrow’s Mortgage Executive, National Mortgage News, National Mortgage Professional, and Today’s Lending Insight. He is also a recognized speaker who regularly presents at national and state mortgage association conferences. He has been a featured presenter at Lead Generation World, HW ENGAGE Marketing, CMBA Innovators Conference, Rob Chrisman Market Updates, Fintech Hunting Podcast, and the Lend, Laugh, and Eat Podcast, to name a few.
JACK FRIEND
COO
Jack has a degree from The University of Pennsylvania in Real Estate Finance/ Corporate Finance, he leads daily operations and is responsible for making sure our client’s needs are met through the company’s user-centric product. He enjoys the fast pace and fantastic combination of people, technology, and process. A friend has consistently demonstrated the ability to create vision, strategy, and consensus-building for a very divergent group of mortgage industry stakeholders on complex technical topics.
He has developed and executed large-scale technology projects that enable lenders to operate more efficiently and to continuously grow and improve their lending organizations. His ability to design and deliver innovative solutions to the mortgage marketplace has directly impacted thousands of people and has been used to fund billions of dollars of transactions in the mortgage marketplace having a significant impact on the mortgage industry.
ALLEN CHEN
LEAD ARCHITECT
Allen honed his mortgage technology skills at a large consumer direct mortgage company with additional stops in the medical and entertainment industries. All were a variety of unique experiences with a strong focus on developing secure and impactful technology. At Insellerate, Allen manages the development team and oversees the entire SDLC. He’s also responsible for designing a secure, fast, and adaptable platform to meet business demands and clients’ needs.
Josh Friend, CEO/FOUNDER
Josh is a seasoned entrepreneur whose impact on the mortgage industry at large is unmistakable from his early days to working at a mortgage company, to rising up the ranks, to running a mortgage company; he has helped thousands of people realize the dream of homeownership, has personally trained 1,000’s of
loan officers that are directly impacting hundreds of thousands of borrowers if not millions over his 21-year career. Josh now dedicates himself solely to helping other lenders be more successful through better borrower engagement. He is transforming the borrower and LO experience with his leading technology company Insellerate which enables lenders to achieve higher revenue goals while creating customers for life.
In addition, Friend is viewed as a thought leader within the mortgage and technology space and has been published numerous times in leading real estate finance publications such as Housing Wire, Tomorrow’s Mortgage Executive, National Mortgage News, National Mortgage Professional, and Today’s Lending Insight. He is also a recognized speaker who regularly presents at national and state mortgage association conferences. He has been a featured presenter at Lead Generation World, HW ENGAGE Marketing, CMBA Innovators Conference, Rob Chrisman Market Updates, Fintech Hunting Podcast, and the Lend, Laugh, and Eat Podcast, to name a few.
Jack Friend, COO
Jack has a degree from The University of Pennsylvania in Real Estate Finance/ Corporate Finance, he leads daily operations and is responsible for making sure our client’s needs are met through the company’s user-centric product. He enjoys the fast pace and fantastic combination of people, technology, and process. A friend has consistently demonstrated the ability to create vision, strategy, and consensus-building for a very divergent group of mortgage industry stakeholders on complex technical topics.
He has developed and executed large-scale technology projects that enable lenders to operate more efficiently and to continuously grow and improve their lending organizations. His ability to design and deliver innovative solutions to the mortgage marketplace has directly impacted thousands of people and has been used to fund billions of dollars of transactions in the mortgage marketplace having a significant impact on the mortgage industry.
Allen Chen, Lead Architect
Advisors
We continue to transform the lending and mortgage industry together with these experts by our side.
Mike Sekits
Mike has been a private equity investor and investment banker in financial services for nearly 25 years with direct investments in numerous mortgage origination and loan operation companies. He currently is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Strandview Capital.
Duke Olrich
Fred Melgaard
Mike Sekits
Duke Olrich
FRED MELGAARD
Our Culture
What We Believe
At Insellerate, we understand how company culture can make its impact on production. The right culture creates loyalty, develops a lasting relationship, and drives productivity. Our team invests our time and resources in creating a culture that we want to embody, taking actions that will have a lasting impact on the communities around us.
At Insellerate:
Insellerate Partners With Project Hope Alliance
Let’s Close California’s Digital Divide In Education
– Josh Friend, CEO of Insellerate
Insellerate is partnered with Project Hope Alliance, as part of our commitment to helping California’s youth succeed.
As students across California looked to begin a new school year at the start of 2020, thousands of students were experiencing homelessness, and left without access to proper Wi-Fi and technology.
This created a digital divide between those who can participate in distance learning and those who can’t. For each demo booked and performed in September, Insellerate made a donation to Project Hope Alliance who serves the 32,000 homeless children in Orange County.
Insellerate will continue to distribute Chromebooks and Wi-Fi to allow for all school-age children to participate in online learning. With education being the great equalizer of our youth’s future, we can’t afford to address this essential need, which is why Insellerate is a proud partner in this campaign.
When children have access to education, they can change the world and Insellerate will continue to be a part of this effort and advocate for California’s youth.
Awards
Housing Wire Tech Trendsetter
JOSH & JACK
Housing Wire VanGaurd
JOSH
Progress In Lending Luminary
JOSH & JACK
Progress In Lending Innovations Winner
INSELLERATE
Progress In Lending Thought Leader
JOSH
National Mortgage Professional- 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40
SCOTT ROBERTS
Housing Wire Tech 100
INSELLERATE
Housing Wire Tech Trendsetter
JOSH AND JACK
Housing Wire VanGuard
JOSH
Progress In Lending Luminary
JOSH & JACK
Progress In Lending Innovations Winner
INSELLERATE
Progress In Lending Thought Leader
JOSH
National Mortgage Professional- 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40
SCOTT ROBERTS
Housing Wire Tech 100
INSELLERATE