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Weekly AI Update: The AI Agent Revolution: Your Personal AI Workforce Has Arrived

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 26:57

AI is quickly moving beyond chatbots and simple assistants into something far more powerful: a personal workforce of intelligent agents capable of helping professionals get more done with less friction. In this week’s Weekly AI Update, David Lykken is joined by Pavan Agarwal and Jennifer Vallinayagam to explore how AI agents can help mortgage professionals organize their day, conduct research, prepare for meetings, create content, prospect and nurture leads, and make better use of their time. They also examine the broader economic opportunity created when small businesses combine greater access to capital with AI-powered productivity. With agents becoming easier and less expensive to deploy, the conversation is shifting from “How do I use AI?” to “What can I delegate to AI?”—and that could create a significant competitive divide between businesses that embrace an AI workforce and those that don’t.

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The Mortgage Industry’s Next Chapter: AI, Integration & Consolidation with Coby Hakalir of T3 Sixty

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 29:27

The mortgage industry is entering a new era—one shaped by artificial intelligence, vertical integration, consolidation, expanding non-QM opportunities, and rising expectations for a better borrower experience. In this episode of Lykken on Lending, David Lykken sits down with Coby Hakalir of T3 Sixty to explore what mortgage lending could look like over the next decade and why, despite rapid technological change, the human relationship will remain at the heart of the business. They discuss how AI can reduce the cost and complexity of originating loans, why lenders are increasingly looking beyond traditional mortgage revenue through real estate, title, insurance, and servicing, and how non-QM lending could become an increasingly important part of the market. From improving the customer journey to navigating the next wave of industry consolidation, this conversation examines the forces reshaping mortgage lending—and what lenders and loan officers should be preparing for now.

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The AI Strategy Mortgage Lenders Need: Flexibility Over a Single Platform - Tech Update by Allen Pollack

Friday, August 7, 2026 • Duration 14:10

This podcast segment explores why mortgage lenders should embrace AI innovation now while establishing strong governance to manage Shadow AI, protect borrower data, and navigate an evolving regulatory landscape.

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Allen Pollack, Tech Consultant

Allen Pollack, a Mortgage & Financial Services Technology Advisor, is a subject matter expert in the mortgage origination process along with software product management and software development.

In today’s financial services push to all things Digital, Allen has been helping lenders and financial services solution providers align their digital transformation and technology strategies by removing the human element of risk, and automating processes that drive efficiencies and margins into profits.

Over the course of his career, Allen has co-created and developed technology business models that have birthed highly successful, innovative solutions and companies.

Allen co-founded and served as CTO of New York Loan Exchange (NYLX), a loan product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) that made an immediate impact on the industry, scaling the company quickly and forming partnerships with multiple mortgage and financial lending companies. In 2012, Allen was a co-founder of a merger between NYLX and Aklero Risk Analytics that created LoanLogics, A Mortgage Loan Quality and Performance Analytics company. Allen served as CTO where he continued to bring new and innovative product solutions to the market that made a significant impact to mortgage lenders that reduced risk, scaled business channels, and grew profits in a very competitive and highly regulated market.

Allen is also is mortgage and finance technology contributor on a weekly live industry podcast, Lykken on Lending, and is launching a new podcast soon to be released, TechStack Radio, dedicated to technology and innovation in Financial Services.

The Imperfect CEO: Why Vulnerability Builds Stronger Organizations with Jim Brown of OrgHealth

Friday, May 22, 2026 • Duration 33:14

What if the best leaders aren’t the ones pretending to have all the answers? In this powerful conversation, leadership consultant and author Jim Brown joins David Lykken to unpack the core message behind his new book, The Imperfect CEO. Together, they explore why authentic leadership, vulnerability, and trust are becoming essential leadership competencies in today’s workplace culture. Drawing on real-world executive coaching experiences, organizational health principles, and practical leadership frameworks, Jim explains how CEOs and emerging leaders can move beyond heroic leadership models to build organizations where employees feel valued, engaged, and empowered. This episode is packed with actionable insights for executives, managers, and anyone committed to creating healthier, high-performing teams.

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10-31-2022 Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis, Les Parker, Matt Graham, David Kittle, Alice Alvey, Allen Pollack, Marc Helm, and David Lykken

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 • Duration 43:23

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ Cypress Mortgage Capital, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. Finally, we wrap up the first half of the program with Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

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10-28-2022 Hiring And Developing Rookies With Pat Sherlock Of QFS Sales Consulting And Scott Johnson Of Homebridge

Friday, October 28, 2022 • Duration 25:00

With the current market today, investing in hiring trainees is a good idea. Diversifying the market creates a more significant opportunity to bring new talents to the business. In this episode, the founder of QFS Sales Solutions, Pat Sherlock, and Scott Johnson, from Homebridge, discuss hiring and developing rookies. As Pat explains, when looking at a loan file, there's more to the customer than just the debt to income or the loan to value. You are producing better rookies by taking a different approach through live training instead of virtual training. Tune in to this episode as the duo shares their insights on how you can hire and develop new trainees!

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10-26-2022 Emperial Leadership with Jen Du Plessis of Kinetic Spark Consulting

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 • Duration 17:53

As a loan originator, you are a growth consultant and a strategic consultant. You have to educate yourself so you can lead others to success. Back in COVID, the market was so much easier to handle. But markets often shift, and anyone with the best year could fall back. Now is the time to focus not just on your client but also on your own personal growth.

Join David Lykken as he talks with the CEO of Kinetic Spark Consulting, Jen Du Plessis. Jen is an international speaker, 14X #1 Amazon best-selling author, host of two top podcasts, and the producer and host of a TV Show, Tell Me I Can’t. She has also been in the mortgage and financial space for four decades now! Learn all you need to know about today's market and how you can lead others to success. Tune in and learn from one of the best!

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10-24-2022 Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis, Les Parker, Matt Graham, David Kittle, Alice Alvey, Allen Pollack, Marc Helm, and David Lykken

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 • Duration 40:59

The Lykken on Lending program will feature our Weekly Mortgage Updates with Adam DeSanctis and his MBA Mortgage Minute, and then Les Parker’s TMSpotlight, a macroeconomic perspective on the economy with a music parody. That leads to Matt Graham of MBS Live providing you a rate & market update, followed by David Kittle, Chief Executive Officer @ Cypress Mortgage Capital, to discuss mortgage originations. Then we have Alice Alvey of Union Home providing a regulatory & legislative update, then Allen Pollack giving us a Tech Report on the latest technology impacting our industry. Finally, we wrap up the first half of the program with Marc Helm, Senior Executive Partner @ Transformational Mortgage Solutions, talking about Loan Servicing and the “Agencies”.

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10-22-2022 Candid CRM: The Next Generation Mortgage Platform With Garrett Locklear

Saturday, October 22, 2022 • Duration 23:00

Candid CRM is the only mortgage platform built for the Modern Loan Generator to help structure, manage, and grow businesses. In this episode, Garett Locklear, the founder of the Locklear Lending Team, explains why Candid CRM is the next-generation mortgage platform. Everything seems to have a base philosophy under any existing system, and Candid focuses singularly on the loan originator. Because of the user’s return exponentially over time, Candid has become a more valuable platform today. Tune in to this episode and learn more about this great technology!

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10-21-2022 Driving Deal Flow During A Tight Market With Dan Catinella Of Total Expert

Friday, October 21, 2022 • Duration 24:34

In this day and age, technology is not anymore just about scaling a business. It is about the return on investment or value add it can provide. In the lending space, this means finding the technology that can make you efficient and scale through the amount of deal flow—a much-needed tool in this tight market. Dan Catinella has 20 years of experience in mortgage technology, focused on driving digital transformation through all lending channels. He joins David Lykken to share his insights on lenders leaning on technology, whether on a crutch or to be successful, given the current market conditions. As the Chief Lending Officer of Total Expert, Dan develops high-impact innovation strategies that align with the company's business goals and growth priorities. He dives deep into some of those, giving a glimpse of how they invest in customer intelligence and data mining. Plus, Dan also gives his advice to lenders on where to focus right now and how to break through the negativity with the ups and downs in the industry.

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