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Mortgage Technology Consultant
| Scott Cooley is an independent mortgage technology consultant with a client roster that includes many of the mortgage industry’s leading companies. Based in Los Gatos, California, he is an expert in a wide range of topics surrounding mortgage origination technology, from point-of-sale solutions to eMortgages and on through post-closing automation.
Scott’s experience in the mortgage industry began in 1982, when he founded Contour Software, the first company to produce desktop mortgage loan origination software (LOS). He was Contour’s president and chief executive officer for 16 years.
In April 1998, Cooley sold Contour Software to First American Financial Corporation, Santa Ana, California, remaining as president of Contour. In February 2001, he engineered a spin-out of Contour from First American to Ellie Mae Inc., a Pleasanton, California-based provider of Internet solutions for the mortgage industry. He served as chief strategy officer at Ellie Mae.
Cooley has testified before Congress as a mortgage technology expert, and has been a featured speaker at industry conferences. He regularly contributes articles for industry publications such as Mortgage Originator and Mortgage Technology magazines, and is a regular columnist for Mortgage Banking. He is frequently quoted in American Banker, National Mortgage News, National Mortgage Broker, Origination News and Secondary Marketing Executive, among others.
Cooley graduated from San Jose State University with a double concentration in management and marketing, and a minor in computer science. He enjoys running, biking, swimming, skiing, racing and boating.
He can be found at www.scooley.com.
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