LPS Selects Industry Veteran Hugh R. Harris as Company CEO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS) today announced the appointment of Hugh R. Harris to serve as the company's president and chief executive officer effective October 5, 2011. Harris will also serve as a member of the company's board of directors.
"We are excited to have Hugh Harris join LPS as CEO," said Lee Kennedy, LPS chairman and interim chief executive officer. "His strong, long-term customer relationships, deep industry knowledge and experience, and excellent leadership skills will materially strengthen LPS. Having worked closely with Hugh in the past, I am confident in Hugh's ability to successfully lead LPS into the future."
Harris served as president of the Financial Services Technology division at Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Information Services, prior to the latter company's spinoff of Lender Processing Services.
Before joining Fidelity National Financial, Harris was president and chief executive officer of HomeSide Lending, Inc., where he was responsible for one of the world's largest full-service mortgage companies. Harris also served as president of Mortgage Corporation of the South, as vice chairman of BancBoston Mortgage Corporation and was active with the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
"LPS provides the mortgage industry's broadest and most comprehensive range of technology and services. Our clients, which include the top 50 lenders and servicers in the country, rely on LPS to deliver these solutions, which are critical to the industry and to our clients' ability to provide superior service to their customers," said Harris. "I look forward to working with our employees, shareholders and customers to build a stronger and more competitive LPS."
Harris received his Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University and is very active in the Jacksonville community.
For more information on this announcement, please visit: http://www.lpsvcs.com/MKTG/MultimediaReleases/2011-10-05.html.
About Lender Processing Services
Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS) is a leading provider of integrated technology, services and mortgage performance data and analytics, to the mortgage and real estate industries. LPS offers solutions that span the mortgage continuum, including lead generation, origination, servicing, workflow automation (Desktop®), portfolio retention and default, augmented by the company's award-winning customer support and professional services. Approximately 50 percent of all U.S. mortgages by dollar volume are serviced using LPS' Mortgage Servicing Package (MSP). LPS also offers proprietary mortgage and real estate data and analytics for the mortgage and capital markets industries. For more information about LPS, visit www.lpsvcs.com.
SOURCE Lender Processing Services, Inc.
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