Adam Carmel
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Founder and CEO
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About Polly
Polly is transforming the mortgage industry with its modern, data-driven capital markets ecosystem that includes a revolutionary PPE, loan trading exchange, actionable analytics, and robust partner network. Our mission is to help capital markets and secondary teams operate faster, smarter, and more profitably with best-in-class technology configured for each customers' unique workflows and needs.
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Meet the Management Team
Jackie Studdert
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Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Hoffman
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Chief Financial Officer
John Lankenau
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Head of Product Strategy
Jon Foy
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Head of Product Management
Meet the Company
Meet the Board
Alex Kolicich, Director
- Founding Partner of 8VC
- Lead investor in Polly’s 2021 Series A
- Portfolio companies include Blend Labs (BLND), Qualia, Side Real Estate, Asana (ASAN), ClearCo (fka ClearBanc), Anduril, and Indio (acq Applied Systems)
Max Motschwiller, Director
- General Partner at Meritech Capital
- Investor in Polly’s 2019 seed round
- Portfolio companies include Amplitude (AMPL), Carta, Datadog (DDOG), Roblox (RBLX), and UiPath (PATH)
Andrew Bon Salle, Director
- Former Executive Vice President of Single-Family Fannie Mae
- Chairman, Homepoint
- Proven track record of successfully leading initiatives that drive innovation, reduce risk, and digitize processes in the mortgage industry
John Hamm, Director
- CEO coach to 30+ high growth, venture-backed companies
- Former CEO of three technology companies
- Former Operating Partner, Redpoint & Khosla
Tyler Sosin, Director
- Partner at Menlo Ventures
- Lead investor in Polly’s 2021 Series B
- Portfolio companies include Everlaw, Carta, Qualia, HomeLight, and Affinity
Adam Carmel, Chairman
- Founder and CEO, Polly
- Former Founder and CEO, Ethos Lending (sold)
- Former EVP, Provident Funding
Meet our Advisors
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Adam Aarons, Advisor
- Former President and Chief Revenue Officer, Classy Inc.
- Former CRO at Okta, grew ARR from $1 M through an IPO
- Prior to Okta, Aarons held Sales leadership sales positions at BMC Software, BladeLogic, OpenPages, Agile Software, and PTC
- Advisor and board member to SaaS enterprise software companies
Katy Shields, Advisor
- Leads the People Organization at DoorDash
- Oversees global culture and belonging, HR, recruiting, talent management, global expansion, and People Operations
- Prior to DoorDash, Katy held high-impact leadership roles at VSCO, Google, and Qualcomm
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