Scott Cooley
President
Cooley Consulting
Scott Cooley is an independent consultant with a client roster that includes many of the mortgage industry’s leading companies. 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 extensive experience in the mortgage industry began in 1982 when he founded Contour Software, the first company to ever produce desktop mortgage loan origination software (LOS). The invention of the desktop LOS was the start of a string of innovations and industry firsts which would shape the future of the mortgage industry.
By 1995, Contour Software had an established base of several thousand firms and was the leading provider of LOS solutions for the mortgage banking industry. Scott led the company as President and CEO of Contour Software for 16 years, during which time he worked with thousands of mortgage company clients to understand their unique needs and produce technology solutions to meet them.
In April 1998, Scott successfully sold Contour Software to First American Financial. As part of the agreement, he remained active as President of Contour. In February 2001, Scott engineered a spin-out of Contour from First American to Ellie Mae, a Pleasanton, California-based provider of Internet solutions for the mortgage industry. In so doing, he successfully sold Contour Software twice in a matter of three years.
At Ellie Mae, Scott served as Chief Strategy Officer, setting direction and defining strategy for the most successful transaction platform in the mortgage industry.
As a nationally recognized expert in mortgage technology, Scott has presented before Capitol Hill and has been a featured speaker at most industry conferences.