Mikal Knotek
has been a successful mortgage professional, manager, technology
entrepreneur, and industry consultant.
Mikal entered the mortgage industry in 1991 after the purchase
of his first home. Learning the business from the ground
up, he quickly moved his way up the ladder and became a leading
roll in production.
In 1997 he co-founded The Harrison-Knotek Group with his
residential business partner, Kathy Harrison. In 1998 they
moved their group to Bell Mortgage and helped evolve Bell into one
of the area's premier residential mortgage lenders. His
residential origination's exceed 300 million
dollars over the past 15 years.
While still in the mortgage industry, Mikal founded Audit
Technologies, a lender based audit and consulting firm.
His keen industry insight gave new light to how lenders manage
their service portfolio.
Audit Technologies and Mikal's growing residential mortgage
business led to the founding of Clear View Software, Inc. in
2001. Mikal used his industry knowledge and technical
background to develop ground breaking industry technology that
moved data to and from consumers and lenders with the highest
level of speed and security. His company was later
purchased by a leading Minnesota lender. Mikal's extensive
technical insight keeps Bell Mortgage at the forefront of industry changes
and improvements.
In addition to Mikal's residential originations, he is also co-founder of the
Bell Mortgage Commercial Lending
Group and oversees its day to day operations. He is Bell
Mortgage Commercial Lending Group's Chief Lending Officer and
the direct connection to local and national lenders.
Kathy Harrison / Mikal Knotek
Direct:
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