As chief innovation officer, Sean DeJulia drives innovation throughout the loan manufacturing process across all of loanDepot’s production channels. In this role, Sean leads cross-functional initiatives aimed at accelerating automation, improving system reliability, and integrating cutting-edge capabilities across loanDepot’s proprietary platforms.

Sean is a seasoned mortgage technology innovator who began his career with Empower (now Dark Matter Technologies), where he developed enterprise software solutions and deepened his expertise in financial services technology. He then joined loanDepot and spent a decade in progressively senior roles, including lead developer, senior software architect, and director of applications architecture. He was instrumental in developing loanDepot’s groundbreaking and proprietary mello® platform and played a key role in scaling the company during its first decade of growth.

Following his initial tenure at loanDepot, Sean founded Lodasoft, a business process automation platform that works with top mortgage lenders to streamline manufacturing workflows, improve operational efficiency, and reduce both cost and risk for its clients. He also worked as a mortgage originator, gaining invaluable insights into loan origination and processing challenges, as well as the customer experience, all of which inform his development of intuitive, compliant, and scalable solutions.

Sean earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Robert Morris University.