Rodney Cadwell, CEO
Rodney Cadwell is a visionary leader whose expertise bridges the gap between technology and financial services. With a rich career spanning over 20 years, he has a track record of spearheading initiatives that
enhance operational efficiencies, innovate data management processes, and drive financial success.
Before his tenure at Quandis, Rodney held leadership roles at several leading FinTech and financial services firms, including Equiant Financial Services, Black Knight Financial Services, and Arch Bay Capital. His strategic vision and hands-on leadership were instrumental in driving the creation and adoption of innovative technologies that enhanced business operations and customer satisfaction.
At the heart of Rodney’s leadership philosophy is a commitment to operational excellence and the transformative power of innovation. He excels in identifying and leveraging opportunities to modernize and disrupt traditional business practices, leading to significant improvements in effectiveness.
Rodney earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Beyond his professional pursuits, Rodney values time with his family, exploring the joys of cooking, and maintaining an active lifestyle through various sports.
Kevin Cassidy, COO
Kevin Cassidy is the Chief Operating Officer at Quandis. He has been with the company since the inception in 2003 and was incorporated as a Partner in 2004. For over 15 years, Mr. Cassidy has focused on providing his highly effective and technical management expertise to the mortgage banking industry.
Mr. Cassidy is responsible for the company’s operational processes, procedures and policies across the enterprise. He also manages engineering efforts, architecture design and client service. Mr. Cassidy ensures that Quandis’ solutions and services suite is highly configurable, flexible and scalable; and that they seamlessly integrate with disparate systems using advanced web services and contemporary architecture design.
Prior to joining Quandis, Mr. Cassidy was the VP of Engineering at London Bridge, which became Fair Isaac Corporation. There he was instrumental in the architecture and development of many of the company’s software solutions. Mr. Cassidy also was a Director and Senior Software Engineer at TekStar Admedia, a software development firm that offered mortgage technology solutions and services to the default management mortgage technology sector.
John Beggins, President
John Beggins is the newly appointed President of Quandis. He brings extensive expertise in management structure directed towards operational efficiency and strategic planning. He has spent the last thirty years in executive management positions in real estate and financial services. He is also a GE trained Six Sigma Black Belt.
Mr. Beggins founded Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC (SLS) in 2002 and most recently held positions as CEO and Chairman of the Board of SLS. In 2011 Mr. Beggins sold SLS to Computershare (CPU) out of Melbourne Australia and retained his leadership of the company until he retired from Servicing in 2016. Prior to Founding SLS, Mr. Beggins held Executive Positions at Fairbanks Capital, Credit Suiss First Boston and GE Capital.
Eric Patrick, CTO
Mr. Patrick co-founded Quandis, and serves as Chief Technology Officer. He brings over 20 years of experience and expertise in delivering cutting-edge technology solutions in the Financial Technology space. His passion is understanding complex business processes, and designing technology solutions that can be configured by business experts to meet constantly evolving business needs.
As Chief Architect and co-founder of Aspen Grove in 1997, Mr. Patrick developed the Aspen Workflow platform which is the driving force behind Aspen Grove’s web-based process management workflow solution. In 2003, he left Aspen Grove to found Quandis, focusing on the credit solutions industry.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in computer science, Mr. Patrick entered the US Navy on a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. He concluded five years of sea duty and two years of shore duty teaching at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, while simultaneously attending Northeastern University’s High Tech MBA program and University of Massachusetts, Boston, Masters in Computer Science program. He departed these programs to start Aspen Grove.
Greg Kent, President – Data Services
Greg Kent is the President of Data Services at Quandis. He became the first employee of Quandis in 2005, bringing with him his extensive hub management experience. His responsibilities include the development and management of the daily operations for all Quandis Data Services (QDS).
Mr. Kent architected QDS from the ground up using Quandis Business Objects (QBO) technology and is responsible for the inception of several QDS services that are unmatched and utilized throughout the industry. QDS is currently integrated with over 100 business partners and handling millions of transactions per month.
Mr. Kent previously worked for London Bridge where he architected Bridgelink, an eCommerce Hub that allows companies to connect to a network of service providers and manage all data and service transactions. He is a graduate of Chapman University with a BS in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration.