James Nieman
Owner at Nieman Lending and Consulting
Rochester, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Nieman is an experienced mortgage and lending executive with over two decades of leadership driving revenue, compliance, and operational transformation across banks, credit unions, and his own brokerage. As owner of Nieman Lending and Consulting and former SVP Mortgage Operations Director and Chief Mortgage Compliance Officer at University Bank, he has managed originations and secondary marketing for channels closing over $1B annually and built platforms that improved profitability by 25%. He’s repeatedly launched and scaled teams and products—doubling production at a mortgage bank, creating a TPO platform, and leading sales that generated seven-figure servicing and portfolio results. Known for rigorous process improvement, James pairs regulatory and quality-control expertise with hands-on implementation of loan origination systems and investor relationships. He excels at turning operational bottlenecks into measurable performance gains (for example, cutting escalation turn times by 25% and boosting monthly mortgage income by $90K). Based in Rochester, MI, he blends strategic vision with practical execution to create win-win outcomes for institutions and their borrowers.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelors, Business Administration; Marketing, Bachelors, Business Administration; Marketing at Western Michigan University
Github Skills (105)
switch10
mute10
cloud-object-storage10
k8s10
minio10
disable10
camera10
kubernetes10
agora10
chatroom10
sphinx10
storage10
object-storage10
go10
asciidoc10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
jamesneimanconsulting/Basic-Video-Call
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Sample app to join/leave a channel, mute/unmute, enable/disable the video, and switch between front/rear cameras.
Contributions:8 PRs, 45 pushes, 19 branches in 6 months
cameradisablejoiniosvideo
jamesneimanconsulting/Agora-LinuxServer-Recording
Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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