Devon Yang was engineer number one at Blend, and was instrumental in taking the company from inception in 2012 to a market disruptor with ~800 employees and ~200 customers in 2020, at which point he left to start Vesta. As co-founder and chief technology officer of the leading next-gen LOS that has raised $55 million from top venture investors (Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, and more), he continues to shape the future of mortgage technology. Having begun his career in cloud computing at Microsoft, there are few in housing who have been at the bleeding edge of technology so consistently, for so long.
A key architect of Vesta’s LOS, Yang’s deep understanding of technology is turning what was once just an ambitious product vision into a reality. The idea of a new LOS is daunting, but actually building it is on another level. By applying modern software development best practices and ruthlessly prioritizing long-term scalability, Yang has built an extremely performant and responsive system that customers praise. This includes best-in-class, natively built integrations, enterprise-grade security, and a robust, flexible data model equipped to handle all the complexities of mortgage origination.
Over the past six months, Yang’s leadership in overhauling Vesta’s tasking system has revolutionized the distribution of work to lenders’ operational teams. This shift was no simple feat, and required meaningful re-engineering of Vesta’s back-end and data model. But Yang’s work was well worth it, and the overwhelmingly positive customer feedback highlights the significant efficiency gains and transformative impact of this innovative redesign.
Name:
Devon Yang
Title:
Co-founder & CTO
Company Name:
Vesta
