About NCS

NCS founder, Robert E. Knuth is Chairman of NCS’ Board of Directors. As the founder and former president, he was instrumental in building NCS’ overall corporate strategies and expansion. This included the oversight of strategic initiatives across the company’s business divisions. Robert is a counselor to the NCS CEO and a liaison between the CEO and Board. He actively manages the activities of the Board of Directors.

Prior Work Experience

Bob is a seasoned executive with a reputation for delivering increased customer value by driving corporate integrity, excellent performance, innovation, client-centric strategies, and championing a team of service fanatics. He began his career at the Credit Bureau, Incorporated (“CBI”), which would become Equifax. In 1978 he resigned to start Credit Central, Inc., or CCI, the credit-reporting agency that would become NCS.

Accomplishments & Associations

• Active in Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), and recipient of CDIA Board of Directors award for many years of leadership on various national committees and initiatives.
• Served on CDIA’s National Mortgage Advisory Council.
• Active in the National Credit Reporting Association (NCRA).
• Member of the National MBA Fraud and Ethics Work Group.
• Member of Board of Governors of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) of New Jersey.
• Past director of International Credit Association.
• Former Board Chair of the Society for Certified Credit Executives (SCCE).
• Certified through the SCCE to display their highest designation of “MCE” (Master Credit Executive), and is a past recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the Society, the “Outstanding Fellow Award.”
• Served on the Advisory Board of Consumer Credit Counseling Services, has testified before legislative bodies regarding credit matters, and presented at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC during discussions on consumer credit education and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

Years in Financial Service Industry:  20+ year
Education: Stockton University, NJ
Bachelor of Science in Political Science | Minor in Business

Responsibilities

Curtis Knuth is President/ CEO for NCS. In his role, he is responsible for providing leadership to NCS via oversight of financial initiatives supporting the company’s strategic vision and business plan. Curtis regularly interfaces with internal/external stakeholders to continually shape how NCS can best serve as trusted stewards of our firm.

Highlights

• IRS 4506-T program
• SSA’s CBSV program
• Client consultation, consultative selling, branding, and identity
• Channel specialist
• Communications expert

Previous Experience

Curtis most recently served as Executive Vice President for NCS, playing a critical role in the development of the company’s leadership team. He led a company-wide transformation to embrace additional data verification solutions that have cross-appeal to multiple marketplaces. Since Curtis joined the company in 1996, he regularly interfaces with government and industry resources for the firm, recognized as an industry expert concerning the IRS’ Tax Transcript program (IVES) and the SSA’s CSBV program. He is often quoted in industry trade publications and public media outlets as a contributing thought leader.

Associations

• Member of national MBA’s Fraud and Ethics Subcommittee
• Active with MBA of New Jersey’s Fraud and Ethics committee
• Member of committees within the National Credit Reporting Association (NCRA)
• Volunteer fireman with two South Jersey fire departments

Years in the IT Industry: +20 years
Education: Florida Southern College
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Responsibilities

As chief information officer, Jeff provides strategic guidance regarding industry trends, security, opportunities, and business stability. Jeff continues to be an invaluable resource to senior management and other stakeholders in all major informational planning to define project requirements and ensure coordination of all goals and milestones, including personal, data, systems and compliance.

Prior Work Experience

Before joining NCS, Jeff was Vice President of Operations at PC Network where he was accountable for all technical services operations. He oversaw all RFP response creation, Managed Service Products (MSP) services and Service Level Agreement (SLA) template development. He also served as business intelligence practice manager at Continental Resources, Inc. where he was charged with building RFP responses, designing scope-of-work documents and preparing and delivering technical sales presentations. He also managed three successful large-scale data warehouse/ Business Intelligence (BI) implementations and several smaller BI-only implementations.

Highlights

• XML/Web Services Design & Development
• Mortgage-related systems design & development
• MISMO architecture
• Modern web-based systems design & development
• Database design & development

Awards & Accomplishments

Technology certifications including MCP, MCSE, MCDBA, and CCE

Years in Mortgage Service Industry:  20+ years
Education: Rapid City School of Business

Responsibilities

As a thought leader in the mortgage space, Lisa combines an understanding of government regulatory requirements and financial technology trends within the industry to best position NSC for continual innovation. She is responsible for project/product development for improving existing and creating new solutions.

She engages extensively with the Sales Department and seeks to accelerate the sales cycle via their SME experience obtained through wide-ranging industry participation.

Highlights

• 20+ years of combined experience in mortgage loan origination, underwriting, risk management, quality assurance, and fraud identification/ implementation
• Skilled in client-facing interaction with mortgage origination experience to help design processes, platforms, and products for bottom-line results.
• Thought leader offering proven experience in large-scale business optimization, including developing and implementing forward-thinking projects, programs, and processes to achieve continued company growth and profits.

Prior Work Experience

Prior to joining NCS, Lisa has held executive positions at companies including Platinum Data, Rapid Reporting Verification Company, and Equifax. Lisa participated in the leadership team in developing the IRS IVES program in addition to other government verification programs. 
 


Accomplishments and Awards

• Honored for multiple industry leadership awards Housing Wire’s “Women of Influence in Mortgage” 

• A frequent speaker on loan quality best practices and fraud prevention at industry events including the Mortgage Bankers Association, Source Media, Professional Women’s associations 

• A long-standing member of many trade associations committees including MBA of America

Years in the Financial Service Industry:  18+ years
Education: Colorado State University

Responsibilities

Jeff is committed to growing and developing NCS’ exceptional customer service. As a consultative expert in the mortgage service industry, he is a key figure of building best-in-class solutions for our clients specializing in credit reporting and verification solutions.

Highlights

• Microsoft Certified Professional.
• Public speaking on fraud and fraud tools in the mortgage industry.
• Jeff has participated in several MBA committees and completed the MBA Future Leaders Program.

Prior Work Experience


Jeff began his mortgage services career at Factual Data and through the years, he assumed responsibility for a variety of different divisions including sales, marketing, and fraud detection services.

Accomplishments and Awards

• Implemented multiple consultative sales strategies to successfully exceed revenue goals.
• “Sales Person of the Year”, “New Comer of the Year”, and several other sales and management awards.
• Designed and implemented multiple CRM platforms.
• Launched over 100 technical integrations with partners in the mortgage industry.
• A national speaker on fraud and fraud mitigation in the mortgage industry.
• Guided organization to win a nationally recognized 10X technology award.

Years in industry: 10
Education: Stockton University (NJ)

Responsibilities

Lindsey is focused on overall product quality for a growing line of data-driven solutions that enable clients in lending and finance to write better loans. She has direct input into bringing new products online,

analyzing system automation, and running metrics to ensure that each enhancement maximizes value without sacrificing quality. Lindsey also provides input to the User Acceptance Testing. After new software is developed, she conducts her own tests before making final recommendations and approval. Currently, she is focused on the ongoing initiative to give NCS customers improved security and control of how their end-users access their products online.

Highlights:

• IRS systems, infrastructure, programs, and processing
• Development and deployment of web-based, self-service applications for customers

Prior Work Experience

Lindsey joined the company in 2007, working first in the TRV Processing division, where she helped develop process improvements for the company’s income and identity verification services that would help NCS exceed customer expectations. After a year, in which she produced a 40 percent increase in efficiency and developed a mentoring program, she began her work in Quality Assurance, designing many of the department’s effective programs.