Sagent Appoints Former Wells Fargo & Homepoint Execs To Grow Dara Platform Partnerships & Market Share

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sagent, a leading provider of mortgage servicing technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Art Calhoun as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Kim Warnica as Vice President of Product Marketing. Calhoun and Warnica will help grow market share and ecosystem partners for the Dara by Sagent platform that powers America's $14 trillion mortgage servicing industry.

Geno Paluso, CEO of Sagent, commented:

"As we accelerate our phased rollout of Dara by Sagent in 2025, we need top talent to articulate Dara's value and integrate all the best partners into our Dara servicing systems of record," said Sagent CEO Geno Paluso. "That's what Art Calhoun and Kim Warnica are here to help us do. Dara by Sagent's real-time data, unified UX for servicers and consumers, and open ecosystem across core, default, and consumer mortgage servicing powers America's top servicers, and is the industry's only modern end-to-end servicing platform that can handle every servicing scenario at the largest scale."

Art Calhoun, VP Strategic Partnerships

Calhoun joins Sagent from Wells Fargo, where he served as Executive Director of Vendor Oversight, overseeing vendor operations in mortgage servicing – including scorecards, contracts, spend management, and risk assessments. With over two decades of experience, he brings deep expertise in end-to-end mortgage servicing, operations, portfolio management, and asset disposition.

At Sagent, Calhoun will lead the partner program to align partner integration roadmaps with customer requirements and execute on Dara's open ecosystem vision. This enables servicers to have all their preferred vendors integrated into Sagent's systems of record.

Kim Warnica, VP Product Marketing

Warnica joins Sagent after senior product marketing roles at New American Funding, Homepoint, and Rocket Mortgage. Throughout her mortgage career, she has led go-to-market initiatives to increase revenue, market share, and organizational growth.

At Sagent, Warnica will oversee product marketing across Dara's core, default, and consumer mortgage servicing platforms to grow market share with new Dara customers and educate existing customers on Dara's capabilities.

Both Calhoun and Warnica will report to Sagent's EVP Strategic Growth Perry Hilzendeger, who oversees all strategic growth, customer success, and customer implementation teams.

About Sagent:

Sagent is a leading provider of mortgage servicing technology solutions, empowering servicers to streamline operations, enhance customer experience, and improve profitability. Sagent's Dara platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools and technologies to address the evolving needs of the mortgage servicing industry.

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