Christopher Smith

Chief Information Officer @ Enact Mortgage Insurance | Transformational IT Executive | Proven Leader in AI, Cloud Transformation, Cybersecurity, and Strategy Alignment

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

About

Transformational IT Executive As a visionary IT executive with over 26 years of experience, I specialize in leading digital transformations, aligning technology with business objectives, and delivering measurable outcomes. As the Chief Information Officer for Enact Mortgage Insurance, I am tasked with establishing a technology vision that reshapes our business processes, enhances customer engagement and communication, and positions us for our future endeavors. My commitment lies in leveraging technology to accomplish business goals and objectives, working collaboratively with all levels of the organization—from C-Level executives to everyday associates. I take pride in guiding teams and executives in envisioning the 'Art of the Possible' and developing strategic roadmaps to achieve these aspirations. With a proven track record of top performance, I excel at leading and influencing development and business teams, partners, and vendors in executing technology initiatives that drive long-term strategic objectives.

Experience

  • Enact Mortgage Insurance (Full-time · 17 yrs 1 mo)
    • Chief Information Officer
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Chief Technology Officer
      Jul 2020 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs

      Leveraged proven relationship building skills to create vision, technology strategy, and multi-year modernization road maps to drive business and technology alignment in a challenging and competitive environment. Managed annual IT operating budget of ~$50M.

    • Director Enterprise Architecture and /Principal Technologist
      Nov 2012 - Jul 2020 · 7 yrs 9 mos

  • Chief Architect/Principal Technologist at Genworth
    Nov 2003 - Jun 2009 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Founded Enterprise Architecture function within Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance (ipo’d from General Electric May 2004). Led team of architects to establish standards and guidelines, design and code reviews, application modernization, and provide strategic technology direction.

  • GE Capital Mortgage Insurance (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area · On-site)
    • Applications Consultant
      Mar 2003 - Nov 2003 · 9 mos

    • Sr. Applications Specialist
      Oct 2000 - Feb 2003 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Played key technical role in design and implementation of e-Business strategy with focus on web-site functionality that would provide digitization of internal and customer touch points.

    • Applications Specialist
      Mar 2000 - Oct 2000 · 8 mos

      Strategic member of technical team that designed and developed GE MI’s delegated loan portal. This web-site was recognized by the mortgage industry as the “2000 Mortgage Web Site of the Year”.