Built by warehouse lenders, for
warehouse lenders.
Forta Solutions was founded by warehouse lending professionals who recognized that legacy technology was limiting efficiency, scalability, and innovation across the industry. Before writing a single line of code, the Forta team collaborated with four warehouse lenders to design a platform based on what lenders wanted in a modern warehouse lending solution, ensuring Forta Agility was built around real-world operational needs rather than outdated technology. Today, Forta continues to help financial institutions modernize warehouse lending with Forta Agility—a cloud-native platform that automates workflows, streamlines operations, and delivers technology built by industry experts for the industry’s evolving needs.
OUR TEAM
The people behind the platform.
Agility was built by a leadership team with decades of experience in warehouse lending. Our team has served as lenders, operators and executives giving us firsthand knowledge of the challenges financial institutions face every day. That real-world expertise is embedded into every feature of the platform, ensuring Agility is designed to solve practical business problems—not just deliver software.
Kathy Hancock
CEO & Co Founder
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Kathy Hancock
CEO & Co Founder
Kathy is a warehouse lending expert with more than 25 years of financial service experience. In 2018, she founded Avlis Partners, LLC and grew the company into the top non-bank independent warehouse lender in the country. Previously, Kathy held several executive positions with banks and mortgage originators, including senior vice president and treasurer for Impac Mortgage Holdings.
Chris Saitta
Chairman & Co-Founder
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Chris Saitta
Chairman & Co-Founder
With a legacy of innovation in the mortgage technology sector, Chris unveils Forta, his latest venture, backed by his proven track record of visionary leadership and effectiveness. He successfully launched numerous mortgage technology companies, including the default management platform Equator and Resitrader, the industry’s largest online loan trading platform. He serves as the founding investor and executive chairman of LauraMac, and founder and managing director of Calterra Capital, a private investment firm.
Chris Michaels
COO
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Chris Michaels
COO
Chris is a seasoned mortgage strategist with nearly 20 years of experience launching mortgage technology solutions for leading financial services companies, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Mr. Cooper and JP Morgan Chase. Before joining Forta, he served in VP roles at Altisource, Equator and Banc of California, where he developed and executed multiple market, product and technology strategies.
Harlan Mott
CTO
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Harlan Mott
CTO
Harlan has more than 25 years of experience in software development with deep expertise in web and mobile development, APIs, and running agile scrum and kanban teams. Prior to joining Forta, he served as director of software engineering for EVO Payments Inc. and Cherry Creek Mortgage, where he delivered a cloud- and microservice-based national real estate platform among many other technology projects.
Gilbert Abnoos
VP, Product
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Gilbert Abnoos
VP, Product
Gilbert has more than 25 years of experience managing information systems and complex technology projects in the financial service industry. Prior to Forta, he spent eight years in various executive roles for the warehouse lending division of a large, nationwide mortgage banker. Gilbert also served as VP, senior technology manager at Bank of America and as solution director for a digital engineering and consulting firm.
OUR PRINCIPLES
What we stand for.
Transparency
It is the foundation of Forta Agility, providing real-time visibility into every transaction, workflow, and decision so warehouse lenders can operate with confidence and control.
Flexibility
Flexibility is a core principle of Forta Agility, empowering warehouse lenders to configure the platform around their unique business processes while adapting seamlessly to changing operational and market demands.
Efficiency
Efficiency drives Forta Agility, streamlining warehouse lending through intelligent automation and optimized workflows that reduce manual effort, accelerate funding, and increase productivity.
OUR HISTORY
From just a vision to $16B deployed.
What began as a mission to fix outdated warehouse lending infrastructure has grown into a platform trusted by banks, depositories, and capital providers nationwide. Forta Solutions set out with one goal: modernize the infrastructure warehouse lending runs on. A decade later, we’ve helped partners deploy more than $16 billion in capital — without ever losing sight of why we started. Here’s how we got here:
2022
October 2022 – The Vision Begins
Industry leaders came together to discuss the need for a modern warehouse lending platform that would replace legacy technology with a cloud-native, automated solution built around the needs of warehouse lenders.
2022
December 2022 – Forta Solutions Incorporated
Forta Solutions was officially incorporated with a vision to modernize the warehouse lending industry through innovative, cloud-native technology.
2023
February 2023 – Development Begins
The first line of code for the Forta Agility platform was written, marking the beginning of a purpose-built solution designed in collaboration with four warehouse lenders.
2024
November 2024 – First Loan Funded
Forta Agility successfully funded its first warehouse loan, demonstrating the platform’s ability to support real-world lending operations and validating years of design and development.
2026
January 2026 – $10 Billion Milestone
Less than 15 months after funding its first loan, the Agility platform surpassed $10 billion in warehouse lending transactions, demonstrating the platform’s rapid adoption, scalability, and the confidence that warehouse lenders have placed in Forta Solutions.