About us
Rate.com Research
We're an independent, editorial operation that aims to provide accurate, unbiased and helpful news, analysis and advice on matters of personal finance. We don't promote the products and services of Guaranteed Rate or of any other company. Our content is written, edited and published by experienced journalists without any interference from others. We welcome your comments and feedback. Please contact us at [email protected].
EDITORIAL TEAM
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Dee Gill
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Dee Gill specializes in making arcane business topics and financial research relevant to ordinary human beings. Her career includes decades of writing for publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Inc., Time and The Economist. Lately she spends more time working with economists at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, transforming research into user-friendly articles.
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Mark Stein
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Mark Stein began his career at TheLos Angeles Times, reporting on the environment, transportation and science. He was a senior editor for Bloomberg News in London, and then a business editor for The New York Times. He launched websites for Conde Nast and AQR Capital Management before becoming a senior editor at McKinsey & Company.
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Neal Templin
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Neal Templin is a 29-year veteran of the Wall Street Journal, where he was a reporter, bureau chief and editor. He is currently a columnist for Barron’s.
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Natasha Frost
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Natasha Frost is a freelance journalist based in New York, formerly of Quartz and the BBC.
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Jacqui Kenyon
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Jacqui Kenyon is an editorial consultant, writer and editor based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Business Insider, The Daily Beast, Fast Company and Forbes.
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Arianne Cohen
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Arianne Cohen’s workplace writing appears frequently in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, BBC News and Bloomberg News, and her features can be found in Vogue, Elle and The New York Times, among others. She totally loves her job, and replies to email.
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Tanza Loudenback
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Tanza Loudenback is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. A certified financial planner and former correspondent at Business Insider, she specializes in simplifying personal finance concepts and analyzing news for mass audiences with the ultimate goal of informing and inspiring people to make smart decisions with their money.
Founder & CEO
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Victor Ciardelli
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Victor, founder and CEO of Guaranteed Rate, has pioneered the use of data in the mortgage industry, helping to transform the formerly paper-intensive business into an increasingly digital enterprise. Along the way, Victor, a former front-line loan officer, gained an appreciation for the well-informed client, and with the launch of the rate.com research center hopes to empower customers and all consumers to make better-informed choices about their finances.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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Shawn Carpenter
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Shawn is both a serial entrepreneur and experienced corporate executive, who is a recognized expert on digital marketing. He is the founding CEO of YCharts, a financial analysis platform at the forefront of the fintech movement, served in a senior strategy role at Google and has advised other entrepreneurs on how to translate ideas into commercial enterprises. Shawn joined Guaranteed Rate in 2018 as executive vice president to help accelerate the company's digital transformation and business growth. Shawn holds a deep belief that the underwriting of data and content of the highest quality is essential to building lasting relationships with customers and others.
