MENU INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY DATA REPORTS CONTACT US HomeAbout Black Knight, Inc. ABOUT BLACK KNIGHT, INC. LEADING PROVIDER OF TECHNOLOGY, DATA AND ANALYTICS SOLUTIONS Black Knight (NYSE:BKI) is a leading provider of integrated software, data and analytics solutions that facilitate and automate many of the business processes across the homeownership life cycle. Black Knight is committed to being a premier business partner that clients rely on to achieve their strategic goals, realize greater success and better serve their customers by delivering best-in-class software, services and insights with a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity and leadership. Learn more about our mission, awards and history. THE BLACK KNIGHT MISSION To be the PREMIER PROVIDER of software, data and analytics, known for CLIENT FOCUS AND PRODUCT EXCELLENCE; and to deliver INNOVATIVE, seamlessly INTEGRATED solutions with URGENCY. ABOUT THE BLACK KNIGHT NAME The Black Knight name was selected by Black Knight Chairman Emeritus Bill Foley to reflect the values of his alma mater, West Point. The Black Knight was renowned for his elite military skills, Code of Chivalry and sworn commitment to uphold the values of courage, justice, mercy, generosity, faith, nobility and hope. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BLACK KNIGHT NAME EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM MEET THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM BLACK KNIGHT AWARDS COMPANY 2021 Score of 100% on Corporate Equality Index 2020 I Am a Healthy Start Employer, Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition North America HR Team of the Year, HRO Today HireVets Medallion Award, U.S. Department of Labor HW Tech100, HousingWire Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality, Human Rights Campagin Top 25 Fintech Innovators, MReport First Coast Healthiest Companies, First Coast Worksite Wellness Council Bronze Level Workplace Health Achievement Index, American Heart Association Military Spouse Employment Partnership, U.S. Department of Defense 2019 HW TECH100, HousingWire CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion CSO50 Award, IDG 2018 HW TECH100, HousingWire Top 25 Companies to Work For, MReport Military Spouse Employment Partnership, U.S. Department of Defense FinTech Rankings, IDC Financial Insights 2017 FinTech Rankings, IDC Financial Insights FinTech Forward, American Banker and BAI Best Places to Work in Jacksonville, Jacksonville Business Journal Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, U.S. Department of Defense 2016 HW TECH100, HousingWire America’s Best Midsize Employers, Forbes Most Innovative Award, Jacksonville Business Journal Best Start-up Offshore Development Centre Company, Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association 2015 HW TECH100, HousingWire Fintech Rankings, IDC Financial Insights FinTech Forward, American Banker and BAI Best for Real Estate Technology Solutions – Florida, Wealth and Finance International Top Technology Service Providers – NE Florida, Jacksonville Business Journal TEAM Ben Graboske, President, Data & Analytics 2021: HousingWire Vanguard Award, HousingWire Julian Grey, Market Leader, Mortgage and Post-Mortgage, Black Knight Data & Analytics 2021: Mortgage Lending’s Women of Inspiration Award, National Mortgage Professional Sandra Madigan, Digital Product Director 2021: Insiders Award, HousingWire Melissa Circelli, Chief Human Resources Officer 2021: Women of Influence-Florida’s First Coast, Jacksonville Business Journal Sue Baker, VP, Product & Client Services 2021: Women of Influence, HousingWire Andy Walden, Economist & Director of Market Research 2021: Rising Star Award, HousingWire Rich Baker, Enterprise LMS Administrator 2021: Florida LGBTQ+ Leadership Award, National Diversity Council Ben Graboske, President, Data & Analytics 2021: Swanepoel Power 20, T3 60 Real Estate Almanac Mark Ratica, Technology Strategy Manager, Servicing Technologies 2020: Service Member Patriotic Award Rich Gagliano, President, Origination Technologies 2020: HousingWire Vanguard Award, HousingWire Michelle Kersch, Chief Marketing Officer 2020: Women of Influence: Jacksonville Business Journal Kirk Larsen, Chief Financial Officer 2016: Ultimate Chief Financial Officers: Jacksonville Business Journal Shelley Leonard, Chief Product and Digital Officer 2019: Top 25 Industry Leaders and Influencers: MReport 2018: HousingWire Vanguard Award: HousingWire Julian Grey, Mortgage Market Leader, Data & Analytics 2017: Women of Influence: HousingWire 2016: Top Women in Housing: MReport Anna Malone, Compliance Director 2017: 40 Under 40: Jacksonville Business Journal Tom Sanzone, former CEO 2016: Executive of the Year: CEO World; Entrepreneur of the Year: EY; MPA Hot 100: Mortgage Professional America 2015: HousingWire Vanguard Award: HousingWire; Ultimate CEO: Jacksonville Business Journal Tom Peterson, former President, Lending Solutions 2015: Veterans of Influence: Jacksonville Business Journal Dan Sogorka, former President, RealEC Technologies 2016: Innovation Award: October Research Jerry Halbrook, former President, Origination Technologies 2016: Executive of the Year: CEO World SOFTWARE 2017: Clareity Customer Satisfaction Award, Paragon MLS: Clareity Consulting 2016: Clareity Customer Satisfaction Award, Paragon MLS: Clareity Consulting 2015: Best-in-Class Loan Servicing Technology, MSP®: CEB TowerGroup; Clareity Customer Satisfaction Award, Paragon MLS: Clareity Consulting STEVIE AWARDS GOLD 2016 Management Team of the Year: Executive Management Team SILVER 2016 Executive of the Year: Tom Sanzone, CEO 2015 Sales Support Team of the Year: Data & Analytics 2015 Customer Service Leader of the Year: Darlene Ledet, Senior Vice President, PowerCell BRONZE 2016 Human Resources Executive of the Year: Melissa Circelli, Chief Human Resources Officer 2016 Front-Line Customer Service Professional of the Year – Technology Industries: Ginny Peugnet, Corporate Accounting Consultant, Client Support 2016 Back-Office Customer Service Professional of the Year – Computer Services/Software: David Campbell, Vice President, Client Support 2016 Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Services: Client Support 2016 Customer Service Training Team of the Year: Data & Analytics Training Team 2016 Customer Service Team of the Year – Recovery Situation – Financial Services, Insurance and Real Estate: Data & Analytics 2016 Sales/Customer Service Solutions Technology Partner of the Year: Data & Analytics 2015 Contact Center of the Year: Data & Analytics 2015 Best Use of Technology in Customer Service – Accounting, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance: Data & Analytics Customer Service 2015 Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year: Data & Analytics Field Support Team 2015 Innovation in Customer Service: Data & Analytics 2015 Sales Process of the Year: Data & Analytics Sales Team HISTORY 1962 Black Knight’s earliest predecessor company, Computing and Statistical Services, is founded in Jacksonville, Fla. 1969 Computing and Statistical Services incorporates under its new name: Computer Power Inc. (CPI). Its primary offering is a powerful loan servicing technology platform called the Mortgage Servicing Package (MSP). 1992 ALLTEL Corporation purchases CPI, which becomes a part of ALLTEL Information Services. ALLTEL Information Services’ financial services division provides technology applications for mortgage, banking and other financial services. 2002 ALLTEL Information Services acquires Eastern Software and renames the loan origination technology solution Empower. 2003 Fidelity National Financial (FNF), the nation’s largest title insurance company, purchases ALLTEL Information Services to expand its breadth of services. FNF renames its newly acquired mortgage and financial services technology division Fidelity Information Systems (FIS), and relocates FNF’s headquarters from Santa Barbara, Calif. to Jacksonville, Fla. 2006 FNF purchases Certegy to expand its FIS division into check, credit and debit processing. FNF renames the combined FIS-Certegy division Fidelity National Information Services (FNIS) and spins it off into a separate publicly traded company (NYSE: FIS). FIS is named to the S&P 500 and recognized as the nation’s #1 bank technology company. 2008 The mortgage processing and services portion of FIS is spun off into a separate publicly traded company named Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS). LPS acquires McDash Analytics, which offers access to one of the largest loan-level databases of mortgage assets for benchmarking and analysis. McDash becomes part of LPS’ new Applied Analytics division. 2009 LPS accomplishes the largest loan conversion in history after successfully converting 5 million loans for Chase Home Mortgage from Chase’s previous servicing system to LPS’ MSP platform. LPS is named to the Fortune 1000, and is ranked #9 on the FinTech 100 list of top financial services technology providers. LPS is recognized as one of Northeast Florida’s Best Places to Work. 2010 LPS is named to Bloomberg/Business Week’s Top 100 Tech Companies in the U.S. 2011 LPS is ranked #7 on the FinTech 100 list of top financial services technology providers. 2012 LPS is ranked #877 on the Fortune 1000 list. LPS is honored with the State of Florida’s 2012 Governor’s Innovators in Business Award. 2013 LPS named #11 on the FinTech 100’s top financial technology providers for fiscal year 2012. Mortgage Executive Magazine selects LPS as one of the Top 50 Mortgage Service Providers in America. 2014 LPS is acquired by Fidelity National Financial on Jan. 2, 2014, and renamed Black Knight Financial Services. In May, Black Knight is named to the list of Top 50 Mortgage Service Providers by Mortgage Technology magazine. Black Knight is named by HousingWire as a Compliance All-Star In Oct., Black Knight is named to the FinTech 100 list of the world’s leading providers of technology to the financial services industry. 2015 Black Knight is named to HousingWire’s 2015 HW Tech 100, a list of the housing industry’s most innovative technology companies. Black Knight’s MSP servicing platform is the only system to achieve the highest ranking in all four “Best-in-Class” categories in a CEB TowerGroup survey of nine leading loan servicing systems. Black Knight begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BKFS” after a highly successful initial public offering. The senior management team rings The Opening Bell® of the NYSE on Wall Street to mark the occasion. Black Knight’s management team is presented a Gold Stevie Award by the American Business Awards for Management Team of the Year – Business Products or Services Industries category. 2016 In May, Black Knight acquires eLynx, a leading provider of lending document and data delivery solutions, including eSign, eClose and eDelivery capabilities. President and CEO Tom Sanzone is presented with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year – Florida Award for the Technology category. In June, Black Knight acquires Motivity Solutions, a leading provider of customized mortgage business intelligence analytics that becomes part of Black Knight’s Origination Technologies division. Forbes recognizes Black Knight as one of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers. 2017 Black Knight is recognized by the Jacksonville Business Journal as one of Northeast Florida’s Best Places to Work. Black Knight was presented an Above and Beyond Award by the U.S. Department of Defense ESGR Program. In July, Black Knight Successfully converts more than 1 million home equity and private banking loans to the MSP servicing system for JPMorgan Chase. On Oct. 2, FNF’s spin-off transaction of Black Knight is completed. As a newly independent company, Black Knight, Inc. begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BKI.” In November, Black Knight announces that Ocwen Loan Servicing signs a seven-year contract for MSP to service residential mortgages, and home equity loans and lines of credit. 2018 In January, Black Knight announces that CitiMortgage will implement Black Knight’s origination solutions, including the Empower loan origination system. April 2018, Anthony Jabbour is named Chief Executive Officer. On June 4, Black Knight acquires HeavyWater, a provider of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to the financial services industry, to help clients enhance efficiency, improve accuracy and mitigate risk through AI/ML technology. Black Knight acquires Ernst Publishing Co., a leading provider of technology and closing cost data for the real estate and home finance industries. 2019 Black Knight appoints Pete Carrara as Chief Information Officer. In August, Black Knight and Docutech announce strategic alliance. Black Knight’s CEO Anthony Jabbour joins CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Black Knight acquires Compass Analytics, a leading provider of secondary market capabilities. About Us Investors Careers Support and Login Privacy Notice Site Map Search Contact Us Black Knight, Inc. 601 Riverside Avenue Jacksonville, FL 32204 904.854.5100 AskBlackKnight@BKFS.com Print TM SM ® Trademark(s) of Black Knight IP Holding Company, LLC, or an affiliate. © 2021 Black Knight Technologies, LLC. All Rights Reserved. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies. Privacy Notice Change Settings