Ed Hill is the Senior Vice President of Trustee Services for Prommis Solutions, LLC
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Ed Hill: Nobody Owes You Anything
Ed Hill, a business executive and vice president at Atlanta based Prommis Solutions, shared insight and advice with a group of seniors at Grady High when he stopped by the school to participate in the Talk About Your Future program. Hill began with a personal maxim he coined as a young man to help guide himself through the ups and downs of life: good decisions lead to blessings; bad decisions lead to consequences. Everyone has made a number of both, Hill continued, and everyone will continue to make bad decisions here and there. What really matters, Hill said, is that you take responsibility for your decisions; that you enjoy your rewards as the fruit of your labor and own up to your mistakes. Hill shared stories of some of his own poor decisions with the students. He told them about his choice to drop out of college and his struggles with alcohol and drugs as a young man. He told them that his poor decision-making and the resulting consequences led him to feel, at times in his twenties, that he could not and would not ever succeed.
That changed, however, when Hill reconnected with a distant cousin, who taught him about the value of taking responsibility for one’s actions and thereby regaining control over one’s life. His cousin helped him learn to face up to his struggles and take ownership of them. It’s never too late, Hill learned, to change for the better and to break away from a negative cycle. Hill urged the students not to blame the world for any problems they might encounter as they grow older; instead, he urged them to spend their energy making positive choices and looking for practical solutions. “Take the word entitlement out of your vocabulary…No matter where we start, it’s where we finish that matters. We may have been dealt a bad hand, but we have to own it and embrace it…Attitude and work ethic determine success,” Hill told the class. Hill continued, “You are the sum total of all of the decisions you have made.” Hill ended with a few simple words of advice. He told the students to avoid complainers, keep a good attitude, and work hard – all while always remembering the importance of every decision they make.
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Ed Hill serves as Senior Vice President of Trustee Services for Prommis Solutions, LLC., a national provider of default processing services. Hill brings to Prommis more than 25 years of mortgage servicing experience. Hill is responsible for providing executive leadership for Prommis subsidiaries Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, Reliable Posting & Publication Company and Interface, Inc.. In addition to leading the strategic growth of these companies, Hill will interface directly with their leading clients to ensure the highest level of service and satisfaction.
Prior to joining Prommis Solutions, Hill worked as Managing Director for Lender Processing Services where he led the successful development and implementation of the Desktop Loss Mitigation platform for a top 5 servicer and several other clients. Hill was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Eagle Vision Communications LLP., a default technology company that was acquired by LPS after designing loss mitigation, document preparation and attorney management applications. Hill also served as Vice President of Default Technology at Litton Loan Servicing, where he guided the development and operational deployment of proprietary tracking systems that supported the company’s foreclosure and attorney network management functions.
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