Lee Kennedy

Lee entered the collateral risk space in the mid-1980s as an appraiser before joining the nation’s largest thrift where he collaborated with AVM developers and public record aggregators to develop automated valuation solutions and appraiser-assisted valuation productivity tools. Lee founded AVMetrics in 2005 and has grown the business to a dominant position in the AVM model validation, testing, and collateral consulting space. Lee was a significant contributor to the publications AVMs 101 and AVMs 201, has written numerous articles for industry journals, and has authored several white papers on AVM Cascading logic systems, scoring methodologies, and platform integration strategies. He is a frequent speaker and panelist for the industry and he has often served as an expert witness on the subject of AVMs. Lee has testified numerous times as an expert witness in large-scale litigation on the role AVMs played in the financial crisis. Lee is a certified residential property appraiser in California and a Navy Veteran having served with meritorious distinction as a Nuclear Engineer aboard fast attack submarines during the cold war.