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Favorite things Josh Bopp, founder and CEO, focusIT Josh Bopp founded focusIT in 2002, and by 2005 the company had found its niche as a mortgage-specific technology vendor. Bopp focuses on hosting and creating software that keeps the mortgage industry running smoothly and efficiently Music: I find myself
Vacation spot: We go up to Breckenridge, Colorado, in the summer. Josh Bopp
I like to golf; we like to hike. It’s a pretty amazing place. That’s for sure my favorite spot.
listening to a lot of Ryan Adams and Lyle Lovett. I always seem to have that on in the background at work. If I turn on a country music station and listen for three minutes, that’s a long time. But stick up Ryan Adams on Pandora, I can listen all day.
Sport: Golf... for sure, golf. When I’m playing, it just sort of hits all my high points. It gets me out of the office; it gets me to stop thinking about work for a while. It just has a lot of pieces moving for me that most other sports don’t.
Celebrity: I like Jim Furyk, the golfer, a lot. He’s a
Food: I suppose whenever I’m out looking for
little older and he’s hanging in there. These guys that are half his age are still having a hard time beating him. Guys his age are not supposed to be playing like he’s playing.
a good time, I always seem to go back to a good steak – rib eye or fillet, whatever. Everything else they put on the plate is kind of secondary. Vegan I am not.
Book: I always liked The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. It’s not exactly a new book by any means, but I always think it’s an interesting read.
Drink: My new favorite drink is Movie: I think my favorite movie – which is kind of goofy, I guess – is Die Hard. The original, original Die Hard. That’s my closet movie that I always go to – and now the whole world knows. They kind of got off the rails with the sequels, but [the original] is sort of a genre-breaker.
Tito’s and soda. Tito’s vodka is from a little micro distillery. It’s good stuff.
Working in the mortgage industry: In the mortgage tech space, everyone is always excited for change. They want to be more efficient; they want to drive their costs down. Some people are afraid of change, but when our customers come to us, they’re asking us to implement change. It’s a unique experience for sure. OCTOBER 2013 | 59