

Previously, he also helped build the agency business at Auriga, where he held the role of managing director, head of agency trading. Julius joins Better from 1842 Capital Advisors, where he was founder and managing partner, handling investments in commercial real estate, multifamily value-add and several other assets. The company has made headlines in recent months due to its handling of numerous layoffs as it prepares to go public.

Julius’s hiring comes following other recent leadership moves at Better including the appointment of Harit Talwar as nonexecutive chair and Sushil Sharma as chief growth officer. “We are thrilled to welcome him to Better where he will play a critical role in further building our trade platforms and developing our team,” said President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Ryan. Our technology and software specialists provided the complete package to implement the new learning solution, including a custom portal solution with user-facing LMS, Freddie Mac-facing administrative backend and Freddie Mac Admin-facing portal backend so that the courses and site would be editable and sustainable for Freddie Mac.New York-based Better added Mike Julius as head of capital markets to manage the company’s relationships with external brokers and dealers. Our solution included experience-based learning to allow trainers to practice responding to realistic scenarios featuring learner personas blended learning experiences with asynchronous learning and facilitation masterclasses and a new certification program. We updated Freddie Mac’s content to support financial educators as they led both in-person and virtual learning workshops.

