Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald

Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald is the Founder and CEO of MegaStar Financial, Take Three Technologies (Take3Tech), and Megastar Holdings. She operates at the intersection of mortgage lending and technology, building and scaling companies by challenging legacy thinking and replacing fragmented systems with unified, data-driven platforms. An Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Colorado Business Hall of Fame Award recipient, Anita is known for telling hard truths, pushing underwriting intelligence earlier in the loan lifecycle, and designing systems that reduce cost to produce without sacrificing certainty, compliance, or borrower experience. She’s a straight-shooting industry voice, a tech obsessive.