About DBHill-AI
A specialized AI automation and consulting practice built for mortgage lenders — grounded in 20+ years of mortgage industry experience
The Story
DBHill-AI was founded on a pattern observed across 20+ years working inside the mortgage industry: when revenue stalls, lenders fix the problem they can see. Better leads, more marketing, another tool. The results rarely move, because the thing limiting profit is somewhere else.
DBHill LLC was established in 2011. Today, DBHill-AI applies a proprietary method built on Theory of Constraints principles to that problem. We don't guess where improvement will pay off. We identify the constraint with each lender's own numbers, quantify the opportunity, and focus resources where they make the greatest difference to the bottom line. Then we build the automation that removes it, and repeat the cycle.
Our approach is not generic. We build solutions grounded in deep mortgage domain expertise: origination, Product and Pricing and AU application development, and enterprise LOS implementation. That background shapes every engagement, from compliance handling to workflow design to how we scope and deliver results.
DBHill-AI is not a general chatbot or automation platform. It is a specialized practice built for one discipline: finding the constraint on a lender's profit and removing it with systematic, compliant AI automation, whether that means outreach to relationships the lender already has or a custom workflow.
Core Values
Practical
We build solutions that solve real problems in the real world. No theory. No feature creep. Just what lenders actually need to move the needle on revenue.
Proven
20+ years of mortgage industry experience, deep in origination, product development, and enterprise implementation. You know who you are working with.
Scalable
What works for a single broker scales to 50 loan officers. Infrastructure built from the start to grow without breaking, without surprises.
Meet the Team
David Hillenbrand
Founder, Profit Improvement Consultant
20+ years in the mortgage industry spanning independent origination, Product and Pricing and Automatic Underwriting application development, and enterprise LOS implementation consulting at major financial institutions. David founded DBHill-AI to apply the Theory of Constraints and AI automation to the revenue problem that consistently limits small-to-medium lenders: dormant relationships sitting untouched in the CRM.
Let's Talk
Whether you want to find your constraint or discuss a specific automation, reach out. We are available for a conversation.