PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Promotes Eric Pearson to Assistant Vice President of Software Development and Enterprise Architecture

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. , today announced the promotion of Eric Pearson to Assistant Vice President of Software Development and Enterprise Architecture. Pearson is responsible for the strategic development and tactical delivery of PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.'s internal applications.

"Eric has been instrumental in developing and implementing our technology architecture framework, as well as our software development standards," said Chuck Starkovich, Senior Vice President, Systems Development and Enterprise Architecture at PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. "Eric's promotion is well deserved, and I look forward to his continued success in maintaining our enterprise view of all application systems."

Pearson joined PMI in 2004 as the Director of Enterprise Architecture, where he was instrumental in establishing PMI's enterprise architecture practice. Pearson also helped establish a software development governance process that ensures PMI continues to deliver high quality projects on time and within budget.

Prior to PMI, Pearson worked for Safeway as an Enterprise Architect where he established and managed a reusable software development group. Pearson also provided architectural oversight to several of Safeway's strategic technology initiatives, such as online shopping and fuel sales. Pearson's extensive software development background comes from years of consultant, management, and software development experience with companies including Sybase, John Hancock, and the United States Postal Service.

Pearson has a Bachelor's degree in computer science from Bridgewater State College.

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (PMI U.S.), a subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. , provides residential mortgage insurance to mortgage lenders, capital market participants, and investors throughout the United States. PMI U.S. is incorporated in Arizona, headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, and licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. By mitigating default risk, residential mortgage insurance expands homeownership opportunities and assists financial institutions in reducing the capital they are required to hold against low down payment mortgages. PMI U.S. is rated AA by Standard and Poor's, Aa2 by Moody's, and AA+ by Fitch. For more information: http://www.pmi-us.com/.