has hired a former Ultraprise Corp. technology expert to manage the association’s progress on e-mortgage development. Harry Gardner will be director of industry standards. He will help oversee the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization’s establishment of technology for e-mortgages. Gardner was director of custom integration with Ultraprise, Frederick, MD, a business-to-business technology firm. He has more than 20 years of management and technical expertise in vertical market software development, e-commerce, government contract management and system