Bill Beckmann, a former top official at CitiMortgage, has been named as the new president and CEO of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems and its parent entity, MERSCORP. Beckmann is leaving behind his private consulting firm to join the company. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of CitiMortgage where he had responsibility for strategy, sales, operations, capital markets, and regulation/compliance. Before that, he was president of Citigroup’s real estate servicing and technology group, providing customer service, technology and default…