EverBank Commercial Finance announced Kurt Kolesha has joined the firm’s industrial division. Kolesha will be a sales manager responsible for supporting the manufacturing platform, which focuses on companies nation-wide within the plastics, packaging, food processing and machine tool industries. He will be based in Hampton, N.H., and will report directly to Sam Smith, EverBank Commercial Finance’s Industrial Managing Director.

“Not only does Kurt bring more than two decades of industry-specific experience from working in plastics and packaging, he’s also a veteran of the Massachusetts market and surrounding region,” said Smith. “Kurt’s track record of effectively overseeing deals across various sizes and various sectors will be a great asset to the team and will no doubt help our clients reach their leasing and financing objectives.”

After beginning his career in accounting and tax, Kolesha achieved top sales volumes while working at some of the nation’s leading financial institutions. For the past two years, Kolesha served as a senior sales manager for U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, handling sales origination through direct and banking channels in construction, general manufacturing, and plastics, among other areas. While at U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, Kolesha handled deals in the $1 million to $40 million range. Previously, Kolesha worked as senior sales manager for TCF Equipment Finance’s manufacturing group.

EverBank Commercial Finance, a subsidiary of EverBank, provides equipment financing, asset-based lending and specialized financial solutions to U.S.-based businesses. The Vendor Finance Group serves vendors, dealers and manufacturers in the industrial equipment, healthcare, office equipment and technology markets. The Lender Finance Group offers a variety of credit and non-credit products to specialty finance businesses on a national basis.