Independent technology and equipment lessor CoreTech Leasing, Inc. announced a sweeping expansion of the company’s executive sales time with six significant industry hires: Chuck Gaylord joins the company as Vice President of National Sales; Tony Giovannoli as Director of Business Development; Sean Curran as National SLED Team Lead; Brian Wood as Vice President of Regional Sales; Mike Richardson as Senior Account Manager; and Art Saber joins as Senior Business Systems Analyst.
The substantial expansion will support increasing market demand for the company’s independent lease and finance solutions while driving an accelerated growth strategy to expand the company’s presence across multiple equipment finance verticals including education, legal, medical and warehouse automation. The new executive team will additionally focus on enhancing internal operations, enabling CoreTech to deliver even more value to its growing customer base.
Combined, the new sales executive team will bring more than 100 years of additional expertise in the equipment finance industry to CoreTech and the company’s clients. Gaylord, VP of National Sales, brings over three decades of leadership experience, most recently holding senior roles at US Bank, IBM Global Financing and Cisco Capital where he ran the Global Enterprise sales team in the Eastern U.S.
Giovannoli also brings over 30 years’ experience in equipment finance to his role as CoreTech’s Director of Business Development, including executive positions with JPMorgan Chase, Pitney Bowes Capital Services, IBM Global Finance, and GE Capital.
Richardson, Senior Account Manager, brings 20-plus years of exceptional sales leadership and experience as an individual contributor and a serial entrepreneur. He is credited as founder of two independent leasing and financing companies and multiple divisions at three separate banks prior to joining CoreTech.
Curran, CoreTech Leasing’s National SLED Team Lead, has spent over 12 years in the banking and financing industry, beginning with Calfirst Bank’s Municipalities group and where he began working in the higher education space working with colleges and universities nationwide eventually becoming the district manager for University Lease.
Wood, VP of Regional Sales, joins CoreTech with over a decade of sales experience in equipment leasing and financing, having held senior sales leader positions with three of the nation’s Top 25 independent leasing companies and most recently was the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Celtic Commercial Finance, a Division of Fifth Third Bank NA.
Saber, CoreTech Leasing’s Senior Business Systems Analyst, brings an impressive track record for driving successful business processes via business systems in the financial services industry. He ensures engagement and accountability from his internal and external partners to optimize project outcomes for clients.
Scott McFetters, President of CoreTech Leasing, said, “I am thrilled to not only be expanding our sales leadership team, but even more so with the caliber of expertise that we are bringing to the company and, most importantly, our clients. CoreTech’s mission has always been about delivering excellence, and I am confident that with the quality of professionals we have in place now that there is no limit to the value we will provide to our clients and to the market.”