Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that Dean Waters has joined the company as Managing Director of Originations covering the Southeast Region. Based in Atlanta, GA, Waters will manage Stonebriar Commercial Finance's direct originations efforts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Waters joins Stonebriar from NextGen Capital, where he developed and secured investment banking mandates and led the Financial Institutions Group. Prior to his time at NextGen, Waters managed capital markets, pricing and structuring, accounting and tax, and product development for Synovus Bank's equipment finance group. Waters' earlier experience includes capital markets leadership roles at GMAC Commercial Finance, Bank of America and NationsBanc. Dean holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from East Carolina University and a Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University.

"Dean's 20-plus years' experience in the financial services industry and his broad direct and referral source relationships in the Southeast will prove tremendously valuable as we aggressively pursue this market", said Kyle Parks, Stonebriar's Head of Direct Originations. "We are thrilled to add a professional of Dean's caliber to our team."

"I am excited to be a part of the Stonebriar team", said Waters. "I'm very much looking forward to bringing Stonebriar's broad and unique capabilities to the Southeast market."