Partners Capital, an equipment lessor specializing in vendor finance announced a number of personnel moves:

Joe Quintero has been nammed CCO. Quintero has over 23 years of credit and management experience and holds CLFP certification. He has previously held several credit and operations positions with Ascentium Capital, Pentech Financial Services, First Sierra, and Colonial Pacific Leasing/GE Capital. Mr. Quintero will be working from the corporate office in Orange County, CA.

Mike Geske has ben promoted to Chief Sales Officer. Geske has over 28 years of sales and management experience within the banking and equipment finance industry. He started with Trans Leasing International in 1988 and later HPSC and then Funding Well Capital. Geske joined Partners Capital as Director of Sales in 2014 and has increased sales 700% to $100MM. Geske is responsible for all vendor relationships and programs at Partners Capital.

The company also announced the hiring of five Vice President of Sales bringing the total of “Partner Reps” to 28 plus an additional 65 Account Executives in sales. Jared Berggren has six years of experience and was previously at Ascentium Capital. Alex Perez has over five years of experience where he was a top sales rep previously at Alliance Funding Group. Torre Montez has four years and most recently worked for Ascentium Capital. Travis Patterson joins Partners with four years of experience from Providence Capital. Michael Larson has 20 years of experience and last worked at JBT Financial Services.

Additionally, the company has added four Account Executives bringing the total to 95 experienced vendor sales reps at Partners Capital. From Providence Capital Funding, Partners has brought on Phillip Kim and David So. Paul Coupland came from Matrix Business Capital and Robert Henning from Quail Financial Solutions. All four Account Executives have proven track records and bring vendor relationships to Partners Capital.

The company also added additional Underwriters and Vendor Sales Support personnel.  Anthony D’Agostino, who has four years of credit and underwriting experience and has most recently worked for Balboa Capital. Melissa Morales comes joined the company from Summit Funding giving exceptional Vendor Sales Support for several large vendor programs.

Finally, the company announced the opeing of fourth regional office in Lynnwood, WA. This 6,000 sqft office will allow Partners Capital to hire an additional 40 sales reps and managers and will also allow Partners Capital to better service its vendor partners in the North West. Partners Capital is located in Orange County, CA with over 80 fulltime employees and has office in Lindon, UT and Woodland Hills, CA.