About Crestmark
Crestmark, a business-to-business lender specializing in providing working capital solutions, was founded on the notion that there was a niche in need of help: the small-to-medium sized businesses that needed funding the more traditional banks could not provide. So, founder W. David Tull left the world of traditional banking, and started Crestmark. Approved as a Michigan-chartered FDIC Bank in 1996, Crestmark opened its doors in Troy, Michigan, and today, still employs many of the same people that were here at inception.
Located in the Midwest, it seemed only natural that Crestmark would provide financing to a myriad of manufacturing, service, and transportation industries. And, while we’ve certainly expanded our scope of business since our inception, these industries continue to make up a large portion of the industries that we serve.
Crestmark’s Mission
We strive to add value to small-and medium-sized businesses by providing innovative financial solutions to niche markets. Our success is derived exclusively from the value and satisfaction we provide to our stakeholders – including our clients, employees, shareholders, referral sources, regulators, and the industries and communities we serve. We do our best to foster an atmosphere of creativity, flexibility, and integrity in all that we are – and all that we do.
Crestmark’s Reach Expands
As time passed, it became clear that what Dave had started was working. In fact, we were getting requests for financing far outside of Michigan, so Crestmark sought ways to expand its industry and geographic reach – in order to help businesses across the country.
Dave knew that the apparel, footwear, and home furnishing trades frequently utilized the value added services and financing offered by traditional non-recourse factors. So, having known Barry J. Essig, one of the leading experts in the non-recourse factoring market, and Spectrum Financial in West Palm Beach, Florida for years, he decided to augment Crestmark’s offerings, and made Spectrum and Essig part of the team in 2001.
In October 2007, Crestmark expanded its existing capabilities in transportation finance and acquired a long-standing transportation finance company. The Nashville, Tennessee based company, with Bryan Alsobrooks at the helm, has experienced solid growth since joining the Crestmark team, and offers financial services specially designed to help the transportation industry.
In late 2007, Crestmark found a way to expand its geographic and specialized industry capabilities by acquiring the successful and respected Commercial Capital Lending in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, led by Pat Haney. Haney and his team bring extensive knowledge about the financial needs of companies in the energy and petrochemical markets, as well as the intricacies of lending to government contractors. Since they joined Crestmark, they have been a key part of Crestmark’s growth and expansion.
In 2009, Crestmark took advantage of an opportunity to enhance the strength of their staffing industry financing and brought on Jim Rothman, a well-known and respected expert in creating specialized staffing industry financing solutions. Jim’s experience and proven track record with the success of Capital TempFunds, which his efforts built to be a leading staffing industry leader, and his expertise in assisting businesses in that industry have been very beneficial to Crestmark.
We currently have four full-service offices in Troy, Michigan, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nashville, Tennessee, and West Palm Beach, Florida, as well as sales representation throughout the country. We work with an outside network of business professionals such as lawyers, accountants, business consultants, and bankers to provide the working capital assistance those businesses need. We are proud of our history and the collective strength that we’ve brought together – and we are ready to help.
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