James Rothman
Executive Vice President
Group President, East Region
Jim joined Crestmark in June 2009 as Group President, East Region, in the West Palm Beach office. With his wealth of staffing finance experience, he has enriched Crestmark’s staffing support, and established a specialty finance division dedicated to the staffing industry. Previously, he was president of Capital TempFunds, a division of Capital Business Credit LLC, one of the largest specialized commercial finance companies in the United States. During his 15 years at Capital TempFunds, Jim guided the company’s growth from a small lender and back-office services provider to a staffing industry leader in payroll funding, asset-based lines of credit, acquisition financing, and financing to support workers’ compensation insurance needs of staffing industry clients.
Jim has been published in multiple staffing and lending publications, and has been a panelist at conventions related both to staffing and lending. His career in lending has spanned over 25 years including holding senior positions with Bell Atlantic Tricon and Fidelcor Business Credit (now part of the CIT Group). He was also the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Equivest Finance, Inc., a publicly traded consumer finance company.
Jim obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and his Master of Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology. He is currently on the board of Directors of the Commercial Finance Association.
You can contact Jim at 561.227.5872 or jrothman@crestmark.com.