Team
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Geoff Brenner
Chief Executive Officer
In 2019, Geoff was named CEO of Triumph Business Capital after 20+ years in the healthcare industry, where he built a portfolio of healthcare services companies spanning revenue cycle, supply chain, insurance and performance improvement consulting, and led the enterprise to best-in-class financial performance amid significant industry disruption.
Geoff holds a psychology degree from Florida State University and a MBA from Southern Methodist University, and has served on more than 10 domestic and international boards. He holds multiple insurance and financial securities licenses and has completed several unorthodox leadership programs, such as the SOTG U.S. Navy SEALs Leadership Under Fire Executive Leadership Program in Coronado. Geoff is passionate about servant leadership and for the past 10 years has made annual trips to San Jose, Costa Rica to build homes for impoverished Nicaraguan refugees.
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George A. Thorson
President & Chief Operating Officer, CAEF
George has more than 36 years of experience in commercial finance including factoring, asset based lending, business evaluations, loan work out and field auditing. Prior to joining Triumph Business Capital, George was a principal in Collateral Risk Management, Inc. and Credit Support International. George continues to serve as an industry expert and peer educator for the International Factoring Association and the National Association of Credit Managers. George received a B.S. in Accounting from St. Cloud State University, and is an IFA Certified Account Executive in Factoring (CAEF).
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John Shields
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
John has more than two decades of experience in leadership and multiple areas of technology including enterprise architecture and agile methodologies.
John joined Triumph in late 2017 after several years as an IT consultant in various industries including healthcare, travel, telecom, distribution and finance. As CTO, John is responsible for Triumph’s overall IT vision, which increasingly includes emerging technologies and leveraging decision science such as machine learning, big data and neural networks.
Prior to Triumph, John worked as Principal Architect at Credera, a full-service management and IT consulting firm and also spent nearly a decade working for American Airlines as an Application Architect.
A veteran of the Navy, he served aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson
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Kimberly Winters
EVP, Operations & Underwriting, CAEF
Kimberly has more than 15 years of leadership in the commercial finance industry. She oversees all underwriting and collection activities, including credit analysis of new business opportunities, portfolio risk analysis, client compliance and legal administration.
She joined Triumph in 2012 after working for Metro Financial and Greystone Commercial Services.
Kimberly is a Certified Account Executive in Factoring (CAEF) and winner of the Commercial Finance Association’s (CFA) 40 Under 40 Award.
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Erik T. Bahr
EVP, Sales
Erik joins Triumph after serving as Texas regional president of Compass Real Estate, an agent-centric real estate technology company. Prior to Compass, he spent a decade respectively at Yahoo (broadcast.com) and Facebook, leading and growing business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales organizations for each.
He serves on the board of directors for Pursuant and Will Reed. He also remains active at his alma mater, Texas Christian University and with the TCU Lettermen’s Association as a multi-year letterman in football.
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Janice Fox
SVP Human Resources, SHRM-CP, PHR
Janice has held leadership roles in human resources for more than 20 years, overseeing all aspects of human resources from compensation to benefits and training.
She is a Certified Mediator with the Oklahoma Supreme Court, member of SHRM (Society of Human Resources Management); a Human Resources Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP); holds a Professional Human Resources (PHR) Certification from the HR Certification Institute as well as a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Southern Nazarene University.
Janice also serves on the board of Among Friends, a non-profit organization for adults with disabilities.
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Michael Lingman
SVP, Fuel Programs
With close to two decades of experience in the fuel card industry, Michael joined Triumph Business Capital in 2019. Michael brings senior leadership experience from his time at WEX and Fleetcor as well as starting his own fuel card company in 2017, Patriot Fleet Solutions.
As SVP of the fuel program, he is responsible for building the infrastructure of Triumph fuel program as well as leveraging the existing fuel program. He is an active member of NAFA, the North American Fleet Administrator organization.
Michael graduated from Temple University with a B.B.A in International Business and an M.Ed. from Arcadia University.
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Moises Bolanos
SVP, Client Experience
A proven client experience leader from multiple industries, including transportation factoring, Moises joined Triumph Business Capital in 2020 after holding a similar role at eCapital.
As SVP of Client Experience, he leads Triumph’s Client Experience team, which focuses on employee engagement and training, customer service and retention goals and incorporating technology and a data-driven approach to track and meet established benchmarks.
Moises started his career in sales and sales training and has since held several leadership roles in a diverse set of companies in the B2B and B2C space. He has helped multiple teams develop innovative technology solutions, improved employee training programs and optimized business processes that increase client and employee satisfaction.
He earned his B.A. in Liberal Arts from Cal Lutheran University.
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Mark Day
SVP, Accounting & Treasury
With two decades of corporate leadership and financial services experience, Mark joined Triumph Business Capital in 2019, after serving in a similar capacity for eight years at TBK Bank, SSB, a Triumph Bancorp member company.
He currently holds a position on the inaugural Fiserv Financial and Risk Client Advisory Board. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska.