Founder

Greg spent 23 years with a nationally chartered commercial bank that grew to approximately $2.4 billion in assets. As Chief Credit Officer and later CEO, his responsibilities included commercial lending, credit policy, underwriting standards, portfolio risk, regulatory matters, and the bank’s broader financial and strategic direction. His experience included commercial and industrial, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, commercial real estate, and professional and executive lending.

Working with the bank’s leadership team, he emphasized disciplined credit practices and sound financial performance. During his tenure, the bank consistently ranked among the stronger performers in its national peer group.

Outside banking, Greg has invested in commercial real estate, private equity, and privately held businesses. His experience evaluating transactions from both borrower and investor perspectives has shaped his view of capital structure, refinancing risk, investment returns, and how economic cycles influence asset values, financial resilience, and exit flexibility.

Having made lending decisions, obtained financing, and invested his own capital, Greg understands transactions from the perspectives of lender, borrower, and investor. That experience shapes GTE’s emphasis on sound financing structures, disciplined risk assessment, sustainable financial performance, and constructive lender relationships.