Leadership

John R. Rosin - Founder and Senior Managing Director                                                                                          jrr@wilberforcecapital.com - 770-490-1303 (m)

John has over 25 years experience in the commercial finance industry having worked and managed lending units for senior debt capital providers GE Capital, Wells Fargo Foothill, Fremont Financial and First Union National Bank.  He has extensive experience in the negotiation and origination of asset-based, leveraged cash flow and structured product financings for both public and privately owned companies in a broad range of industries.  Specific financing experience includes re-financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, special situation financings, turnarounds, DIP financings, sale leasebacks, project finance and growth-oriented credit facilities.  Throughout his career, he has been responsible for over 200 funded transactions with commitments and fundings exceeding $4.5 billion and $3.0 billion, respectively.   John has held board level positions with the Commercial Finance Association (CFA), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and is presently a board member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).   He has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Stephen R. Philpott - Managing Director                                                                                                                     srp@wilberforcecapital.com - 404-316-9543 (m)

Steve has over 25 years of middle market lending experience having worked for industry leading companies such as GE Capital, Wachovia Securities and First Union Capital Markets. He has negotiated and originated asset-based, structured finance and leveraged cash flow relationships for both public and privately owned firms in a broad range of industries. Financings primarily provided for leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnarounds, sale leasebacks, preferred equity partnerships, project finance, timberland and growth-oriented credit facilities.  Steve holds an undergraduate degree in finance from The University of North Carolina - Charlotte.

Raymond H. Griffin - Managing Director                                                                                                                       rhg@wilberforcecapital.com - 404-421-1422 (m)

Ray has over 20 years of middle market lending and leasing experience having worked and managed units for capital providing market leaders such as GE Capital, GMAC Commercial Finance and Bank of America Leasing. In addition, Ray has investment banking experience with JP Morgan Securities and Kidder Peabody where he provided advisory and financing transaction services for sell side valuation mandates and debt & equity private placements. Specific areas of expertise include asset-based finance, leveraged buy-outs, DIP financing, sale leasebacks, project finance, fixed asset finance, including real estate and M&E.  Ray has his MBA degree from The Darden School  of Business at The University of Virginia and a BS degree from Hampton University.

 

We are members of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and the Commercial Finance Association (CFA).