William P. Robin

Bill is a Managing Director in the BMO Capital Markets Asset-Based Lending Group. He has headed up the Credit, Operations and Portfolio Management functions since 1999. Previously, Bill was Vice President at LaSalle Business Credit where he was responsible for Portfolio Management. Prior to joining LaSalle, Bill was with Sanwa Business Credit where he was a Relationship Manager. Bill joined BMO Capital Markets in 1994.

Bill has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University and has over 26 years experience in Asset-Based Lending / Commercial Finance. He is an active member in the Commercial Finance Association and Turnaround Management Association.

Michael Scolaro

Mike is a Managing Director in the BMO Capital Markets in the BMO Capital Markets Asset Based Lending group. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Mike opened the Chicago office of RBS Business Capital in April 2005. Immediately prior to RBS, Mike spent 14 years at Bank of America Business Capital, as a leading originator and portfolio manager. Mike is active in several trade associations including the CFA (past president of the Chicago Chapter), TMA (past Board member) and ACG. Additionally, Mike is active in his community as an elected official in the Village of Northbrook, as well as a volunteer athletic coach and religious education teacher. Mike joined BMO Capital Markets in 2007.

Mike received his Masters in Management from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1985 and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 with a Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance.

Reid T. Barker

Reid is a Director in the BMO Capital Markets Asset-Based Lending Group. He established the Atlanta/Southeast office for BMO Capital Markets and continues to cover the Southeast, seeking middle-market lending opportunities such as equity-sponsored and non-sponsored buyouts, refinances and recapitalizations. Reid's particular focus is asset-based and asset-stretch senior credits of USD 10 million and up. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Reid was a Vice President in the Atlanta office of Heller Corporate Finance. There, he served as an underwriter in Heller Business Credit before eventually becoming an originator in Heller's Corporate Finance unit. Prior to joining Heller, Reid spent nearly five years as an underwriter in the Charlotte office of Whirlpool Financial Corporation's Commercial Finance Group. He joined BMO Capital Markets in 2000.

Reid has an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from North Carolina State University. He has had several articles on asset-based and cash-flow lending published in "The Secured Lender," the magazine of the Commercial Finance Association.

John C. Rossi

John is a Vice President in the BMO Capital Markets Asset-Based Lending Group and is responsible for managing business development throughout the Northeastern United States. John has over 20 years of private placement, financial advisory and corporate banking experience. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, John was a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Financial Advisory Services practice where he was responsible for raising capital for the firm’s middle market clients on a nationwide basis. John’s capital raising experience covers the full spectrum of privately placing senior debt, mezzanine, and equity securities, primarily with institutional investors. Previous to Deloitte he was a Vice President and Senior Marketing Executive for GE Capital’s Commercial Finance Group in Boston and Stamford, CT, where he originated and structured a wide variety of financings and recapitalizations for companies including senior debt, asset-backed securitization, lease-based and real estate secured financings as well as mezzanine and other equity-based private placements. Prior to GE Capital, he worked at Bank of America Business Credit, Fleet Financial Group and Associates Commercial Corporation.

John has a Masters of Science in Management from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Bucknell University.