John joined FirstBank in 2006. Over the course of his career, he has served in many roles including managing officer of the company’s secondary market mortgage underwriting function, managing officer of one of three regional credit departments and more traditional client facing roles that include CRE/C&I/development lending and new business acquisition. John was most recently leading Capital Markets for FirstBank before taking the managing role for Commercial Lending Operations.

As President of Commercial Lending Operations, John leads all operational facets of the company’s commercial lending program including: underwriting, commercial credit policy, loan processing, pre-close risk review, construction draw management, commercial loan pricing, loan level hedging, syndications/participations, covenant monitoring, CRE loan portfolio management, and special assets.