Bryan Waters – Chief Executive Officer

Bryan was most recently President and CEO of Pacific National Bank, a privately held $2.3 Billion, 17 branch bank based in San Francisco, California, where he was responsible for creating the structure, strategy, tactics, processes and controls to facilitate $1 billion of asset growth in his time with the bank. He is the former President and CEO of zTrading Industries, LLC, a technology company spin-off of Camco, Inc. where he was President and Chief Operating Officer. At Camco, Inc. Bryan helped professionalize and grow the business resulting in the sale of Camco, Inc. to Cash America (NYSE:CSH) at the highest exit multiple ever in this segment of the specialty finance industry. Bryan also spent 13 years with Wells Fargo Bank in various Senior and Executive Management roles including Regional President, where he had complete P&L and asset management oversight for retail and commercial banking across 70 branches. Bryan earned his BA (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California in Los Angeles.

Danen Shiek - Chief Operating Officer

Danen was most recently founder and president of Vativ Recovery Solutions, a legal collections firm specializing in Bankrupt and Deceased Account servicing. As an owner and leader in the organization, Danen developed all aspects of the company as it progressed to a top-10 national servicer of bankruptcy and deceased accounts. In 2006, Danen oversaw the successful sale and transition of Vativ to Asta Funding, a top-5 debt buyer. Prior to this he served as President of Surpas Resource Corporation, a subsidiary of Convergent Resources Inc, the 7th largest ARM company in the U.S. Danen’s 26 years of experience in the credit and collections industry also includes Target Financial Services, Fingerhut Companies, and Carson Pirie Scott. Danen graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1986.

Robert Hunter – Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Rob spent 16 years working in corporate finance and accounting before joining B-Line in October 2008. His responsibilities include building and maintaining relationships with debt and equity partners, financial forecasting and modeling, financial statement preparation and analysis and cash management. Rob was the Corporate Controller for Network ACI and held various officer positions at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. He is a licensed CPA with the State of Washington and holds an MBA from Seattle University and a BBA from the University of Washington.

John Tu – VP Investment Finance & Risk Management

John, a Chartered Financial Analyst, joined B-Line in 2004 and has seen his responsibilities grow to include recovery analytics, underwriting, liquidation strategies and risk management. Prior to joining B-Line, John worked as Business Analyst at Capital One primarily focusing on recovery strategy and valuation on the distressed credit card portfolios. He holds an MBA from The University of Washington and BBA from University of International Business and Economics.