National Funding announced the expansion of the National Funding Middle Market Lending team with the addition of Janice Ibey. She brings more than two decades of experience in commercial finance, advisory and management roles with financial services companies and regulated financial institutions.

Ibey will be responsible for developing new middle-market lending relationships with bankers, ABL lenders and trusted advisors to lower and mid-market CEOs and CFOs located primarily in Orange County and Southern California. The middle- market lending team targets medium-sized businesses that are in need of financing from $250,000 to $1 million.

Prior to joining National Funding, Ibey founded Cinergy Commercial Capital, Inc., a commercial finance advisory firm serving the lower middle-market since 2009. Before Cinergy, she was co-founder and chief operating officer of Fortes Financial, a national residential lending platform. In addition, Ibey served as a capital markets executive with several financial institutions and a commercial loan portfolio credit risk executive with AMRESCO.

“We are fortunate to bring on a professional of Ibey’s caliber to the team”, said Dave Gilbert, CEO and president of National Funding. Todd Stichler, director of middle-market lending added, “Jan’s background and experience will allow her to make an immediate impact in our middle market lending group with her strong network of relationships in the commercial finance and banking community industry sectors that are very complementary to ours.”

Founded in 1999, National Funding is one of the country’s leading financial technology companies for small and medium-sized businesses, providing working capital loans, equipment financing, merchant cash advance and credit card processing. National Funding has provided more than $1 billion in capital for more than 20,000 businesses nationwide.