TAB Bank added Ryan D. Gabriel to its business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. In this role, Gabriel will operate from Seattle in the Pacific Northwest, with responsibility for sourcing new business opportunities throughout the Pacific Northwest region and western portions of Canada to providing asset-based and factoring working capital resources to commercial businesses with annual revenues ranging from $2 million to $150 million.

Gabriel brings more than 20 years of experience in the factoring and asset-based lending arena to TAB Bank, as well as expertise in digital marketing. Prior to joining TAB, Gabriel spent significant time within the Riviera Finance group of companies, including Business Facilitators, Inc. (dba Business Factors), Riviera’s digital marketing arm.  

In 2016, Gabriel was charged with responsibility for innovating and evolving the Business Factors lead generation model after Google’s reformation into a PPC (‘Pay Per Click’)-centric advertising business, helping the business successfully navigate Google’s deployment of its ‘Penguin’, ‘Panda’ and ‘Hummingbird’ algorithm updates.  That work was instrumental in supporting Business Facilitators, Inc. achievement of a record year for new booked accounts in 2019.

Gabriel is a 2001 graduate of New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Marketing from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

“Ryan’s wealth of experience makes him an ideal addition to our business development team,” said Curtis Sutherland, Senior Vice President of TAB Bank’s Western Region. “His significant background in in the business funding arena as well as his innovative skills in online marketing will bring strong value to our continuing ability to provide working capital solutions for the northwest and Canadian regions he serves.”