Meet the team
Baton was built by people who had run small business banking inside banks, and who had signed the front of a paycheque for a small business too.
Leadership
Five people, four disciplines: banking, risk, finance, technology.
Founder, CEO
A 20-year banking veteran with 15 years building and growing a small business banking line of business. Co-founder and board member of the Small Business Financial Exchange Inc., the trade organization that assembled the first and largest aggregation of small business lending data. Previously SVP and General Manager of Equifax’s Commercial Risk business.
Chief Risk Officer
A small business banking veteran with over 15 years in small business risk management, product development and sales. Led the development of a risk management data warehouse and built a team of statisticians for Hibernia National Bank’s $3.5B small business loan portfolio. Most recently Equifax’s Chief Commercial Exchange Officer.
Chief Financial Officer
More than 25 years in financial leadership roles, including 12 years as CFO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation and 8 years at Capital One, where he supported small business banking and consumer and mortgage lending.
Chief Commercial Officer
A strategy and innovation executive with more than 20 years enabling companies to identify and monetize new market opportunities. Recognized for repeatedly being asked to launch new functions, including strategic pricing, new product innovation and an innovation center of excellence.
Chief Technology Officer
More than 20 years in software engineering, specialising in industrial and financial applications, enterprise and mobile development, data visualization and GPU programming. Most recently Senior Software Engineering Manager for GE, where he built teams focused on iOS and cloud services.
Our investors
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