Phil Maton joined Growth Corp’s Executive Team in 2005 to serve as the corporation’s Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Maton is responsible for the overall management of Growth Corp’s credit administration department. In this role, he facilitates the origination of new loans and safeguards the credit quality of Growth Corp’s loan portfolio by closely analyzing all applications submitted for Board approval. Mr. Maton works to assess applicants’ credit worthiness using the risk rate process developed and approved by the Board of Directors. In addition, he initiates, develops, approves, reviews and monitors the implementation of Growth Corp’s lending policies and procedures; oversees the development and training of Growth Corp’s loan officers; establishes goals and objectives; fulfills a supervisory role to Growth Corp’s loan origination and credit analysis team; ensures the credit merit of all loans prior to closing; and is a liaison to Growth Corp’s Board of Directors and Loan Committee.

Prior to joining Growth Corp, Mr. Maton was President and Chief Executive Officer of Marine Bank. Under his leadership, the bank grew from $7 million in assets to $650 million in assets, and saw the number of staff increase from seven to 250+. His nearly 30 year work history also includes four years as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of National State Bank of Metropolis and three years as Internal Auditor for CVR Banking Group. With his plethora of credit administration and executive management experience, Mr. Maton is now focused on maximizing loan profitability within capital risk limitations and providing supervisory leadership for the lending and credit teams.

Mr. Maton earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Finance from Eastern Illinois University.

Nancy Anderson joined Growth Corp’s team in 2006 as a Credit Analyst.  Mrs. Anderson has the responsibility, along with Phil Maton, of approving loans and ensuring the underwriting completed by the credit department accurately represents the credits being presented to Growth Corp’s management, Loan Committee, Board of Directors, and ultimately to SBA.  She is responsible for approving 327 changes to loan requests and giving the final approval for funding post-processing.  Mrs. Anderson also assists the Servicing Team with change requests along the 20- to 25-year life of the loan and is responsible for measuring the risk to SBA of all loans in the portfolio.

Prior to joining Growth Corp, Mrs. Anderson enjoyed a career in both residential mortgages and retail banking with First National Bank of Omaha and First National Bank of Gardner.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Economics and Psychology from Creighton University.

Prior to his role as Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Kyes served as Growth Corp’s Portfolio Manager. In this role, he developed the framework for managing the corporation’s portfolio, managed and controlled portfolio risks and oversaw portfolio reporting. His career also includes over ten years as a Quality Assurance Engineer for companies such as Diagraph Corporation and Nellcor Puritan Bennet, Inc. His vast experience in the fields of quality assurance, portfolio management and engineering serve him well in his current role as Chief Technology Officer and in his abilities to develop written policies and procedures that contribute to better organizational controls.

Mr. Kyes earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics from Illinois College. He also earned an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Quality Control Management from Spartan School of Aeronautics in Oklahoma.

Prior to his role as Portfolio Manager, Mr. Neumann served on Growth Corp’s Servicing team for three years. Under the guidance and leadership of Gregg Kyes, former Portfolio Manager, and through dedicated participation in NADCO’s training courses, Mr. Neumann gained extensive experience and broad knowledge of loan portfolio management. Furthermore, his credentials also include designations from the banking industry, as he was Marine Bank’s Assistant Branch Manager prior to joining Growth Corp. This experience has qualified Mr. Neumann to supervise and assist the portfolio team, serve on Growth Corp’s Loan Review Board and oversee the identification, documentation, evaluation and dispositioning of loans that do not conform to loan expectations.

Mr. Neumann earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Southern Illinois University.