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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2009
Contact: Lisa Steen
(858) 433-2632
lsteen@fivepointcapital.com
San Diego, CA — September 17th, 2009 —Five Point Capital, one of the nation’s leading equipment
leasing firms, announced today that it has hired Tamara McCourt as Director of Operations.
Tamara comes to Five Point Capital with over 17 years of experience in leasing, credit and customer
service experience. Most recently, Tamara was the Western Region Credit Manager at Pentech Financial
Services where she and her team had responsibility for all accounts west of the Great Lakes. Prior to
Pentech, Tamara spent almost four-years as Credit Manager for Pinnacle Business Finance.
Tamara started her career in the leasing industry in 1992 where she worked a variety of positions from
credit, sales support, administration, documentation, and sales for Cascade Leasing Company and The
Money Source. Tamara has also been an entrepreneur, owing her own company, The Virtual Credit
Manager, which provided a variety of business services to small business owners.
Greg Wells, Five Point Capital’s recently named CEO and President stated, “We’re delighted to bring
Tamara aboard. Her experience, skills and rich background in credit and with the leasing industry in
general, will help ensure we are well positioned now and in the future to be a trusted, efficient and valued
resource for our clients as well as to our funding partners”. Additionally Wells stated “Tamara’s
experience in building credit models, underwriting larger lease transactions and vendor experience will
add significant expertise and experience to our company and to our team members as we take steps to
enter these markets”.
Tamara earned her Certified Leasing Professional (CLP) designation in 2004 and has served as a proctor
in administrating the CLP exam for the past year and is a member of the CLP education committee.
Additionally Tamara received her Certified Credit Executive certification in 2001 from the National
Association of Credit Management and went on to graduate from the NACM’s Graduate School of Credit
& Financial Management at Dartmouth in 2005. She also has a B.S. degree in Business Management
from the University of Phoenix.
About Five Point Capital
Five Point Capital (FPC- www.fivepointcapital.com) was founded in 1999. Small businesses,
nationwide, benefit from their focus on customer service and personal attention. Five Point Capital leases
most types of new and used equipment for a wide diversity of businesses. The company was ranked
No.348 in 2007 and No. 82 in 2006 on the Inc.500 America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. Five
Point Capital placed No. 11 in 2007 and No. 9 in 2006 on the San Diego Business Journal’s List of San
Diego’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies. The company is also a member of the
Equipment Leasing and Financing Association and United Association of Equipment Leasing.
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