EverBank Commercial Finance, the equipment financing and asset-based lending subsidiary of EverBank, announced that Kim Montgomery has joined the company as relationship manager for its healthcare platform. In this role, Montgomery will be responsible for developing and maintaining industry relationships with a number of the company’s key healthcare imaging and electronic medical records vendor partners. She will report to Mike Sweeney, general manager of EverBank Commercial Finance’s healthcare platform.

Montgomery joins EverBank Commercial Finance following a distinguished 17-year career with U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, where she held a number of marketing and sales management positions. Most recently, she served as healthcare national sales manager for the capital markets group, where she helped fund small to mid-ticket business and was responsible for business development and customer relationship management.

“EverBank Commercial Finance strives to create strong and lasting relationships with our vendor partners by offering access to a stable, competitive source of capital,” said Sweeney. “Kim’s solutions mindset and experience in developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders from across the healthcare finance industry prepare her to add value for our clients on day one. We are very excited to welcome her to the EverBank Commercial Finance team.”

Montgomery was previously managing director and director of sales and marketing for U.S. Bancorp’s healthcare vendor services division and director of marketing for Manifest Funding Services.