Maryellen Barbarish is a 34-year veteran of the equipment finance industry, gaining the reputation as the “secret weapon” of her current organization, Auxilior Capital Partners, because of her technical prowess and ability to collaborate and quickly build credibility and rapport with partners. Actively contributing to technology advancements and often communicating directly with partners and customers, her passion for service drives her willingness to extend her reach beyond the world of code, platforms, networks and hardware.

Whether leveraging system functionality on her own to increase processing speed or working with outside technology partners on disruptive technology advancements and deployments, Barbarish always delivers an excellent product that solves a problem, benefits a partner, increases equipment sales through expedited processes and enables Auxilior and its partners to gain valuable insights through access to data anytime, anywhere.

Barbarish was one of the early team members at Auxilior, starting the firm’s technology platform and following through its many leaps and bounds to create a seamless process for partners and customers. Auxilior is her second experience with a company startup and continues her long history with the firm’s management team and as a well-respected and innovative technology solutionist and leader.

Like any person who displays this level of excellence, Barbarish’s accomplishments are not without sacrifice. She is known as a person with an incredibly disciplined work ethic and expects the same level of commitment from her team and internal business partners to accomplish objectives with lightning speed. Garnering the respect and praise of her colleagues, Barbarish bridges the gap between business and technology using her years of experience offering solutions as both an executive-level business analyst and technical expert.

“Over the last year at Auxilior, Maryellen has played a lead role in enabling the company to enter the consumer financing business and has implemented a fully digital platform that has automated over 20 processes, which has made the financing experience for partners and their customers even more frictionless while increasing efficiency, productivity and reducing costs for Auxilior,” Steve Grosso, CEO of Auxilior, says. “She is a unique and talented professional whose knowledge of finance business is deep and wide, spanning across not only technology but relationally from the start of the process to the finish. She is an invaluable part of our management team and culture.”

Barbarish thrives on being part of a proven and successful management team that knows the value in offering advanced technological tools to its customers and users to help the growth of the business. She also contributes directly to Auxilior’s purpose to create the leading supply chain financial logistics company in the North American market by providing durable innovation and timely, frictionless sales-aid solutions for the company’s partners based on its fundamental belief that “above all, we serve.”

“I believe in consistently breaking the boundaries of what is possible to bring about efficiencies and ease of use and create frictionless experiences for our customers and internal users,” Barbarish says.

Barbarish is enthusiastic about her legacy continuing on with a younger generation of “techies” and she spends considerable time developing new leaders and their level of expertise within her department while ensuring they also fulfill their career development goals.