Lee Bergeron and Karen Savoca joined the Pitney Bowes Financial Services leadership team as, respectively, vice president/general manager, Equipment Finance and Financial Services and vice president/general manager, Leading Products & Services.

Both bring deep expertise and extensive financial knowledge to Pitney Bowes and strengthen the company’s commitment to helping small and medium businesses secure needed capital.

“Lee Bergeron and Karen Savoca are incredible additions to the Pitney Bowes Financial Services leadership team,” said Christopher Johnson, senior vice president and president, Financial Services, Pitney Bowes. “We continue to add veteran talent in the financial services industry, enabling us to support the ‘Main Street’ economy by investing in our small and medium business clients.”

Bergeron will be responsible for leading the growth of Pitney Bowes’ asset back financing division. He is the former president and founder of Taunton Commercial Capital, with extensive executive leadership experience in businesses specializing in leasing and financing of equipment and software.

Bergeron brings over 30 years of financial services experience, holding progressive leadership responsibilities at GE Capital, Signal, NationsBank and Norwest Financial Services.

Savoca will be responsible for expanding the working capital and deposit-based solutions provided to Pitney Bowes’ clients. She will develop and scale the commercial lending business, directing and managing all aspects of the lending strategy including product management and go-to-market approach. Most importantly, she will lead the repositioning of our lending platform by capitalizing on growth in shipping and logistics alongside the company’s broader enterprise opportunity.

Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Savoca was senior vice president of Marketing and Product Strategy for People’s United Bank, where she was responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive growth strategies for all commercial lines of businesses. She is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of financial services experience at GE Capital, Price Waterhouse, TD Bank and First Data.