Crestmark Equipment Finance added Arick Levine as first vice president, Eastern division sales manager. Levine will oversee a team of experienced business development officers and will be responsible for growing CEF’s business east of the Mississippi River. Based in North Carolina, Levine will report to Scott Grady, president of Crestmark Equipment Finance.

Levine brings more than 30 years’ experience in leasing and financing to Crestmark, with many years spent in supervisory and senior leadership roles. He comes to Crestmark from SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing where he was managing director of corporate bank originations. There, he was responsible for leading a team of originators, as well as implementing market strategies to grow and develop the existing client base. His previous work history includes positions at Oracle Financing, where he was senior sales director; Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services, where he was sales director and Sun Microsystems Finance, where he was national sales manager.

Grady said, “We are extremely happy to have Arick on board as a part of the Crestmark team, and to lead the eastern division sales process. His strength and depth of background will be a great asset as we continue to grow our developing leasing division.”