EverBank Business Capital hired Ernie Meland, business development manager. Meland will be a generalist for all of the industries EverBank serves.

Meland has more two decades of experience originating, structuring and underwriting secured transactions, and building client relationships and portfolios. He joins EverBank from Regions Equipment Finance, where he was a vice president. Previously, Meland held a variety of senior positions with GE Capital including senior vice president, senior account manager and enterprise client manager. He brings expertise in all aspects of loan origination, financial modeling, underwriting and portfolio management.

“Ernie is a driven leader who will bring a renewed energy to our direct sales team,” said Ken Walters, managing director of Business Capital. “We are particularly excited to combine Ernie’s intimate knowledge of the industry with EverBank Business Capital’s value proposition of providing a full suite of senior secured financing solutions to middle market companies nationwide.”