Ben Steller joined Stonebriar Commercial Finance as vice president and asset manager. Steller will be based in Plano, TX and report to Kevin Sensenbrenner, senior vice president and senior managing director of Asset Management.

Steller joined Stonebriar after spending almost 15 years as a machinery and equipment appraiser with Great American Group and AccuVal Associates, where he was a manager. During this time, he provided appraisal and asset consulting services across a broad spectrum of industries to the international asset-based lending and commercial finance sector. He is an ASA accredited senior appraiser and has significant asset valuation experience with construction, transportation, steel making, food processing, metal fabrication and machining, plastics, printing and paper/wood related industries.

“I worked with Ben in the past at AccuVal and feel very fortunate to be able to add a professional with Ben’s background and capabilities to the Stonebriar team,” Sensenbrenner said. “Ben will hit the ground running in asset management and do well in showcasing our industry expertise.”

“Ben adds significant appraisal experience and brings broad industry knowledge that will be very valuable to our rapidly growing and expanding portfolio,” added Dave Fate, Stonebriar president and CEO.