Jeff Griffin joined Stonebriar Commercial Finance as vice president and director of Rail Leasing.

Griffin joins SCF after spending the last eight years with SMBC Rail Services and its predecessor companies where his role was to grow the company’s customer base and market share of railcar leasing clients. Prior to that, he served as a national account manager and a senior account manager at GE Rail Services for four years. Griffin started his career at Union Pacific Railroad where he spent 15 years in positions of increasing responsibility.

“We’re very pleased and fortunate to add Jeff to our staff as we ramp up our rail leasing operation,” said Jeff Wilkison, senior vice president of SCF. “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jeff for six years and his professionalism, knowledge of the rail industry and attention to his customers will be significant factors in our ability to build out the rail platform in the fashion we envision.”

Stonebriar is a privately held commercial finance company established in 2015 and based in Plano, TX. Since its inception in April, Stonebriar has funded and committed to in excess of $550 million in financings.