Fountainhead Commercial Capital announced that Steven Ellsworth joined the company as chief credit officer. During his career, Ellsworth has analyzed and closed more than $6 billion in SBA 504 loans.

Ellsworth has served as a top credit official for some of the nation’s leading banks including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Zions First National Bank. At Fountainhead, he will build and manage the company’s growing credit team to drive credit quality and loan growth.

“Steve is widely recognized among small business lenders as one of the nation’s leading credit officers,” said Chris Hurn, Fountainhead CEO. “We are fortunate to have him on board as we build out this critical division of our company.”