Bridge Bank added Greg Dietrick to its San Francisco-based Technology Banking team as senior vice president.

Dietrick will be responsible for further extending Bridge Bank’s brand within the venture capital/private equity community, and for generating new business opportunities with investor-backed emerging growth technology startups at all stages of their life cycle.

Dietrick has 18 years of experience working with and advising technology companies across multiple technology verticals. Most recently, he was a senior vice president in the Technology and Venture Capital Group at City National Bank, focusing on lending to venture-backed technology companies. Previously, Dietrick was an investment banker and ran the private placement effort at Signal Hill Capital Group and Montgomery & Co.

“Greg is a highly-respected banker with a track record of crafting creative debt solutions for technology clients,” said Mike Lederman, Bay Area region director of Technology Banking for Bridge Bank. “His experience working with our target client profile and his vast network in the venture capital community will be a tremendous asset to our team.”

Bridge Bank is a division of Western Alliance Bank and offers growth capital, equipment and working capital credit facilities, sustainable energy project finance, venture debt, treasury management, asset-based lending, SBA and commercial real estate loans, ESOP finance and a full line of international products and services.