Curve Commercial Services hired asset-based lending industry veteran Keith Kirkland as its senior vice president and national sales manager. He will oversee all sales and marketing efforts for the company and will manage the expansion of the sales team.

Kirkland brings more than 25 years of lending experience and sales and marketing expertise. His prior roles include sales positions with SunTrust Bank and Heller Financial, and most recently, eight years as a sales and marketing executive at Presidential Financial.

“We are so pleased that Keith has joined the Curve management team,” said Daryl Hudson, CEO and founder of Curve Commercial. “His extensive relationships with bankers, lenders and members of the investment community will drive much of the expected growth of our company. His long history of funding middle market businesses and understanding their product needs and inventory cycles will be invaluable to Curve and to our clients.”

Marietta, GA-based Curve Commercial has funded more than $250 million in inventory purchases for its clients since 2011 and was named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2015.