Gen Merritt-Parikh officially joined Allied in September of 2009. She serves as Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for the management of Allied’s underwriting, credit and operations' teams.
Ms. Merritt has worked as a consultant for Allied periodically since the fall of 2008. During that time, she gained significant knowledge of Allied's business operations and procedures as well as exposure and insight into the company's growth strategy, underwriting and funding processes and ongoing client performance/portfolio review.
Ms. Merritt is a financial executive with over 14 years of experience in all aspects of commercial finance, including underwriting, auditing, marketing and account, portfolio and financial management. She also has direct experience with factoring, asset based lending, SBA and traditional banking. She has provided consultancy for factoring companies nationwide in all areas of owning and operating a factoring company.
Prior to joining Allied, Ms. Merritt worked as a consultant with Factor Source, served as an officer with Liquid Capital Corp and as the Chief Credit Officer for Comresco Capital. She also held various positions and responsibilities with Guaranty Business Credit and Southwest Bank. Ms. Merritt has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Prospective Companies
Allied’s prospects include owner-managed businesses, manufacturers, distributors and service companies that do the majority of their sales to other businesses.
