Brooks Harbertson Named VP, Commercial Loan Officer for Mountain West

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MWSBF Names Brooks Harbertson as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer for Company’s Utah County Operation Article Highlights: Brooks Harbertson Mountain West Small Business Finance has named Brooks Harbertson as vice president, commercial loan officer at their Orem, Utah office. In his new capacity, Harbertson will support the Central Utah operation. Harbertson has worked in a number of different lending capacities for more than 15 years. Most recently he worked at Mountain West Bank and for Zions Bank. Brooks can be contacted via email at bharbertson@mwsbf.com. Read the full press release below. June 26, 2019, (Salt Lake City) – Mountain West Small Business Finance (MWSBF), Utah’s largest SBA lender, welcomes Brooks… Read More

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Tall Hat Foods: Borrower Spotlight

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Tall Hat Foods partnered with Mountain West Small Business Finance on an SBA 504 loan to fund the company’s move into a 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Orem, Utah. The establishment has an enormous kitchen and additional warehouse space for receiving and shipping. Kent Andersen, a long-time chef, also has deep experience in food research, menu fulfillment, and proprietary food product development. He founded Tall Hat Foods to provide kitchen solutions for chefs by co-developing sauces, soups, and proprietary food products—master items that the chefs can then spin into their own signature dishes. The company started with four employees in October of 2018. Tall Hall Foods fulfills a vital need… Read More

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Congratulations Marcie Nelson: 20 Years with MWSBF

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When asking Marcie Nelson how it feels to be celebrating two decades with Mountain West, the response is a jovial “Well, I supposed I feel a little older and SO much wiser!” The Senior Servicing Administrator celebrates 20 years with Mountain West Small Business Finance today, (Friday, March 1, 2019). Nelson said she’s does about everything in servicing, but handling prepayments is her favorite. “I enjoy the interaction with our borrowers, helping to solve problems, answer questions and hopefully leave them happy that they did business with us and will come back if they need financing.” Borrowers, colleagues and co-workers have felt her influence and positivity. In fact, when asked… Read More

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MWSBF Shares Love of Small Businesses by Launching Free Online Training

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February 14, 2019, (Salt Lake City) – Mountain West Small Business Finance (MWSBF), Utah’s largest SBA lender, also operating throughout Wyoming and the mountain west, announces a new training about the SBA 504 program available online. The webinar is free and available at https://tinyurl.com/SBA504MWSBF. “We’re excited to share our expertise in the field of small business lending,” said John D. Evans, president Mountain West Small Business Finance. “For more than 30 years, we’ve been sharing this information with bankers and lending institutions across the mountain west – but our efforts have been primarily focused in Utah. This new online instruction—originally shared with lending institutions from Wyoming—is now available to anyone… Read More

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An Attitude of Gratitude

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  “We were given the challenge to create something beyond a turkey or cornucopia this year,” Lindsay Boulter, head Marketing assistant at Mountain West Small Business Finance said. “The reality is, every day at this office, more than 40 employees come together with a single focus – to help small businesses succeed. Their success is our success, and we wanted to show our gratitude for them.” And that’s where the idea for the logo with all the borrower’s names came from. Boutler continued, “We wanted a representation of what has made Mountain West successful this year, and what we’re grateful for—it seemed like the perfect fit.” Mountain West’s President John… Read More

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