Ami Kassar

Ami Kassar, CEO and Founder of MultiFunding, is a nationally renowned small business advocate and leader. He’s committed to ensuring that small business owners have the best possible access to the capital they need to help grow and manage their businesses.  Kassar has been featured in renowned publications including the New York Times and The Huffington Post, he’s guest-authored a column for the Wall Street Journal, and he’s appeared as a guest on Fox Business News

Kassar blogs regularly on small business issues and has developed a national reputation for confronting and challenging the largest banks in America for their lending records to small businesses. He’s assembled research reports that have become a critical component of the national debate about small business lending. In addition, Kassar is a regular speaker at universities and small business events across the country on topics including entrepreneurship and access to capital.

Prior to founding MultiFunding, Kassar spent a decade in various senior roles at Advanta Corporation, one of the nation’s largest issuers of credit cards to small business owners. Kassar served as the company’s Chief Innovation Officer, and was charged with developing innovative approaches for the small business market. In that role, Kassar founded ideablob which became one of the nation’s leading online, small business communities. Kassar also hosted nationwide Bloblive events where entrepreneurs would share and debate their business ideas. Additionally, Kassar developed www.bizequity.com , an initiative that helped small business owners develop valuations for their businesses.

Kassar earned his MBA from the University of Southern California and graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from Brandeis University. He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife, two children and his corgi-spaniel.

If you’d like to have Ami speak at your event, conference, or university, contact him.

Darren Sudman

Darren Sudman, Partner and General Counsel of MultiFunding, is no stranger to small business.

He spent five years counseling and representing small businesses before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts of Maryland, DC and Virginia. This work involved negotiating and structuring reorganizations and complex financial transactions with government agencies, lending institutions and creditors.

After leaving the practice of law, Sudman joined the Business Affairs Group at America Online where he managed the deal flow for AOL’s local family of brands (Digital City, MapQuest, Moviefone).

In 2005, he co-founded two companies, a for-profit residential real estate investment company based in Norristown, PA., and a non-profit organization called Simon’s Fund, in memory of his three month old son, Simon.  In 2007, Sudman joined Kassar at Advanta Corporation as Vice President of Innovation. He was responsible for connecting with and inspiring the small business community through initiatives like ideablob.com, KivaB4B and Bizequity.com.

Sudman is a Buckeye. He earned his J.D. from Capital Law and Graduate Center and graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Political Science and English. He lives in Plymouth Meeting, PA with his wife and two children.

If you’d like to speak with Darren, please contact him.

Evan Segal

Evan Segal, Director of Multifunding, has been helping small business owners obtain financing for the past seventeen years.

His lending career began in 1993 when he commenced a highly successful ten year run at American Business Credit, a subsidiary of American Business Financial Services. At ABC, Evan specialized in lending money to small business owners who could not qualify for traditional bank financing. When he left the firm in 2003 he had reached the level of senior vice president and was responsible for managing a team of 14 loan officers covering 8 states.

He then moved on to the corporate financing world and had successful stops at PNC Bank, GE Capital, Wells Fargo, and most recently RBS Citizens. These companies offered Evan the opportunity to learn and experience traditional commercial and industrial lending, acquire formal commercial credit training, and develop a keen understanding of both SBA 7(a) and 504 lending.

Evan joined MultiFunding in December of 2011 and is looking forward to again helping small business owners navigate the ever-changing commercial lending landscape.

Evan is vice chair of the board of Federation Early Learning Services (FELS), a non-profit early childhood education organization and a board member of the America Israel Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Jewish Federation Real Estate group (JFRE) and is an ambassador to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (GPCC).

Evan earned his BS in Marketing from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

His interests include his family, sports, music, the shore, and, thanks to his daughter, The Wiggles. He currently lives in center city Philadelphia with his wife and daughter.

If you’d like to speak with Evan, please contact him.