John Boettigheimer

In 1983, John received a degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (which he attended on a soccer scholarship), and in late 1984, he started and developed Pioneer Capital Corporation. In 1998, Pioneer signed its first large credit facility - a $20 million structured finance facility. At that time, John was one of the youngest individuals in the industry to sign a structured finance agreement of this size. In 2004, IFC Credit Corporation purchased Pioneer Capital.

In 2004, John started Centra Financial Corporation as an investment vehicle. In 2008 another corporate entity - Centra Leasing, Inc was created to handle all leasing activities. In 2014, Centra introduced the equipment financing industry’s first truly all-electronic signing process. In minutes, Centra can now approve and fund a transaction over a customer’s cell phone.