ForwardLine Financial
Christian Bove has a strong background in business operations and sales. Christian began their career at Salmen Risk Management, where they worked from 2001 to 2013 as the Head of Sales. In this role, they successfully grew the company into a national insurance group with revenue over $25M. Christian managed a team of 25+ sales representatives and established procedures for sales, risk management, and client retention.
After Salmen Risk Management, Bove worked at Ad-Bull Cursor Advertising from 2013 to 2015 as the Director of Operations. Christian specialized in SaaS sales and oversaw the client lifecycle, driving adoption and achieving a 90% renewal rate for their portfolio of 50+ accounts.
From 2016 to 2018, Bove served as the Vice President of Operations at Muroado and Associates. Christian collaborated with businesses to provide practical solutions for day-to-day operations and team management. Christian developed sales playbooks and training programs to improve sales performance, enhance client retention, and drive product development and marketing efforts.
In 2018, Bove joined ForwardLine Financial as a BizOps/Senior Sales Consultant. Christian worked directly with C-level executives in business operations, technology, and sales. Their primary focus was on problem-solving and streamlining current processes to optimize business operations. Christian collaborated with different departments to implement frameworks that enhanced the overall operational excellence and effectiveness of the company.
More recently, in 2021, Bove joined Finlay+Green in an operations role.
Christian Bove holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies from Illinois State University. The duration of their education is not specified.
ForwardLine Financial
ForwardLine was founded in 2003 by a team of entrepreneurs and finance professionals committed to providing small business owners an alternative financing solution. A nationwide supplier of financing to small businesses, ForwardLine uses technology and non-traditional credit algorithms to finance 98% of U.S. businesses that banks consider too smalland too risky for a business loan. Determined to help small businesses grow, ForwardLine forever changed the small business lending landscape by inventing a viable alternative to traditional lending institutions—one that would provide simple, honest, attainable financing. This new financing model was based on a business’ credit card sales, rather than its assets, and is now widely known as a merchant loan and merchant cash advance. Today, ForwardLine has given thousands of small businesses across the country the freedom to grow with low competitive rates. Applying for a business loan from ForwardLine is fast and simple with their 2-minute online application, instant credit decision, and funding the next business day.