Harvest
Harvey Torres has worked in various roles throughout their career. Harvey is currently serving as the Executive Vice President of Business Development at Harvest since July 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Bank of the West for ten years, from April 2011 to June 2021, as the Vice President and SBA Business Development Officer. Before that, they worked at Plaza Bank as the Vice President and Business Development Officer from September 2008 to May 2011. Harvey also has experience working as the SVP and Chief Sales Officer at Lehman Brothers Bank from January 2002 to August 2008, and in real estate sales and mortgage lending at Millennium Real Estate from August 1999 to January 2002. Harvey started their career at Bank of America as a Personal Banker and also worked at Golden Pacific Mortgage/Remax Metro in a sales role.
Harvey Torres attended California State University, Fullerton from 1996 to 2000. During this time, they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a Finance Emphasis, focusing on the field of Finance. Prior to their university education, in 1994, Harvey obtained a DRE Salesperson License from Lumbleau Real Estate, specializing in Real Estate.
Harvest
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC is a commercial real estate finance lender based in Laguna Hills, CA. Through a strategic partnership between Medalist Partners, LP ("Medalist") and Harvest’s Senior Management Team, the company acquired a Small Business Lending Company license that allows it to originate and service loans pursuant to the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) loan program. Through an affiliate, we are also in the process of developing a proprietary Small Balance Commercial Loan product along with unprecedented access to the secondary markets which will further our objective of becoming the country’s premier non-bank commercial real estate lender to small business. It is our mission is to help our customers achieve financial freedom while bringing employment opportunities to their surrounding communities. Formed in 2016 and headquartered in Laguna Hills, California, Harvest is an affiliate of Medalist Partners, LP ("Medalist"), a New York based investment manager with approximately $2.2 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of January 31, 2021 across strategies in asset-based private credit, structured credit, and CLOs. Contact (949) 778-0039 for more information.