Michael Rivera
Managing Partner
Michael Rivera has been in commercial banking and capital markets for 23 years, including 16 years at Wells Fargo Bank, and 7 years at regional banks. Most recently he acted as co-head of asset dispositions for a $100+ billion bank. Prior roles have included co-founder and co-head of national affordable housing constructio
Managing Partner
Michael Rivera has been in commercial banking and capital markets for 23 years, including 16 years at Wells Fargo Bank, and 7 years at regional banks. Most recently he acted as co-head of asset dispositions for a $100+ billion bank. Prior roles have included co-founder and co-head of national affordable housing construction finance, co-head and founder of west coast commercial real estate finance for two separate banks, as well as managing director of corporate and commercial banking. Michael has launched and or led multiple commercial lending and banking businesses across the United States. He has extensive relationships among debt, equity, and sponsors in major US markets on both the West and East coasts, concentrated in Northern California, Southern California, Nevada, New York, and the Mid-Atlantic. Primary markets include the San Francisco Bay Area, the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the Inland Empire, and the broader New York City area. Michael has been responsible for tens of billions of dollars of loan assets which were originated, asset managed and serviced. The largest single transaction Michael was involved in was a $2.5 billion dollar syndication whereby he acted as joint lead arranger on behalf of a bank. Business segments within Michael’s span of control have included commercial real estate, affordable housing construction finance, commercial and mid-market lending, specialized deposits, government banking, corporate lending and banking, as well as asset dispositions. Michael’s breadth of experience includes overseeing and implementing processes, policies, and procedures for loan originations, credit underwriting, loan administration, asset management, portfolio management, and asset dispositions. He has also led multiple bank-wide initiatives including technology assessments and implementations. Michael has served on multiple boards of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, as well as steering committees such as the FINTECH committee of a large regional bank. Michael has a bachelor of science degree from University of California, Davis, and a master's certification in commercial banking from Pacific Coast Banking School hosted at University of Washington’s Fosters School of Business. Michael is originally from Sacramento, California, where he also currently resides.