Tom Depping
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Tom Depping joined Main Street Bank in 2004 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and has more than 27 years of experience in the commercial finance and equipment leasing industry.

In 1994 Depping founded and served as Chairman, President and CEO of First Sierra Financial, Inc., a publicly held small-business finance company with more than $3 billion of assets under management that was acquired by American Express Company in 2001. He was with SunAmerica Financial Resources and its predecessor, First City Leasing Corporation, for 11 years and served as President from 1991 to 1994. Depping began his professional career with KPMG.

Depping was named Houston’s financial-services company Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998. He is a Certified Public Accountant, and graduated cum laude from Eastern Michigan University.
 

Mike Hofmann
President and Director
From 1999 to 2000, Mike served as Executive Vice President of First Sierra Financial, Inc., and was instrumental in developing the firm's commercial banking strategy. Mike has over 35 years operating experience in the financial services industry.

Mike graduated from Michigan State University, College of Business and Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.
 

Ken Meyer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
From 1999 until 2003, Ken served in various senior management, financial and audit positions at American Express Business Finance and its predecessor, First Sierra Financial, Inc. From 1993 to 1999, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Allied Houston Bank. Prior to 1993, Ken served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Empire Funding Corporation and Audit Manager at Arthur Andersen & Co.

He is a Certified Public Accountant since 1984 and graduated from the College of William & Mary.
 

Paul Appel
Executive Vice President
Prior to joining Main Street Bank Paul was one of the four founders of Mid AM Credit Corp which became Sky Financial Solutions, a leading financial service company in the dental market.  During his tenure as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Paul built Sky into a company with assets of over $800 million.  As a specialist in healthcare financing, Paul has served over 30 years with extensive experience in finance, sales, marketing, and credit.
 

Bryan Wheeler
Regional President
Bryan has served for 10 years in the leasing industry.  From 1998 to 2005, he worked at American Express Business Finance, and its predecessor, First Sierra Financial, Inc.  He held various positions in credit, including serving as Director of Originations and Vendor Processing.  Bryan graduated from the University of New York with a degree in finance.
 

John Lee
Senior Vice President – General Counsel
John has over 30 years experience serving as a business attorney and corporate generalist in all aspects of equipment leasing and finance. Before coming to Main Street, he worked with American Express for 4 years as Manager of Legal Operations and Business Finance Counsel. Prior to this John served as the Associate General Counsel for First Sierra Financial and Senior Vice President/ General Counsel for Icon Holdings Corp.  John graduated from the University of North Carolina and received his law degree from the Harvard Law School.
 

Curtis Maxey
Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Curtis has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the Bank since 2002. From 1982 until 2001, Curtis served in various senior operations, accounting, data processing, and management information systems positions at Prime Bank (subsequently acquired by Wells Fargo Bank). Prior to 1982, Curtis served in the property and mortgage banking industry and as an auditor with a public accounting firm.

Curtis is a Certified Public Accountant since 1981 and graduated from the University of Houston at Clear Lake.
 

Jerry Noon
Senior Vice President and Asset Manager
From 1997 until 2004, Jerry served as Director, Customer Management and Vice President, Asset Management at American Express Business Finance and its predecessor, First Sierra Financial, Inc. From 1990 until 1997, Jerry served in various asset management positions at Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation/Colonial Pacific Leasing (subsequently acquired by GE Capital).

Jerry graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Economics.
 

Hernan Traversone
Senior Vice President
Hernan has served in the leasing industry, and in underwriting consumer and commercial credit for over 16 years. Before coming to Main Street, he served as Chief Credit Officer of Silver Mark Capital, a division of Sterling Bank, Houston. From 1997 to 2003 Hernan served as Director of Originations for the Houston Operations for American Express Business Finance and Vice President of Operations for the wholesale business for First Sierra Financial. Hernan attended the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay and in 2008 received his CLP certification.
 

Ken Paston
President, Studebaker Worthington Leasing Division
Ken has served as President of Studebaker Worthington Leasing Corp. since 1975 and co-led the management buyout in 1979. From 1975 to 1979, he also served as COO of Finserv Corp., the Financial Services division of Studebaker-Worthington, Inc. He also ran five other Finserv companies as COO: Finsure (Insurance); Finserv Italiana (Equipment Leasing); Leasing Enterprises (Construction Equipment Rental); Carlton Santee Corp., (Real Estate and Hospitality); and Finserv Computer (Payroll/Billing Outsourcing). Ken also acted as a financial troubleshooter for Studebaker Worthington, Inc., managing the disposition of several operating companies and resolving certain subsidiaries’ financial difficulties. Prior to joining Finserv and Studebaker, Ken was with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1966 to 1975 serving as an audit manager specializing in banking and financial companies. Ken is a graduate of Brooklyn College with Honor (BS 1966) and is a CPA.
 

Howard Boles
Vice President, Healthcare Division
Howard joined Main Street Bank in October 2008 prior to working for Irwin Commercial Finance, where he was responsible for the national Professional Practice Acquisition Finance business unit from 2005 to 2008.  Howard has served for over 25 years in the commercial lending industry, with experience in management of sales, credit, documentation and collection personnel. He began his career working with Healthcare and Service Professionals in 1990 at Banc One Leasing Corporation. Howard graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting.