Executive Change: Atlantic Credit & Finance Names John Harvey as Chief Information Officer

Roanoke, Va.-based Atlantic Credit & Finance, Inc. has appointed John Harvey as chief information officer. Harvey is primarily responsible for managing the company’s information technology platform to ensure its scalability and to accommodate the company’s continued business ventures. Harvey will report to Richard Woolwine, CEO, and will be based at the company’s Roanoke headquarters.

Established in 1995, Atlantic Credit & Finance is a leading purchaser and manager of unsecured, consumer-distressed assets—managing in excess of $8.0 billion. The company has been listed three times by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held corporations in the United States.

“John has considerable experience in managing best-in-class management information systems that apply the latest in technology to optimize the business decision-making process,” Woolwine said. “During the past 12 months, our industry has grown even more competitive and we believe that John and his team will continue to develop our information technology systems to help maximize the value of asset portfolios for our customers and us.”

Prior to joining Atlantic Credit & Finance, Harvey was the owner and lead consultant for Principled IT Consultants, LLC, a Virginia-based consulting company primarily focused on renovating software project management and development practices for clients. He also held positions as director and development manager with Capital One. While at Capital One, Harvey delivered desktop systems testing for a major infrastructure transformation project that ranked in the top 10 of InfoWorld 100 best technology projects of 2006.

Harvey received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

Atlantic Credit & Finance is a premier purchaser and manager of unsecured, consumer-distressed assets. Headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia—with branch offices in Richmond and Phoenix—the privately held company manages in excess of $8.0 billion in unsecured, consumer-distressed assets.