Joe Hyatt

President & CEO
B.S. Accounting – Auburn University at Montgomery

Joe Hyatt is a senior executive and nationally recognized commercial lending expert with over 28 years of experience in commercial credit underwriting, credit risk management, and financial institution leadership. Over the course of his career, Joe has served as a Chief Credit Officer, Vice President of Business Services, and Senior Commercial Credit Analyst, while also building extensive experience as an industry speaker delivering commercial lending and credit risk instruction.

As CEO of Development Finance Training & Consulting, Inc. (DFTC), Joe leads a team of experienced commercial finance professionals providing commercial underwriting and periodic review, portfolio loan review and stress testing, policy review and writing, and training services.

DFTC serves more than 300 partners nationwide, including financial institutions, CUSOs, industry organizations, and regulatory agencies.

DFTC Advisors

Joe Hyatt

President / CEO

Sandy Fritz-Gerke

Credit Innovations Manager and
Senior Commercial Underwriter

Bob Stowell

Senior Executive Consultant

Matthew Traino

Loan Review Analyst

Omar Shute

Executive Vice President

Steve Hazan

Commercial Lending Consultant/Educator

Aly Sweeney

Client Services Administrator

Isaac (Ike) McLaughlin

Senior Loan Review Manager and Commercial Credit Analyst

Casey Stewart

SVP of Loan Review Services

Marcos Morford

Credit Analyst and Credit Risk Reviewer