Executive Change: Van Ru Appoints Vice President/CFO

Des Plaines, IL – Van Ru Credit Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Louis (“Skip”) Spillone, Jr. to the company’s Executive Team. Mr. Spillone will serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, leading Van Ru’s in-house Accounting, Finance and Human Resources teams.

Skip brings more than 27 years of diverse financial, strategic and operational leadership to Van Ru, including roles at early-stage, entrepreneurial companies, privately-held, mid-size companies and publicly-held, fortune 500 companies.  Most recently, he spent the last 7 years as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Brook Furniture Rental, Inc. in Lake Forest, IL. Skip has an established track record of helping companies grow both organically and through acquisition, and he is skilled at managing companies through changing economic cycles. His talent and leadership will help Van Ru to profitably grow its business while better serving its clients.

“I am pleased to add someone with Skip’s experience and business acumen to our management team.  With the addition of Skip, and Brion Henes as VP of Information Technology earlier this year, Van Ru has significantly improved the depth of our senior management team,” said Dan Calderon, Van Ru’s President/CEO.

Mr. Spillone is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an Accounting degree from the University of Illinois and a Masters in Management from the prestigious Northwestern University J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois.

About Van Ru
Van Ru is one of the nation’s largest independent receivables management companies, employing nearly 700 debt collection professionals across its nationwide network of call centers. Van Ru has earned the confidence of its diverse clientele by delivering superior service and integrity since the company’s inception in 1953. Van Ru provides innovative collection and call center solutions to clients in the financial services, government, educational, energy, telecommunications and healthcare industries. For more information please visit www.vanru.com or contact Jenny Saboya, Director of Marketing Support, at JSaboya@vanru.com.