George Souri is CEO and Founder of LQD Business Finance, a tech-enabled business lender based in Chicago. George has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and leads LQD Business Finance’s strategic direction and innovation initiatives. A self-described math geek, George created Epsilon, LQD Business Finance’s methodology, engineered the company’s risk models, LQD Matrix and LQD Synthesis, and built the first version of LQD Business Finance’s operating platform, LQD Central. Prior to founding LQD Business Finance, George spent seven years as the founder and CEO of Atria Capital, a Chicago-based advisory that helped medium-sized and middle-market businesses with operational optimization, capital raising, growth strategies, and complex situations. Before Atria Capital, George was the co-founder and CEO of Ramzey Broadband, a national provider of end-user fulfillment services to major cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner. George has a B.A. in Philosophy and a J.D. from DePaul University.