(WALNUT CREEK, CA – August 17, 2015) - Ivory Consulting Corporation announced today that Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Financial Corporation, selected Ivory’s flagship product, SuperTRUMP, to support its growth as a new provider of highly sophisticated loan and lease products to commercial companies in a variety of industries throughout the United States and Canada.

“We are pleased that the leaders of Wintrust, previous users of SuperTRUMP, chose to use SuperTRUMP again,” said Scott Thacker, CEO, Ivory Consulting Corporation. “We are excited to welcome Kirk Phillips and his team back to our family of loyal customers. “Since 1983, Ivory has grown in response to our customers’ needs, and that is evident in the high level of loyalty which we enjoy.”

“We have a customer-focused origination philosophy,” said Kirk Phillips, president and CEO of Wintrust Commercial Finance. “SuperTRUMP supports that philosophy by allowing us to analyze and structure financial solutions in an efficient, accurate and timely manner.” # # #

About Ivory Consulting For over 30 years, Ivory Consulting Corporation has been the leading provider of equipment lease and loan pricing software and consulting services for the equipment finance industry. Ivory’s flagship product, SuperTRUMP, is the industry standard for pricing and modeling complex leases and loans. That’s why it is trusted by four of the Monitor top five companies. Ivory is privately held and headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA. For more information, please visit us at www.ivorycc.com.

About Wintrust Commercial Finance Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), part of Wintrust Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WTFC), is an equipment-focused financing group, headquartered in Texas, offering sophisticated loan and lease products to commercial companies in a variety of industries throughout the United States and Canada. WCF has a customer-focused origination philosophy while minimizing risk through strong underwriting discipline and expert asset management.