Aegis Team
Robert K. Beard, Managing Director
Robert Beard is co-founder and Managing Director of Aegis RE Partners. Mr. Beard is also the founder and CEO of two other specialty finance companies, EnviroCap and Aegis Business Credit, which have financed over $1 Billion in transactions since 1998.
Mr. Beard began his career as a CPA with the Tampa office of Deloitte & Touche in 1983, where he was a designated industry specialist in the banking and mortgage banking industries. In 1993, he founded Beard and Kingery, CPAs (now Kingery & Crouse), a Tampa-based CPA firm primarily serving small and medium sized companies. In 1998, Mr. Beard left the CPA practice to form EnviroCap, a specialty finance company providing asset-based financing for the clean-up and redevelopment of environmentally contaminated sites nationwide. As a diversification from environmental clean-up financing, Mr. Beard co-founded Aegis Business Credit in 2007, which provides asset-based lending and factoring to lower-middle market businesses.
Mr. Beard is a certified public accountant in the State of Florida, and holds a Series 27 securities license. Mr. Beard is a graduate of Florida State University with a B.S. in accounting and finance.
Joseph R. Bonora, Managing Director
Joseph Bonora is Managing Director of Aileron Capital Management, the fund manager for Aegis RE Partners. Mr. Bonora has extensive experience in structured finance, corporate finance, and commercial and residential real estate lending. Prior to joining Aegis RE Partners, Mr. Bonora was head of SBA and commercial real estate lending at LCG Capital Group, a Tampa-based middle-market investment banking firm. During his time at LCG, Mr. Bonora’s daily focus was on the structuring and placement of real estate backed debt, mezzanine loans and B-notes, and SBA 504 and 7 (a) loans. In addition to commercial real estate lending, Mr. Bonora was also active in the corporate advisory practice at LCG, working with small and mid-sized businesses with annual revenues between $10 million and $100 million.
Prior to LCG, Mr. Bonora was the CEO of Joseph Scott Financial, a mortgage lender and real estate investment banking firm specializing in residential construction loans, acquisition and development financing, mezzanine and preferred equity financing, and SBA loans. Mr. Bonora was responsible for the daily operations and strategic growth of the company, overseeing 50+ employees in four offices. Between 2002 and 2007, Joseph Scott originated in excess of $3 Billion in residential and commercial mortgage loans.
Mr. Bonora majored in finance at Hodges University in Fort Myers, Florida, and has obtained his Series 7, Life and Variable Annuity and Florida Mortgage Broker licenses. He frequently writes for a number of industry trade publications, and is often invited to speak at industry events and workshops.
Michael Allan, VP of Business Development
Michael Allan is VP of business development at Aegis RE Partners, and is responsible for the origination of new transactions, management of customer relations, and the development of new funding products and programs. Mike comes to Aegis with over seven years of experience in residential mortgage lending, focusing the majority of that time on financing real estate investors and residential construction projects.
Mr. Allan attended Montclair State University in New Jersey, and is a licensed a mortgage broker.