Our People

Margarita Burdasova, Relationship Manager

Margarita Burdasova joined Garrington in 2018 and her current role is Relationship Manager. Margarita works closely with the Liquid Capital franchisees, clients and various teams across the construct to provide support & analysis, and assist in decision-making that affects Clients’ Account, Principals’ portfolio, and operations.

Prior to joining Garrington, Margarita spent 2 years working in accounting.

Margarita received a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial and Business Economics from York University, and holds Canadian Securities Certification at CSI.

Christine Cooke, Associate

Christine Cooke joined Garrington in 2003 and her current role is an Account Manager/Cash Application Specialist. Christine is responsible for the cash posting and balancing of incoming payments, as well as processing Funding Requests and monitoring Client Accounts.

Prior to joining the Cash Application / Account Manager team, Christine worked with our Executive team, planning, and coordinating our Annual Conferences. Christine also worked in our Legal Department, updating our FDD and signing up new Franchisee’s for over a decade where she gained an immense amount of knowledge in Franchise Law and Compliance.

Christine has earned a Business Law certificate from Humber College.

Carrie Duppong, Associate

Carrie Duppong joined Garrington in 2021. Her current role is an Account Manager, in which she is responsible for the day-to-day factoring operations.

Prior to joining Garrington, Carrie has worked within the factoring industry at Quality Numbers & More since 2019. Carrie has also been an EMR for the Glen Ullin Ambulance since 2016.

Ramona Etwaroo, Director, Trade Finance Operations

Ramona Etwaroo joined Garrington upon Liquid Capital’s acquisition of TCE Capital in 2016. Her current role is Director, Trade Finance Operations. Ramona and her team are primarily responsible for dealing with the day-to-day operations and monitoring of the factoring and trade finance portfolio.

Prior to joining Garrington, Ramona has spent over two decades in the factoring and financial services industry.

Ramona completed her Deplôme d’études professionnelles (D.E.P.) in Accounting and Secretarial program.

Khalil Fijabi, Associate

Khalil Fijabi joined Garrington in 2019 and is an Account Manager. He is responsible for the day-to-day factoring operations.

Prior to joining Garrington, Khalil was an Account Management Associate II / TOA Receives Associate Analyst III at Fidelity Investment in Dublin Ireland, focusing on account maintenance and transfers.

Khalil received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Dublin Business School in Dublin, Ireland.

Sadie Griffiths, Associate

Sadie Griffiths joined Garrington in 2020 and is currently an Account Manager. In her role, Sadie is responsible for the day-to-day factoring operations.

Prior to joining Garrington, Sadie was a Member Service Representative/ Acting Supervisor at JN Bank Limited in Kingston, Jamaica.

Sadie received a Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

Clementina Francisco, Director, Business Intelligence

Clementina Francisco joined Garrington in 2015. Her current role is Director, Business Intelligence. Clementina is responsible for the evolution of the enterprise Business Intelligence function, for leading the development of process automation, architectures, and technologies to transform raw data into meaningful insights used to enable more effective data driven decisions.

Clementina has over 4 years of experience leveraging emerging technology to simplify business processes, standardizing reporting and ensuring proper data governance and controls are in place to strengthen data quality across the company.

Clementina has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Simón Bolívar University, holds an Applied Data Science certificate from Columbia Engineering, and is currently pursuing her AWS Solutions Architect Certification.

Barnett Gordon, Director, Compliance

Barnett Gordon co-founded Liquid Capital in 1999. He was responsible for the execution of strategic initiatives and oversaw finance, accounting, tax and fund operations. In 2019, Barnett became a Managing Director, Compliance at Liquid Capital Enterprises Corp. and is responsible for monitoring compliance of Franchisees.

Prior to joining Garrington, Barnett co-founded Peak Equity Corp.; a company that managed and rehabilitated commercial properties.

Laikyn Nilsen, Associate

LaiKyn Nilsen joined Garrington in 2021 and her current role is an Account Manager. LaiKyn, alongside her team, is responsible in communicating with clients to ensure their needs are addressed, building relationships to maintain business and acquire new clients, working alongside with numerous internal departments, and ensuring all clients’ requests are met in order to improve their experience.

Prior to joining Garrington, LaiKyn has worked within the factoring industry at Quality Numbers & More since 2017. LaiKyn comes to Garrington with over 8+ years of experience in the financial services industry, including technology & telecommunications, healthcare, and oil & gas industry.

Megan Hodgins, Associate

Megan Hodgins joined the Garrington in 2018. In her current role as an Accountant, Megan is responsible for accounts payable and payroll administration for the group of companies.

Prior to joining Garrington, Megan was a Pastry Chef in Toronto’s financial district, where she baked for large events and small dinners alike.

Megan has a Business Diploma in Human Resources from George Brown College, as well as an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts from the Texas Culinary Academy.

Renata Marinzeck, Associate

Renata Marinzeck joined Garrington in 2019. Her current position is an Office Manager. Renata is responsible for smooth and efficient office operations, providing assistance to the IT & HR departments and Senior Management. In addition, she is involved in project management.

Prior to joining Garrington, Renata worked as Administrative Assistant for AMD and Johnson & Johnson, and as an Accounting Manager for Teltek Systems.

Renata completed her Master of Management in Accounting & Finance in 2018 at the University of Windsor. She also holds her Marketing and Business Administration degree.

Chasity Orcutt, Associate

Chasity Orcutt joined Garrington in 2021 as a Junior Account Manager and is responsible for the day-to-day Factoring operations.

Chasity actively serves as Vice President for the City Council in her community of Glen Ullin, and has held this position for over 3 years now. Chasity has a passion for people & business, and strives to do her best to help both succeed.

Gerry Parrillo, Associate

Gerry Parrillo joined the Garrington in October 2019. His current role is an A/R Management Specialist. Gerry is responsible for the day-to-day accounts receivables.

Prior to joining Garrington, Gerry was a Customer Accounts Agent with TD Auto Finance, where he specialized in managing delinquent accounts.

Gerry graduated from Lester B. Pearson Comprehensive School where he studied Business Finance.

Maria Reyes, Associate

Maria Reyes joined Garrington in March of 2017 as a Data Entry Analyst and is responsible for the day-to-day Factoring operations.

Prior to joining Garrington, Maria worked at LBJ Express in Farmers Branch, Tx as a Data Entry Interim Team Lead. Maria has over 5 years of experience as a Data Entry in the toll rate system.

Maria earned a Medical Assistant diploma from Remington College in 2007.

Neil Risso, Associate

Neil Risso joined Garrington in 2012. Neil is responsible for heading the collections team, and providing customer service & franchisee assistance.

Prior to joining Garrington, Neil was a Credit Officer & Collector at Tyfoon International for 12 years, where he specialized in collections, credit checks & cash applications.

Neil has received a BA in English Literature at Concordia University.

Vlad Rojko, Vice President, Operations

Vlad Rojko joined the Garrington in 2019 and is currently a Vice-President of Operations. He and his team are primarily responsible for dealing with the day-to-day operations and monitoring of the factoring and trade finance portfolio, as well as providing advice on best practices for account and relationship management to clients and stakeholders of the organization.

Vlad comes to Garrington with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with the last 10 years focused specifically on accounts receivable factoring and trade finance.

Vlad currently holds his CPA designation, and has previously held CMA, CFP designations. Vlad earned an undergraduate degree in financial planning and government budgeting.

Kasia Wojtowicz, Manager, Human Resources

Kasia Wojtowicz joined Garrington in 2018. Kasia’s current position is a Human Resources Manager and she is responsible for overseeing human resource and project management functions within the company.

Prior to commencing her current role, Kasia spent a year as a Treasury Analyst within the factoring operations, and has over 8 years of experience in the customer service industry.
Kasia received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Ryerson University, as well as an Honours Diploma in Business Administration, Human Resources from George Brown College.

Vlad Rojko, Vice President, Operations

Vlad Rojko joined the Garrington in 2019 and is currently a Vice-President of Operations. He and his team are primarily responsible for dealing with the day-to-day operations and monitoring of the factoring and trade finance portfolio, as well as providing advice on best practices for account and relationship management to clients and stakeholders of the organization.

Vlad comes to Garrington with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, with the last 10 years focused specifically on accounts receivable factoring and trade finance.

Vlad currently holds his CPA designation, and has previously held CMA, CFP designations. Vlad earned an undergraduate degree in financial planning and government budgeting.

Roxane Walth, Associate

Roxane Walth joined Garrington in 2021 in her current role as an Account Manager. Roxane is responsible for managing the day-to-day client relationship, along with administering the clients’ portfolios, and assisting the team.

Prior to joining Garrington, Roxane spent 3 years as an Account Manager at Quality Numbers & More within the factoring industry. She was also a Deputy Auditor for the City of Hebron for 3 years, where she assisted the City Auditor with handling the city’s finances, payroll, billing out customers, and community concerns.

Guadalupe Sol, Manager, Information Technology

Guadalupe Sol serves as Manager, Information Technology for Garrington. With over three decades of experience in the IT industry and past experience in Systems and Network Administration, Applications Development and Operations, Data Management and Security, Project Management, and Technical Support, she plays an integral role within the Garrington Group of Companies. Lupe is primarily responsible for coordinating and leading the day-to-day IT operations and monitoring all systems and applications used by the organization as well as supporting development, testing and implementation of new technologies and mentoring other team members.

Prior to joining Garrington in 2019, she spent 13 years with Liquid Capital Corp. as an IT Support Specialist and as an IT Manager.

Nikita Silvestrov, Relationship Manager

Nikita Silvestrov joined Garrington in 2018 and his current role is Relationship Manager. In this role, he is focused on building strong long-term franchisee relationships, and provides support in growing their business.

Prior to joining Garrington, Nikita came from the Public Sphere, working at the Canada Revenue Agency.

Nikita received his Bachelor’s Degree in International Accounting and Finance from Seneca College.

Kayla Schumacher, Associate

Kayla Schumacher joined Garrington in 2021 as a Collection Specialist. She is responsible for collections, as well as processing fundings and assisting her team.

Prior to joining Garrington, she spent 3 years working at Quality Numbers in the factoring industry. Additionally, Kayla is an EMR on the Glen Ullin Ambulance, and has served as their squad leader since 2016.

Kayla earned an Associates Degree from Bismarck State College in Business Management in 2013.

Michael Shouldice Stewart, Legal Counsel

Michael Shouldice Stewart joined Garrington in 2021 as in-house Legal Counsel. Michael manages the legal affairs of the group of companies and provides creative advice on strategic structuring, as well as support with negotiation of all types of transactions.

Prior to joining Garrington, Michael gained extensive wide-ranging experience managing cross-border commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, cross-border acquisitions, as well as areas of corporate finance and securities laws leading private placements, convertible debt offerings, and both short and long form prospectus offerings. Michael is a personable and solutions-focused lawyer with private practice and unique in-house experience guiding a start-up company from inception to listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree from the University of Waterloo in 2010, obtained his LLB (Second Class Honours Upper Division) from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom in 2013, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2015. Michael has also received the designation of Certified In-House Counsel – Canada (CIC.C).