Tom Gazaway, Founder & CEO
Tom Gazaway is the founder & CEO of Hawkeye Management. Tom is an instructor at the American Real Estate Investors Institute and is a frequent guest with a variety of groups throughout the United States on topics of personal credit, business credit, debt capital solutions, and business lines of credit.
Tom is one of less than 50 people across the country who holds the title of Certified Credit Expert Witness. Additionally, he is the only person in the country who holds the combination of credit certifications he has earned – this also includes CMPS and XCO certifications from the CMPS Institute and Xinnix Mortgage Academy and also has his FICO Pro Certification from AllRegs Academy. Tom received his Economics and Business degree from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA.
At Hawkeye Management we are small business lending consultants specializing in unsecured business lines of credit and unsecured business loans. We work with a network of local, regional, and national lending institutions that provide these unsecured lines of credit and unsecured loans. We navigate the ever changing banking and lending terrain for you and find the best possible solutions to meet your individual and business needs. We provide expert consultation to each client so you can make intelligent, well-informed decisions.
There’s a reason why banks approve less than 10% of the loan applications they receive from small business owners. If you’ve been denied or turned down for your financing don’t let that stop you from talking to us. Over 70% of the business credit applications we submit are approved. Would you rather have less than a 10% chance of success or a 70% chance of success? In fact, with one of our programs (if you qualify) we will actually guarantee you a minimum of $50,000 in unsecured business lines of credit.
Our primary purpose is to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with capital to help them achieve their goals and dreams. We know how difficult it is to get a business line of credit from lending institutions. In fact, some of our referrals come directly from banks after they denied an application because they know we understand how to create the desired outcome for the small business owner. Every month we do hundreds of these applications to assist small businesses across the country with unsecured loans and lines of credit and we only provide Prime-based, A-Paper solutions for you. With Hawkeye Management, if you’re looking for unsecured business credit, you never have to worry about subprime or high interest rate credit solutions. It is important that you truly understand your real options and the business credit solutions that are real for you and your situation (we understand this if you don’t so don’t worry if you’re not sure)…if you know this and you want unsecured capital then you have come to the right place. With Hawkeye Management, you are dealing with a company you can trust and the nations #1 experts in Unsecured Lines of Credit and borrowing money the right way.
Tim Gazaway, Vice President
Tim Gazaway joined his nephew Tom at Hawkeye part time in early 2009 as Hawkeye was seeing opportunities in growth. In December of 2009 Tim joined Hawkeye full time to help manage the operations and growth of the company as it was apparent that Hawkeye had something to offer that small businesses across the country needed. As part of the growth that Hawkeye has been experiencing, Tim opened our new Arkansas office in Bentonville where we currently have 18 people working with us to serve our clients. Yes, Bentonville, AR, home of Wal-Mart headquarters, the original Wal-Mart, fantastic golf courses, and lots of great people.
Ken Robertson, V-P of Finance & Operations Development
Ken Robertson joined Hawkeye Management in April 2010. Since that time, he has been an instrumental part of the leadership team that insures that Hawkeye is able to grow “sensibly”. Any company experiencing the tremendous growth that Hawkeye is could easily make hasty and rash decisions and lose sight of their overall goal. Ken has been vital in insuring that Hawkeye grows in the right way by always looking forward to what is to come. He helps facilitate change while making sure that the core values of our company are never compromised.
Ken retired from Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club in 2006 after an amazing 26 year career with America’s largest retailer. He started as an hourly associate in the store (putting himself through college) and worked his way up through many different divisions, and at one point was asked to create an entire new division for the company. His career at the home office also included managing areas such as Internal Audit, Store Operations and several Specialty Divisions. Ken ended his career as the Director of Sam’s Specialty Group (a $2 Billion business).
Having spent his short retirement focusing on family, Ken saw the opportunity to be able to help an emerging company reach its full potential and came to Hawkeye eager to help lead the way. His strong financial background and management skills along with the fact that he worked with us for 2 months without and office and without a desk (hey, we were expanding and ran out of room in our small office lol) make him the perfect fit for our company.
Ken and his wife Cathy (who is also part of the Hawkeye Management team) have triplet sons who all attend the University of Arkansas. He enjoys time outdoors hiking, canoeing, traveling and spending time with his family. Ken is also a member and past President of the Board of Directors of the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of United Way.
