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The chief experience officer and cofounder of <a href=\"https:\/\/quickfi.com\">QuickFi<\/a> admits he nearly left the <a href=\"https:\/\/simon.rochester.edu\">Simon Business School<\/a> twice before finding his stride. But that persistence, he says, is what changed everything.\r\n\r\n\u201cI genuinely wanted to be of value,\u201d Gibbons recalls. \u201cSimon gave me the structure and rigor I needed to grow into someone who could help others succeed.\u201d\r\n\r\nToday, Gibbons helps redefine how companies finance growth. At QuickFi, he\u2019s leading efforts to transform commercial lending through automation and embedded finance\u2014turning what once took weeks into minutes. 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