Everyone talks about credit apps, personal guarantees, and gut checks. Meanwhile, the UCC-1 sits in the corner like the forgotten superhero of trade credit. It’s one of the most powerful, misunderstood, and overlooked protections you have.
Join Credit Overlord Thea Dudley and her guest Robert Clark, National Account Executive with NCS Credit, for a fast, practical breakdown of what a UCC-1 is, when to file one, and how to put it to work. By the end, it might just be your new BFF.
Robert Clark is a National Accounts Executive with NCS Credit. Robert partners with credit teams at national suppliers and distributors to build programs around NCS Credit’s notice, lien and UCC services, and walks clients through the tools they use day to day to track projects, deadlines and risk. With 24 years of experience, he has spoken to groups about mechanic’s liens, construction credit and secured transactions, covering both the legal protections these tools provide and the practical side of when and how to use them.
Thea Dudley has spent her 30+ year career working for manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, contractors and subcontractors by leading credit teams, aiding accounts payable and bringing order to cash processes. As the undisputed Credit Overlord for the LBM community, Thea works with credit departments throughout the U.S. to secure healthy AR management and proactive credit and collection practices. She also writes the Credit Q&A column for LBM Journal.