Monitor announced two new breakout sessions for Converge: AI in Equipment Finance, taking place virtually on October 8, 2026, from 12:00–5:00 p.m. ET. David Giller, Founder and CEO of Brainiate, and Kristin Esche, General Counsel at Agiloft, will join the event’s lineup of practitioners exploring how AI is influencing equipment finance and how organizations can move from conversation to practical application.
The new sessions address two increasingly important considerations as organizations expand their use of AI: whether existing workflows are ready for automation and how businesses can put the right guardrails in place to move forward responsibly and confidently.
Before You Automate the Workflow: What AI Will Inherit in Equipment Finance
David Giller, Founder and CEO, Brainiate
Giller will explore how AI inherits the workflows, data, workarounds and human judgment already inside an organization. Attendees will learn how to evaluate individual AI use cases and determine whether to move now, pilot first or address operational barriers before attempting to scale.
AI with Guardrails: Moving Faster Without Flying Blind
Kristin Esche, General Counsel, Agiloft
Esche will examine how organizations can pursue meaningful AI opportunities while establishing practical guardrails around privacy, confidentiality, accuracy, human oversight, accountability and risk. She will also explore how AI can unlock greater value from information already embedded across contracts, transactions and business processes.
AI Conversations Across Equipment Finance
Monitor’s Converge Event: AI in Equipment Finance will feature nine 50-minute practitioner-led breakout sessions across three rounds, giving attendees the opportunity to choose the three conversations most relevant to their roles and organizations.
Sessions span three tracks — TODAY, BE REVOLUTIONARY and BUILD-ROADMAP — and address AI from multiple perspectives across the equipment finance business. From credit, operations and sales to technology, legal, risk, strategy and executive leadership, the program is designed to provide relevant conversations for professionals throughout the organization.
The Converge AI Breakout Lineup Also Includes:
What It Takes to Automate Credit Decisions
Goutham Balaraman, Chief Technology Officer, Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance
Robotics: An Emerging Asset Class With New Rules
Scott Nelson, CEO/CTO, Reuleaux Technology
Zachary Kimball, CEO, Hardfin
AI in Origination
Ryan Ragland, VP Enterprise Solutions, Valiant
AI Through a Real-World Equipment Finance Lens
Deborah Reuben, CLFP, CEO & Founder, TomorrowZone
Moto Tohda, EMBA, CLFP, Vice President / Information Systems, Tokyo Century (USA) Inc.
Building AI Into the Technology Environment
Steven Siler, CTO, North Mill Equipment Finance
From AI Possibility to Practical Execution
Tawnya Stone, VP, Strategic Technology, GreatAmerica
Both Sides of the Cake: Equipment Finance as Funder and User of the AI Stack
Sohini Roy, Senior Advisor, 3Degrees
Monitor’s Converge Event: AI in Equipment Finance will take place virtually on October 8, 2026, from 12:00–5:00 p.m. ET. Registration is $349 per person, with a team rate of $300 per person for organizations registering five or more attendees.
For additional information and registration, visit www.convergebymonitor.com.
