Andrew K. Alper is a partner with the law firm of Frandzel Robbins Bloom & Csato, L.C. in Los Angeles

Bruce Kropschot is senior managing director of The Alta Group and heads the global consultancy’s merger and acquisition advisory practice.

Chuck Weilamann is a managing director with DBRS, providing credit ratings for U.S. and international structured finance transactions in the consumer, commercial and esoteric asset-backed sectors.

Dexter Van Dango is a pen name for a real person who is a senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in the equipment leasing industry. A self-described portly, middle-aged, graying, balding leasing guy in the twilight of a mediocre career, Van Dango will provide occasional insight from the front lines via Monitor.

James Jackson is managing director and merger and acquisition advisory practice leader of The Alta Group. He has more than 30 years of experience in the equipment leasing and finance industry including senior financial executive roles at MicroFinancial/TimePayment, Deutsche Financial Services, AT&T Capital and Signal Capital.

Linda Kester is a bestselling author and professional speaker with 25 years of experience in leasing sales and marketing management. As founder of the Institute of Personal Development, Kester has helped hundreds of salespeople increase their volume. Her book, 366 Marketing Tips for Equipment Leasing, has produced results for leasing companies in the U.S., UK and Australia. For more information, visit lindakester.com.

Patricia Voorhees is a director of The Alta Group in the Management Consulting and Merger and Acquisition Advisory Practices. She has more than 25 years’ experience in technology and commercial finance. Her areas of expertise include B2B fintech, vendor/captive leasing, mergers and acquisitions, small-ticket leasing and pricing. Voorhees is a frequent author and speaker on fintech in asset finance and serves on the steering committee for the Commercial Equipment Marketplace Council.

Phil Neuffer is senior editor of ABF Journal.

Rita E. Garwood is editor in chief of Monitor.

Sergey Moiseenko is a senior vice president with DBRS’s Global Structured Finance Group, primarily rating U.S. ABS transactions secured by commercial assets with a particular focus on securitizations backed by equipment financing contracts, marine container leases as well as a number of commercial esoteric assets.

Stephen T. Whelan is a partner in the New York office of law firm Blank Rome and a former member of the ELFA Board of Directors (2013-2016). He can be reached at swhelan@blankrome.com.

Tom Toton, vice president of Sales, Capital Equipment Solutions, brings nearly 40 years of extensive experience in the transportation industry to his role at Corcentric. He works with companies to determine a flexible, data-driven solution that is based on their operational and financial needs in order to optimize every asset.