Matt Tallo is a Managing Director in the Asset-Backed Finance Group, responsible for originating and structuring senior debt transactions for specialty finance companies as well as relationship management. Matt joined Capital One in 2013 after serving for nine years as Executive Director, Structured Finance at WestLB AG’s New York office. There he managed a $2.3 billion portfolio of structured finance transactions. Matt sourced and structured senior secured debt facilities for a variety of clients including asset-based lenders and factors as well as equipment finance, consumer finance, and student loan finance companies.

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Rita E. Garwood is editor in chief of Monitor.

Shawn Halladay brings 30 years of experience as a lessor, trainer, consultant and auditor to his position as managing director and leader of The Alta Group’s Professional Development practice.

Theresa Kabot began her career in commercial equipment financing at Colonial Pacific Leasing, where she worked the funding side of the industry from credit and documentation to sales and marketing. In 1996, she established her own equipment finance company, Kabot Commercial Leasing, which expanded to be self funding in 2014. She is a past president of the CLFP Foundation.