Authors

Bill Bosco is the principal of Leasing 101, a lease consulting company. Bill has over 37 years of experience in the leasing industry. His areas of expertise are accounting, tax, financial analysis, structuring, pricing and training. Bosco has been on the ELFA accounting committee since 1988 and was chairman for 10 years. He is a frequent author and speaker on leasing topics. He has been selected to the FASB/IASB Lease Project working group. He can be reached at wbleasing101@aol.com, www.leasing-101.com or 914-522-3233.

Brian Holland is the president and CFO of Fleet Advantage.

Connie Kadansky is a coach, trainer and speaker specializing in overcoming Sales Call Reluctance. She offers effective tools and training to diagnose Sales Call Reluctance and assists salespeople in prioritizing profitable prospecting. She can be reached at 602-997-1101 or connie@exceptionalsales.com Sales Call Reluctance is a registered trademark of Behavioral Sciences Research Press, Dallas, Texas.

Joseph G. Bonanno is a past equipment finance industry special consultant to The World Bank for industry development in Kosovo and Russia (which he says were very interesting trips) and an industry educational and testifying expert witness in equipment finance litigation. He was appointed by then Governor Bill Weld to the Massachusetts Governor’s Counsel to facilitate adoption of UCC Articles 2A and 9 in Massachusetts, testified before a joint session of the Massachusetts legislature in favor of adoption and was a Massachusetts Continuing legal education co-instructor to other attorneys, past (six) Term Certified Leasing and Finance Professional board member, CLFP review instructor and instructor for past independent leasing institutes. He has been interviewed by nationally syndicated columnists for comment on leasing industry court decisions, authored and co-authored numerous published articles and conducted educational seminars. He has also been a guest lecturer at Boston’s Suffolk University and The Massachusetts School of Law.

Kris Roglieri has more than 20 years of commercial finance and real estate finance experience. Besides founding the industry’s only conference NACLB, he owns and operates two national commercial finance companies, Prime Commercial Lending and Durham Commercial Capital, which finance more than $300 million in loans yearly. Additionally Roglieri also founded the nation’s only finance marketing firm, The Finance Marketing Group, which provides a full spectrum of marketing services to banks, lenders, brokers and financial services companies across the world. Roglieri has been often tapped into for his commercial lending expertise as well as quoted in publications and news outlets such as Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fox Business News, The Washington Post and Bloomberg just to name a few. He was recently named one of New York States top business leaders in Forbes Magazine with his group of companies

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.

Mike Hamilton joined AmeriQuest Transportation Services in 2008. As senior vice president of Financial Services, he is responsible for major accounts and large business development opportunities. Hamilton was formally with First Fleet Corporation where he was vice president, grocery specialist for nine years. He also spent 19 years with Ryder, holding various positions. He earned a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee with a major in transportation logistics, and holds the designation of Certified Transportation Professional from the National Private Truck Council Board of Governors.

Phil Neuffer is associate editor of Monitor and web editor of monitordaily.

Rita E. Garwood is managing editor of Monitor and ABF Journal.

Steve Latin-Kasper is the market data and research director for the National Truck Equipment Association. He joined the NTEA in 1999 and provides research and analysis on markets and economic indicators relating to the work truck and truck equipment industry.