John Crum is the national sales manager of Wells Fargo Equipment Finance’s commercial vehicle group. He has more than 30 years of equipment finance and leasing experience with leadership positions in credit, portfolio and sales management in both the United States and Canada. He is responsible for managing all loan and lease originations in the commercial vehicle market including trucks, trailers, buses, specialty vehicles and zero emission vehicles. Crum can be reached at [email protected].

Ken Gillies is the commercial lead in truck for the Element Fleet site in Eden Prairie, MN (formerly GE Fleet).

Kenneth P. Weinberg is a Partner of Rimon, P.C. and practices in the area of commercial finance, focusing on equipment leasing, equipment finance and renewable energy project finance. He has penned Dispatches from the Trenches since 2002.

Kristine A. Snow is president of Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., where she leads the company’s global captive finance business.

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.

Phil Neuffer is senior editor of ABF Journal.

Rita E. Garwood is editor in chief of Monitor.

Rob Kooken is director of Truck Excellence with Element Fleet Management.

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.

Susan Middleton is a research director for IDC’s Technology Financing Strategies and Technology Valuation Services programs and leads the research efforts for each of these programs. Middleton’s research covers many areas including market sizing, market forecasting, technological trends, vendor strategies and IT user needs and priorities. Her areas of expertise are trends in the leasing and financing market, the midrange and high-end server marketplace and enterprise storage.

Vernon Tirey, a 30-year veteran in enterprise automation solutions, is the co-founder and CEO of LeaseQ, a marketplace bringing automation and efficiency to small business borrowers looking to finance equipment to start and grow their businesses. LeaseQ’s proprietary cloud-based platform streamlines the equipment finance process for business borrowers, equipment sellers and equipment financial services companies.