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 [email protected], www.leasing-101.com or 914-522-3233.

Charles Wendel is president of FIC Advisors.

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.

Eric Dusch was chief commercial officer of Equipment Finance at GE Capital, Corporate Finance.

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.

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.

Lisa A. Goetz was the former editor of Monitor.

Madhu Natarajan is CEO for Odessa Technologies, Inc. Under his stewardship Odessa has become an internationally recognized leader in the leasing industry with major clients across the globe. Natarajan has spoken on a wide range of leasing topics at various national and international forums. He has also written for leading industry publications.

Megen Donovan was part of Monitor's editorial staff from 2012 to 2015. She served as assistant editor and was later promoted to associate editor.

Nicholas (Nick) Small is managing director of CIT Equipment Finance, US. In this role, he brings global best practices to bear on oversight of the US Equipment Finance business. Prior to this role, Small served as interim managing director for Vendor Finance Europe and chief operations officer for Global Vendor Finance. Previously at CIT, he was director of Shared Services, overseeing the consolidation of the technology and service platforms of various CIT entities into one operation.

Rick Bueti has worked in sales and sales management in the I/T leasing business for the past 25 years with companies including IBM Global Financing, HP Financial Services, Avnet and Unify. He is currently a senior consultant with his own firm, Jetmark Consulting, Inc.