Channel is the recipient of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) 2024 Operations and Technology Excellence Award, which recognizes innovative uses of technology in the equipment finance industry. Channel’s award-winning project will be showcased during ELFA’s Operations & Technology Conference, Sept. 9 – 11 in Nashville.

“Our strong culture and rapid growth improved team efficiency, but we recognized the need to enhance our enterprise processes for continued success,” Mark Blais, chief information officer at Channel, said. “We took a collaborative approach to revamp our business processes and technology, and focused on a win-together approach that prioritized our partners’ needs. Leveraging external consultants, internal teams and our partners, we designed exceptional solutions across the company. This massive initiative laid a solid foundation that delivered outstanding results for both our partners and teams.”

“Channel’s impressive transformation project exemplifies how to effectively streamline operations while supporting sustainable growth,” Chelsey Barron, vice president of sales operations at LEAF Commercial Capital and Peter Haug, project manager at LTi Technology Solutions, said. “We look forward to sharing their journey at the upcoming Operations and Technology Conference and inspiring other ELFA members to innovate and optimize their operations.”