The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation added 16 individual new CLFPs that have passed the eight-hour online proctored CLFP exam. They are:

• Chase Aiken, CLFP – President, Merrick Equipment
• Blake Anderson, CLFP – Relationship Management Lead, Amur Equipment Finance
• Kristopher Brown, CLFP – VP – Account Executive, Key Equipment Finance
• Sam Bugas, CLFP Associate – Account Manager – West Coast, DLL
• Zuzanna Capozzi, CLFP Associate – Treasury Manager, North Mill Equipment Finance
• Michele DeBoer, CLFP – VP, Operations, Tokyo Century (USA)
• Cole Farmer, CLFP – CFO, Blue Street Capital
• Tomomi Ichinose, CLFP – AVP, Tokyo Century (USA)
• Jessica Link, CLFP – Contracts Administrator, North Mill Equipment Finance
• Sydni Martines, CLFP – Customer Implementation Specialist II, LTi Technology Solutions
• Connor Means, CLFP – VP of Sales, MAZO Capital Solutions
• Joshua Metcalf, CLFP – VP, Tokyo Century (USA)
• Robert Moore, CLFP – Senior Director Commercial Operations, Santander Bank
• Ryan Porter, CLFP – Credit Analyst, North Mill Equipment Finance
• Adam Ramirez, CLFP – Chief Risk Officer/EVP, Tokyo Century (USA)
• Motofumi Tohda, CLFP – VP of Information Systems, Tokyo Century (USA)
  

“As a technology leader working closely with business teams, having a deep understanding of business flows is essential. I took the CLFP challenge to reinforce my knowledge from experience with all the new valuable information,” Moto Tohda, VP of information systems at Tokyo Century, said. “That worked, even better than I expected! Now I feel more confident when pursuing technology solutions for the business. Hopefully, I can give back to the industry more as I actively participate in innovation discussions.