Barry Ripes, SVP, Financial Services Leader, Equifax Commercial

Bill Phelan, is SVP & General Manager, U.S. Information Solutions Commercial Services at Equifax.

Deborah Reuben, CLFP, is CEO & Founder of TomorrowZone, a technology strategy consulting firm specializing in advising leaders who want to make smarter decisions today and create a resilient and more profitable tomorrow.

Ian Koplin is Editor for Monitor, ABFJournal, DealMaker and Commercial Factor magazines.

Jackie Jacobs, CLFP, is the Director of Data Analytics and Corporate Development for Fleet Advantage, an innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing and life cycle cost management.

These articles have been collaborated on by multiple members of the Monitor staff.

Nancy Robles is President and Compliance Officer at Eastern Funding.

Phil Neuffer is senior editor of ABF Journal.

Scott Thacker serves as CEO of Ivory Consulting and on the Board of Directors of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association as well as its Financial Accounting Committee. He also serves as the co-director of the Research Committee of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation. Prior to joining Ivory Consulting, Thacker was a partner at Accenture responsible for creating and delivering management consulting and software solutions to the North American equipment leasing and asset finance industry. Previously, he held leadership positions with Oracle where he was instrumental in creating the company’s now widely used Oracle Lease and Finance Management application, and with American Airlines, where he was involved in executing aircraft, equipment, real estate leases and other financial transactions.

Tenor D. Ickes is a summer intern at Oswald Law Firm, where he enjoys writing on trending business, banking & finance law, and litigation topics.