Frank Bussone is vice president of technology and data analytics for Corcentric Fleet Solutions. He has spent more than 25 years providing business analytics and business intelligence to the transportation and real estate industries. For the past nine years, he has helped Corcentric customers find lower cost solutions for their truck fleets by working through the big data broadcasted from trucks. Bussone is a certified transportation professional and received a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Florida Atlantic University. He has also received a data science with SQL and tableau certificate from Cornell University and a certificate of achievement in six sigma green belt from Villanova University.

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

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].

Markiesha Thompson is associate editor of Monitor.

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

Peter Gregory is a senior vice president for Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, the equipment finance and leasing affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, he is the national manager for the construction manufacturer and dealer services group. His team provides manufacturers and their distributors loan and lease solutions for their inventory and rental fleet equipment financing needs in the U.S. Gregory has held various positions in his 33-year career in the construction-equipment finance field. Prior to Wells Fargo, he served in increasing senior leadership roles at CitiCapital Commercial and GE Capital Solutions.

Rita E. Garwood is editor in chief of Monitor.

Stephen T. Whelan is a partner in the New York office of law firm Blank Rome and a former member of the ELFA Board of Directors (2013-2016). He can be reached at [email protected].