Brian Greer is a graduate of Purdue University and has lived in the Atlanta, GA area since 1997. As a Partner and Chief Revenue Officer with TaxConnex, Greer helps companies manage their sales tax risk by implementing sales tax outsourcing solutions and advising them on sales tax issues related to nexus, taxability, audits, and Voluntary Disclosure Agreements. Brian has worked in the sales tax field since 2000 and prior to that worked predominantly in software sales.

Brianna Wilson is the program manager for STRIPES Leadership Program, in partnership with Monitor.

Carl C. Chrappa leads The Alta Group’s Asset Management Services practice, with more than 35 years of international experience in equipment trading, appraisals, litigation support, portfolio valuations and equipment management.

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.

Diane Croessmann deploys leasing and managed solutions programs world- wide and develops early strategy for captive, vendor leasing and managed solutions programs, executing these programs and restructuring sales operations.

Ellen Comeaux is senior vice president and commercial division leader for TIAA Bank. As a veteran with more than 30 years of experience, she leads the bank’s commercial real estate and vendor equipment finance business lines.

Gary W. LoMonaco is a director of The Alta Group who primarily works with the consultancy’s Strategy & Competitive Alignment Practice. His areas of expertise include captive and vendor finance and credit management.

Gary Souverein is president of Pawnee Leasing.

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

James (Jim) Jackson is co-CEO of The Alta Group and leader of its merger and acquisition advisory practice. Jackson has more than 30 years of experience in the equipment leasing and finance industry and has served as a senior financial executive at MicroFinancial/ TimePayment, Deutsche Financial Services, AT&T Capital Corporation — Leasing Services and Signal Capital Corporation. He currently serves as board president of the National Equipment Finance Association.

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.

Markiesha Thompson is associate editor of Monitor.

Michelle Speranza is SVP, chief marketing officer at LEAF Commercial Capital and a member of Monitor’s Editorial Board.

Nate Gibbons is Chief Experience Officer at QuickFi where he oversees the company’s strategy for customer interactions and the overall customer experience.

Patricia Voorhees is a director of The Alta Group in the Management Consulting and Merger and Acquisition Advisory Practices. She has more than 25 years’ experience in technology and commercial finance. Her areas of expertise include B2B fintech, vendor/captive leasing, mergers and acquisitions, small-ticket leasing and pricing. Voorhees is a frequent author and speaker on fintech in asset finance and serves on the steering committee for the Commercial Equipment Marketplace Council.

Phil Neuffer is senior editor of ABF Journal.

Rick Remiker is a vice chairman of The Alta Group equipment finance advisors. His regulatory, risk management and investor relations insights inform work for Alta’s clients. Rick previously served as chief commercial banking executive and senior executive vice president of Huntington National Bank, where he led its equipment finance business earlier in his career. His past experience also includes launching Merrill Lynch Capital’s commercial equipment finance business and holding top leadership positions in the ELFA. He can be reached at rremiker@thealtagroup.com.

Rita E. Garwood is editor in chief of Monitor.

Valerie Gerard, a senior managing director with The Alta Group, leads the Strategy & Competitive Alignment practice. Leveraging her extensive career and areas of expertise, her research and consulting work for Alta clients has included a variety of market entry, capital markets access, rating agency advisory, investment community messaging, and market survey projects.