As part of its annual CLFP Day celebration on Aug. 24, the Certified Lease & Finance Professionals Foundation named Nate Gibbons, chief experience officer at QuickFi by Innovation Finance USA, the winner of the 2023 Cindy Spurdle Award of Excellence. read more

AUG 28, 2023 - 6:48 am

We are facing an era of rapid evolution and time-tested business strategies are losing their effectiveness. How can the industry meet this challenge? Nate Gibbons checks in with four Monitor 100 executives to discuss the trends that could change the commercial lending industry and the opportunities embedded within them.... read more

Monitor 100 2022

We are using technology in more areas of our lives than ever before. And while the pace and quality of technology changes every second, human nature essentially remains the same. Those who are technology averse often mention that technology is superseding people, but does it have to be that way? How do we innovate while embracing humanity?... read more

Jan/Feb 2022

Industry leader Nate Gibbons, chief operating officer at QuickFi, will lead a Master Talk on Agile Learning — The Shortcut to Leadership Development for STRIPES Leadership Program, the professional and personal leadership development program designed to challenge and inspire best-in-class leaders within the equipment finance industry in partnership with the Monitor. read more

JUL 7, 2021 - 6:38 am

Monitor’s staff is excited to introduce the 2021 Editorial Board. 10 new members join four 2019 inaugural board members that have agreed to stay on for an additional year.... read more

Vol. 48 No. 1 2021

Monitor, the leading source of information for the equipment finance industry, announced the members of its 2021 Editorial Board. Ten new members will join the board and four members will continue from Monitor’s inaugural editorial board.  read more

DEC 15, 2020 - 6:49 am

As the United States reckons with its long history of racial injustice against Black citizens, the overwhelmingly white equipment finance industry must take a look at its own shortcomings in creating opportunities for Black people. ... read more

Monitor 100 2020

Monitor checks in with four NextGen leaders about how their companies effectively engage emerging leaders. They talk about the innate value of younger talent, share strategies for effective inter-generational collaboration and share advice for tomorrow’s leaders. ... read more

May/June 2020

Bill Verhelle is back in the game with the launch of Innovation Finance, which will focus on delivering a dramatically improved customer experience to sophisticated corporate and non-profit borrowers. In an interview with Monitor, he discusses the five traits of excellent employers and the guiding principles of his business philosophy: trust, purpose and humility.... read more

May/June 2018

Nate Gibbons, former First American vice president of learning and development, joined Innovation Finance as its chief operating officer. read more

APR 12, 2018 - 7:05 am