The Alta Group Podcast

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Patricia Voorhees talks with three female founders at the intersection of finance and technology: Gabrielle Haddad, co-founder and COO of Sigma Rating; Deborah Reuben, president of Reuben Creative; and Sasha Pilch, co-founder of NYC Women in Fintech. The post The Alta Group Podcast— Latest Episode Features Women in Finance appeared first on The Alta Group.

Mark Bainbridge, executive vice president of Caterpillar Financial Services, in a lively conversation with The Alta Group Podcast host, Jon Fales, highlights the major changes he’s witnessed over 21 years of working in various asset and geographic areas of this global captive enterprise. The post Podcast Interview with Mark Bainbridge, EVP for Cat Financial, Covers Growing Sophistication in Captive Finance appeared first on The Alta Group.

The Alta Group Podcast Series on Vendor Captive Finance The post DLL’s Tom Meredith Cites Biggest Industry Trends in Vendor Finance appeared first on The Alta Group.

An international perspective The post 3 Trends in Vendor Finance from Tristan Watkins appeared first on The Alta Group.

Brian DePonte, Senior Vice President of Key Equipment Finance Clean Energy, describes his unique market focus with all of its complexities and the need for deep asset knowledge. The post Combining Energy + Storage to Gain Efficiency and Investor Interest appeared first on The Alta Group.

Greg VanDeWalker, Senior Vice President of IT Channel & Services at GreatAmerica Financial Services, is the featured guest in this podcast, Part 2 of the series on vendor-captive topics. He talks about the many changes in the last 15-20 years in captive-vendor financing. The post A Whole New Ballgame— Part 2 in Podcast Series on Captive-Vendor Finance Features Greg VanDeWalker appeared first on The Alta Group.

Cisco Capital President Kris Snow Addresses Channel Relationships In Part One of New Captive-Vendor Podcast Series The post Cisco Capital President Kris Snow Addresses Channel Relationships In Part One of New Captive-Vendor Podcast Series appeared first on The Alta Group.

Blockchain capability is in demand throughout a range of industries from financial services to payments and lending, wealth management, retail, healthcare and industrial markets. Rahul Kapur, managing director of blockchain, ZRG Partners, says the people most needed have proven technology skills and they are business savvy. This 39-min. episode is the second part of the conversation with Rahul on blockchain. The post Who Has the Unique Skills to Help Enterprises Create Blockchain Solutions?...

ZRG Partners Managing Director Rahul Kapur spoke with Jon Fales in this 28-min. podcast episode on how blockchain can be applied in equipment leasing and finance business and why banks recognize the value in distributed ledgers that are maintained on a peer-to-peer basis. The post How Blockchain Applies to Our Industry appeared first on The Alta Group.

Charles Anderson, CEO of Currency and executive director of CEMC, is featured in this episode of The Alta Group Podcast talking about Fintech and its growing influence on the equipment leasing and finance industry. The post Fintech’s Growing Influence on Equipment Finance appeared first on The Alta Group.

ZRG Partners CEO Larry Hartmann talks to Jon Fales in this podcast episode about private equity and bank interests in acquiring platforms and people as well as the demand for talent, especially people with entrepreneurial spirit. The post In Search of Entrepreneurial Spirit with ZRG Partners CEO appeared first on The Alta Group.

Wayne Super, managing director of capital markets at Cisco Capital, interviewed by Jon Fales, says artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and machine learning are…” all coming together with blockchain,” The post Blockchain- Beyond Theory and Talk appeared first on The Alta Group.

The rise of independents, the retreat of American multinationals, and other trends in this 31 minute episode on Alta’s annual LAR 100. Jon Fales talks to Alta LAR CEO Rafael Castillo-Triana. The post Trends in Latin America Equipment Leasing appeared first on The Alta Group.

In this 33 minute episode, Jon Fales talks to the ELFA President and CEO Ralph Petta about the annual convention. The post Ralph Petta Discusses ELFA Annual Convention appeared first on The Alta Group.

31 minute episode. Beyond bits and bytes, planning for system upgrades must include important considerations to the impact on people. Many of us struggle with change. Alta consultants John Rizzi & John Hurt talk about change management challenges. The post The Human Side of Change Management in System Upgrades appeared first on The Alta Group.

16-minute podcast features Lori Frasier, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Performance Management, Key Equipment Finance, speaking with Jon Fales, an Alta Director. The post Women in Leasing appeared first on The Alta Group.

22-minute episode with Jonathan Fales and Paul Bent on changes coming to core processes and the potential effect on asset management and funding. The post Hell-or-High-Water-Part 2 How Change Affects Core Business Functions appeared first on The Alta Group.

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Vendors & Captives: All have aggressive growth objectives – after all, you need to validate your existence and value to your parent. But how to do it at rates above GNP? You need new markets, products and geographies to meet the challenge. At the end of the day, though, all this must still work smoothly within parent requirements and systems – and let’s not begin to mention your own specialized needs. The post A Holistic Approach for Vendors & Captives appeared first on The Alta Group.