5 Minutes with the Service Providers Chair

What’s happeningin the service provider sector of the equipment finance space?Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine recently talked to Jeffrey Dicosola, Chair of the Service Providers Business Council Steering Committee (BCSC), to take the pulse of this sector. Dicosola, Sales Manager, Great American Insurance Group, is currently serving his third year as Chair of the committee, which is composed of a diverse mix of industry specialists who provide a variety of services to the members of the other four Business Councils.

What issues is the service provider sector focused on this year?

The Service Providers BCSC’s purpose is to help support ELFA and its objectives. This year we focused on membership recruitment (new companies and committee members); advocacy support, descending on D.C. for ELFA’s Capitol Connections; promoting the industry to the next generation through the Guest Lecture Program; and valuable programming at the upcoming ELFA Annual Convention. Spencer X. Smith will be the guest speaker at the Service Providers Business Council luncheon and will enlighten us on how to improve our social media effectiveness.

What do you like best about serving on a BCSC?

I have enjoyed my time serving on the Service Providers BCSC. It has been great working with innovative, hard-working people who come together to help support ELFA with its objectives. To give you a flavor of our committee members, we are a diverse mix of people from companies that offer various products and services to support this industry. Some examples are IT systems and software, legal, outsourcing of operations, credit analytics, insurance, remarketing, staffing and accounting/tax advising. Over the years I have met a lot people that serve our industry. Based on what I have seen, I believe the equipment finance industry is well supported by the hundreds of service provider companies and our collective future is bright.

P.S. Please stop by and visit the service providers in the exhibit hall at the upcoming Annual Convention!

Network with colleagues in your business sector and get up-to-speed on industry sector trends at the Business Council luncheons at the 57th ELFA Annual Convention on Tuesday, Oct. 16:

Captive and Vendor Finance Luncheon: Artificial Intelligence ... A quick overview of how captives and vendors are using technology today
Financial Institutions Luncheon: Best practices for attracting and retaining emerging talent in the equipment finance industry
Independent Middle Market Luncheon: Speed networking with independents
Service Providers Luncheon: Rotoma—A better way to calculate social media ROI
Small Ticket Luncheon: Implications of tax reform and trade policy on the U.S. economy, with a focus on small businesses