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Bob Rinaldi, CLFP
Bob Rinaldi is a lifelong entrepreneur with a sizable history of success in banking and commercial equipment finance.

A forward-thinking, innovative Finance Executive, Bob has amassed a solid background in assessing organizational needs, developing solutions, supporting implementations and delivering results. During his tenure, Bob guided multiple businesses through profitability and scalability to eventual acquisition, and as a founder of ILC (Information Leasing Company) he helped grow the organization to the fifth-largest bank-owned leasing company in the United States.

Currently President of Bob Rinaldi, LLC, Bob provides advisory services to independent lessors, banks, industry service providers, manufacturers and international firms entering the US equipment finance marketplace.

His tenure in the commercial equipment leasing and finance industry has shaped Bob’s non-traditional approach to envisioning, building and implementing a business model, developing a growth strategy or guiding crisis/problem resolution.

A growth strategist first and foremost, Bob’s specialties include: merger and acquisition planning, improving enterprise value, corporate strategy, process management, tactical design, marketing, new product development, information systems and international expansion.

As an international speaker and a published writer, Bob travels the world sharing his insight and expertise, advising leaders to prepare for shifts in the traditional business environment and to secure their corporation’s place at the forefront of their industry.

Rinaldi can be found on LinkedIn and on his website www.rinaldiadvisory.com

Posts by this Author:

Articles
Bob Rinaldi, President, Rinaldi Advisory Services, discusses the important role smaller independent equipment finance companies and third-party originators play in the market and how these players are often not included in the sizing of the equipment finance industry for a variety of reasons. Read Full Article

Industry Trends
March 21, 2023 @ 07:00 AM

Bob Rinaldi, CLFP, President of Rinaldi Advisory Services discusses the current environment for buying and selling equipment finance companies, and the motivations driving buyers and sellers. Read Full Article

Industry Insights
October 21, 2021 @ 01:00 AM

Blogs
Bob Rinaldi provides his observations of the 2022 ELFA Convention. As Bob describes, the conference was an incredible success and he tips his hat to the ELFA for successfully moving the convention in light of the hurricane in Florida. Read Full Article

ELFA
October 19, 2022 @ 07:00 AM

Bob Rinaldi, CEO of Rinaldi Advisory Services, provides a recap of the ELFA’s 2022 National Funding Conference as well as some insights from attendees of this highly anticipated event. Read Full Article

Industry Insights
April 26, 2022 @ 05:00 AM

Bob Rinaldi, President, Bob Rinaldi, LLC describes why independent equipment finance companies must look ahead and invest in their future today to avoid being disrupted. Read Full Article

Industry Insights
January 17, 2019 @ 07:00 AM

Bob Rinaldi describes why now is the time for independents to go on the offense to exploit and disrupt a big, stale, and neglected market. Read Full Article

Industry Insights
July 20, 2018 @ 07:00 AM