Bob Rinaldi sat down with legendary leasing and finance entrepreneur David T. Schaefer, CEO of Orion First, for an exclusive interview. Orion played a vital role in the great migration of companies to third-party servicing. Bookmark and watch this six-part interview series in the latest installment of Leasing Avenues.

You can find Schaefer’s interview on Rinaldi’s Leasing Avenues blog at https://rinaldiadvisory.com/video-interview-with-dave-schaefer-clfp-servicing-leases-loans-a-new-normal

Rinaldi Advisory Services provides advisory services to independent lessors, financial institutions, industry service providers and manufacturers. Primary services include strategic planning and affordable, confidential advisory services to principals/executives of equipment finance companies and regulated financial institutions in the equipment finance industry.

Orion First, founded in 2001, is a full-service commercial loan and lease portfolio servicer which provides a suite of services and products to manage the complete life cycle of a borrower. Orion's product suite includes commercial loan and lease servicing and collection, portfolio management technology with client portal, data management, business analytics, and backup servicing. By delivering better technology, professional expertise, and deep experience, Orion empowers clients to focus their entrepreneurial energy on their greatest value—funding small businesses.