{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Equipment Finance News Podcast","title":"Equipment finance, technology outlook with The Alta Group leadership","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1539,"description":"Johnnie Martinez\n0 minutes 5 seconds0:05\nJohnnie Martinez 0 minutes 5 seconds\nOn today's episode of the Dig, I am joined by three members of the altar group and I will let the three of them introduce themselves.\nJohnnie Martinez 0 minutes 14 seconds\nWell, if you'd start us.\nVG\nValerie L. Gerard\n0 minutes 15 seconds0:15\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 15 seconds\nSure. Thanks, Johnnie.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 16 seconds\nI'm Valerie Gerard Co, CEO of the Ulta Group and I lead the largest practice within Ulta that's focused on providing general consulting and advisory services. And you know it might make sense for me just to spend a second to introduce the Alta group, to your listeners who aren.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 32 seconds\nFamiliar with us, we have been around for 30 years.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 37 seconds\nWe are the undisputed leader when it comes to providing advisory services.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 42 seconds\nOn a global basis to the equipment leasing and finance.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 45 seconds\nIndustry, we are exclusively focused on equipment finance and leasing.\nValerie L. Gerard 0 minutes 50 seconds\nWe're not distracted by mortgages or consumer autos. It's just the core equipment leasing business and anything that a client would have in terms of a need, we do it.\nValerie L. Gerard 1 minute 3 seconds\nSo that could be assisting them with some growth initiatives, entering new markets, becoming more efficient in what they do.\nValerie L. Gerard 1 minute 11 seconds\nWe have a lot of competitive intelligence, market intelligence work we.\nJim Jackson 21 minutes 28 seconds\nSo I would imagine that's that's going to be another leg in the stool that people will consider as we go forward.\nJim Jackson 21 minutes 34 seconds\nIt's just still a bit at the infancy stage right now, so it's it's it's a consideration, but I wouldn't say it's a major factor just yet.\nJohnnie Martinez\n21 minutes 46 seconds21:46\nJohnnie Martinez 21 minutes 46 seconds\nHey,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RhIAp_pATXeBI-vCppM6vlVeyi6hb9hAnjbQVWEmTbY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMTY1/MTg0ZjViOTUyMThm/NzUyNjAxMmQxZWM0/YTA2Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}