Our Mission at Leasing101 is to provide leasing industry training, advice and information to lessors, business schools, accountants and CFOs – some free and some at a modest cost.
about us
our values
Knowledge
Rules, rules, rules – tax, accounting, financial reporting, regulatory, legal are all areas that impact leasing. Know your product options. Know your customer. Know the implications of the rules to your customer.
Problem Solving
Knowing how the rules impact your customer and understanding your customer’s needs are the bases for your creative problem solving. To beat the competition you have to create the right product and product options to meet the customer’s needs.
Persuasive Selling
To sell against borrowing to buy or a competitor’s offer you have to have a clear, concise hard hitting presentation. Comparative product alternative analysis of key financial measures wins the large ticket deals.
Sound Advice
Our Experience + Knowledge + Problem Solving = Sound Advice. We have advised lessors, lessees, trade associations and lawyers (as an expert witness).
meet our team
Bill Bosco
Consultant with 50 years’ experience specializing in the equipment leasing industry with lessors, lessees, trade associations, lawyers and software firms as clients. Bill is a CPA and CFP, both inactive. He is a frequent speaker and author of articles on leasing issues.
Kelly Manzi
With a 20+ year career as a marketing communications and design professional, my experience has spanned from small business vendor, global manufacturing, financial services and healthcare technology B2B and B2C sectors.
Jacob Mizrahi
With over 15 years of experience, I specialize in crafting and managing websites with a keen eye for modern design and user experience. My skill set encompasses a diverse range of technologies, including WordPress, PHP/CodeIgniter, Laravel, Drupal, Node.js, Shopify, Webflow, JavaScript, AWS, MySQL, and more.
BILL’S RESPONSIBILITIES DURING HIS CAREER PRIOR TO CONSULTING HAVE INCLUDED
– Controllership responsibilities for large lessors
– Designing, developing, promoting and selling new lease products to Citigroup’s customers. Providing advice to solve issues in meeting lessee and lessor needs in transactions with accounting, tax, financial reporting and structural complexities
– As a consultant, providing training to lease sales staff of major lessors
ELFA SPONSORSHIP
The ELFA sponsored Bill as a member of the FASB/IASB Lease Accounting Project Working Group. As such, Bill attended all the FASB project meetings and some of the IASB meetings representing ELFA. Bill’s efforts on the lease accounting project led to a favorable outcome when the final rule changes were approved in the United States by the FASB as operating leases, although partially capitalized, are still accounted for differently from finance leases reflecting their economic substance as executory contracts. Bill served on the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) Financial Accounting Committee for almost 30 years, 10 of which as Chairman.
HONORS & AWARDS
– By the leasing industry Monitor magazine at its 50th Anniversary Gala in 2023, winning the MVP Behind the Scenes Award recognizing his work for the industry in shaping the accounting rules and writing articles.
– By the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association awarding him a Distinguished Service Award and inducting him into the ELFA Leasing Hall of Fame in 2023.
– In addition, Bill and his family established a scholarship in the name of his son Richard who perished in the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack. The scholarship continues to provide education funding for students both for higher education and special needs. Many thanks to the ELFA and many of its members who have been active supporters.