Vincent Kolber founded RESIDCO, a transportation equipment investment management company in 1982 and has completed transactions through several major cycles in excess of a billion dollars, including syndications, non-recourse debt securitizations, restructurings, hedging projects, portfolio divestments and remarketing assignments.  RESIDCO is also an active investor in the commercial aircraft and engine sector across the full array of model types including wide bodies, narrow bodies, regional jets and turboprops.    Mr. Kolber pioneered the use of privately placed derivatives in large ticket equipment leasing, establishing extensive applications for residual value insurance and puts in both aviation and rail structured financings.

The institutional investment community enthusiastically received the conference he produced, "Hedging Airline Investment Exposure," held at the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business.  He is a contributor to industry publications including The Journal of Equipment Lease Financing and Equipment Leasing Today.  He speaks globally for groups such as the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (“ELFA”); for which he has served on its Board of Directors, chaired its Aviation Committee, and chaired its Committee on Fair Business Practices. He also volunteers as an ELFA advocate on Capitol Hill and is an active member of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading.  Prior to founding RESIDCO, Mr. Kolber established the Financial Marketing Group for the predecessor of a GE Capital transportation equipment investment business.

Mr. Kolber holds and an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS from Wharton.  He is Chairman of the Heritage Foundation’s Chicago Committee, Chairman of a Chicago inner-city Big Shoulder Foundation school and he chaired the Capital Campaign for Sacred Heart Schools of Chicago.