Vincent A. Kolber, President, founded RESIDCO in 1982 and has completed both aviation and rail transactions through several major cycles in excess of one billion dollars, including syndications, non-recourse debt securitizations, restructurings, hedging projects and asset repositioning and remarketing assignments.  Mr. Kolber pioneered the use of privately placed derivatives in the equipment leasing industry, establishing extensive applications for residual value insurance and puts. 

The institutional investment community enthusiastically received the conference he produced "Hedging Airline Investment Exposure" held at the University of Chicago GSB..  He is a contributor to industry publications including The Journal of Equipment Lease Financing and Equipment Leasing Today.  He speaks internationally for such groups as Leasing Exchange, the Strategic Research Institute, the Equipment Leasing Association (“ELFA”), Leasing Life (UK) and the Finance and Leasing Association (UK). 

He has chaired ELFA’s Aviation Committee, served on the board of the ELFA’s Large Ticket Business Council, and regularly volunteers as an ELFA lobbyist on Capitol Hill.  Mr. Kolber has served on the ELFA's Board of Directors and as chairman of its Committee on Fair Business Practices.  He 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 General Electric Railcar Services Corporation.  He began in the leasing industry with ITEL who recruited him from Harris Bank. 

Mr. Kolber holds an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB and a BS from Wharton.  Mr. Kolber has served as the Vice Chairman and Trustee of the Sacred Heart Schools of Chicago , an independent private educational institution and he chaired its first ever and highly successful Capital Campaign.