John O. Semon - CEO & President

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With over forty years equipment leasing and finance experience, John O. Semon currently serves as CEO & President of Lessors.com, Inc. (the Lessors Network), and Semon Associates, Inc., a municipal lease consulting & syndication firm.

Prior to launching the Lessors Network, Mr. Semon served as a member of the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Asset Liability & Management Committee and was responsible for Chase Manhattan Leasing Company's "Government Finance Unit" where he built and managed the first bank owned private placement syndication program for tax-exempt leases. In 1989 Mr. Semon founded Semon Associates, Inc., providing professional consulting and tax-exempt portfolio syndication services exclusively to the public finance markets.

In 1996 Mr. Semon began developing an Internet platform for the efficient funding & distribution of equipment leases and portfolios. Rated in Yahoo's "Top Ten Most Popular Equipment Leasing Web Sites", the Lessors Network evolved into an online vertical marketing platform showcasing funding sources, technology products and outsourcing resources exclusive to the equipment lease finance markets.

In 1998 the Lessors Network began producing upscale, professionally intimate showcase events at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Atlanta for an exclusive audience of equipment finance executives.

Mr. Semon's past services as president and chairman of The Association for Governmental Leasing & Finance, a member of the Equipment Leasing Association's "Municipal Forum", co-founder and chairman of the Jurassic Lessors Association and as an industry spokesperson for the United States Congress have provided additional critical experience and national acceptance as a speaker, author and industry advocate.