John O. Semon
Founder & CEO
Lessors.com, Inc.

With over thirty-seven years commercial and public finance experience, John O. Semon currently serves as CEO & President of Lessors.com, Inc. (the Lessors Network), and Semon Associates, Inc.

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 a vertical market portal for funding sources, technology products and outsourcing resources.

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