Leasing News Chairman, Advisory Board Member Biography Robert Teichman, CLP---Chairman of the Board In up-dating the advisory boards' biography, Leasing News asked each advisor to answer four questions. Here is our chairman's response: 1. What is the biggest issue you face in your business? The biggest challenge is, and always has been, to keep the business fresh and exciting. In my 45 years in leasing I learned that it is critical to be flexible and willing to change the business model to suit changing times and conditions. And to have fun while you are doing it. 2. What advice would you give to a young person entering the business today? Learn, learn, learn. Leasing is a great business. You can make money and enjoy yourself. But even though some skills are transferable from other fields, you have to acquire the specialized skills that make leasing creative and entrepreneurial. 3. To what do you attribute your success? Persistence, flexibility and a genuine love of the business (or else I would not have lasted for 45 years!) I still have fun and, yes, each day I learn something new. And most days there are some interesting problems to solve. 4. What is one big thing that you hope to do before you die? Lose 50 pounds!
Bob Teichman, CLP, joined the Leasing News Advisory Board July 7, 2000. He was actually involved in the "perception" of the newsletter before this date, making many contributions before we went “on line.” He still does. He is also a statesman, as evidenced at his activities as well as his reporting on leasing association conferences and events representing Leasing News. Throughout the years of his service, he would get calls from those in the leasing industry with complaints or observations that evidently they did not want to talk directly to the editor. He doesn't use the e-mail on these, but calls on the telephone. He has been a very good friend for almost thirty-five years. Bob was appointed chairman May 8, 2005.
Robert Teichman, CLP Bob Teichman, CLP, was born in New York City. After attending the High School of Music & Art and the New York College of Music, he received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College. “I studied music for a lot of years. I even played piano professionally while in college (local 802, American Federation of Musicians, James C. Petrillo presiding!), “he added. “I have kept up my interest in music by singing in a local chorus for the past 24 years. There are about 100 of us and we give concerts several times a year, mostly pre-20th century composers like Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. But we do get away from the 18th and 19th centuries. At a recent concert we performed 15th and 20th century music.” He pursued his graduate studies in Geneva, Switzerland. "50 years ago, when I was a graduate student in Geneva, I met my wife Patricia," he wrote. "She was working at the UN and she and I were members of a group of
expatriates- Americans, British, Russians, Swedes, mid-Easteners- who all hung around the same cafes.
"We spend our vacations at a small and very primitive cabin in the Sierra backcountry. Summers only; the roads aren't plowed in the winter. Nice country in summer, though. Pines, firs, granite outcrops, streams, meadows. Also coyotes, bears and deer. We don't bother them, they don't bother us. A bear did chew on my neighbor's cabin. Probably liked the taste of the wood stain. Bob started in automotive leasing in 1963 in sales, then moved into equipment leasing in the late 1960's. For over 20 years he provided funding for leasing companies as an officer of both bank and non-bank lenders. Along the way, he started several successful leasing companies. His company, Teichman Financial Training, located in Sausalito, California, was founded in 1998 and provides lease education and consulting services to lessors, funders, brokers, government and international agencies, and other members of the financial community. He is active in the United Association of Equipment Leasing (“UAEL”), having served on its Board of Directors for four years. For three years he was the Chairman of their Education Committee with responsibility for the Certification Program and Educational Programs. He was also a member of other committees including the Standards Committee. Bob is a frequent speaker at leasing industry events, and has written articles for UAEL's Newsline and other industry publications. He is a co-author of the Certified Leasing Professional's Handbook. He currently serves as President of the Certified Leasing Professional Foundation Board, plus serves as Chairman of the Education Committee. He is also a member of the National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers. Recent Editorial from Bob:
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