It’s fall. This means three things here in the Upper Midwest: the leaves are starting to turn, orange vests are back in style, and pumpkins and squash are available for sale on every rural highway.
It also means conference season has begun, first with ELFA Ops and Tech in September and then the NEFA Funding Symposium and ELFA Annual Convention in October.
At Tamarack, we celebrate this season. Ops and Tech was special for us for several reasons. First, we were honored to be recognized as a key partner by our customer and this year’s Operations and Technology Excellence Award winner Oakmont Capital Services. We had a great time sharing our stories with attendees and helping the Oakmont team celebrate their well-deserved award.
Ops and Tech is always a great conference for Tamarack because we get to spend time with both customers and service provider partners like Leasepath (who was also recognized as a key service provider by the Oakmont team).
Despite all the wet-blanket economic news in the mass media, Ops and Tech was very upbeat and full of positive energy. AI was the buzz this year. There were multiple sessions discussing how AI can impact the equipment finance industry, including one with Tamarack Senior Consultant Darren Tauer.
The attraction of doing things better and faster is clearly irresistible, but for many, AI is still both scary and not well defined. The majority of our conversations focused on dispelling the myth that AI is still “a theory” and sharing REAL examples of how Tamarack and our customers already use AI to improve operational and financial performance of their business. The more each customer realizes the impact that AI can bring, the more excited I am about the future of the industry. Real AI matters to business.
You gotta love this time of year.
Scott Nelson, president and CDO, Tamarack