Leasing Icon Ben Millerbis Passes Away
Brad Brisbin sent an email Friday night, "Ben passed away this morning from complications during a colon cancer operation here in Roseville." Larry Blazek emailed, "He would have been 68 on Valentine's Day." --- Leasing News in January, 2016 did a “Pictures from the Past-1985”
“Program Chairman Ben Millerbis (Pentech Leasing, San Jose, CA) leading ‘Spaceship WAEL’ on its mission of exploring the frontiers of leasing. "Bob Jacobson had started his Leasing Company in 1975, Leasing
1988 WAEL (Western Association of Equipment Leasing President) Ben Millerbis, CLP (left) of Pentech Financial Services passes the gavel to 1989 President-elect Jim Possehl, CLP of Republic Financial Corporation during the Annual Business Meeting at Lake Tahoe Conference. From his new offices at Pentech Leasing, Campbell, near the Pruneyard, he brought in ex-WAEL President Ron Wagner, former CLP, located in San Diego, California, to run the Navigator program” between US Bancorp Manifest and Pentech Financial Services. For the venture programs, Peter Eaton, ex-WAEL President, former CLP, joined him in the new offices. Larry Blazek, ex-banker, got involved with all the equipment from venture group failures. Archives: "Listed in the Monitor as the 15th largest independent with $110 million in volume in 2007 with 85 employees nationwide, Ben Millerbis, CLP, founder, past UAEL president, told Leasing News in 2007 that he had several warehouses full of computers, furniture, faxes, copiers. That entire inventory has reportedly now been disposed of and Hummingbird Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pentech, which handled the dot-com vintage inventory, was closed in December of 2007. It seems stock options on venture leases made a difference, and they have anywhere from 150 to 200 company warrants, but the main income now comes Commercial as well as from Pentech Funding Services, reportedly doing more than $100 million a year. "Leasing veteran Ron Wagner, CLP, is Senior Vice President and General Manger. The 'Navigator Program' is one strategic partnership funded by that division. It supports a subset of Manifest Funding Services' brokers by providing a funding source for B-C credits (deals do not have to be rejected by Manifest). The approval ratio has been in excess of 40%. Funding Services does not accept broker business outside its strategic partnerships. The Commercial Division in Campbell accepts broker business on deals exceeding $100K. Brad Brisbin remains as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, working out of the Roseville office in Northern California. Their emphasis is more in the $200,000 and above range as they attempt not to mix the 'app only' programs with the 'financial statements' Commercial program. Things changed at Manifest and US Bank, as well as John Otto’s |
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