William (Bill) Verhelle

Bill is the Founder of Innovation Finance USA LLC, also known as QuickFi, and First American Commercial Bancorp, Inc., aka First American Equipment Finance. QuickFi is a platform that combines embedded lending with advanced AI technology. It serves banks and global equipment manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada. QuickFi is the only active company offering embedded lending in the $1.34 trillion U.S. market for business equipment loans and leases. Before QuickFi, Bill was the cofounder and CEO of First American Equipment Finance from its start in 1996 until 2015. Today, First American is part of the Royal Bank of Canada and has several billion dollars in loans and leases. Bill earned a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1998, an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Business School in 1992, and a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1988. He is admitted to practice in Third District of New York, the New York Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2009, Bill was the chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) in Washington, D.C. Bill and Cyndee Verhelle live in Naples, FL.