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Tom Rude


Tom Rude

Vice President
First Business Equipment Finance
trude@firstbusiness.com
Phone: 262-792-7151  Fax: 920-231-7349

Tom has over 25 years experience in equipment leasing and financing. Prior to joining First Business Equipment Finance, he held bank-related business development positions with Wells Fargo Equipment Finance and U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance over an eight year period in Wisconsin.

Tom spent the first 12 years of his career with Associates Commercial Corporation in several management roles, followed by five years in business development with Orix Credit Alliance - specializing in transportation, construction, and manufacturing equipment and vendor finance.

He received his BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Tom, his wife Bryn, and their two children live in Menomonee Falls, WI.