Management Staff

Ryan Collison is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Capital America, a subsidiary of Hitachi Capital Corporation of Tokyo. Based in Norwalk, CT, Hitachi Capital America offers transportation and commercial financing solutions in both the US and Canada. Ryan joined Hitachi Capital America in September 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. […]

Mark Duncan is the Executive Vice President & GM, Commercial Finance & Corporate Development and is responsible for the Vendor Services, Structured Finance, Trade Finance, and Business Finance divisions.

Terry Hatfield executes a company-wide initiative to drive customer experience, process, and operating infrastructure improvements across the company.

Valerie Pagliaro joined Hitachi Capital America in 2019 and is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for all HCA accounting and finance functions.

Kirk Mann is Hitachi Capital America's Senior Vice President and GM of Work Truck Finance. He joined Hitachi in 2017 and is responsible for managing and leading the North American transportation leasing and finance business.

Suzanne Santos joined Hitachi Capital America in 2016 and is responsible for leading the company’s North American credit and operations functions.

Joni Kovac is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer for Hitachi Capital America. Her experience includes mergers and acquisitions, employee relations, organizational development, succession planning, and more.

Doug Hirai is Hitachi Capital America’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. He is responsible for the handling of complex and day-to-day case management, working closely with senior team members on all corporate, legal, and regulatory matters.

As CIO, Rob Carron is responsible for setting strategic direction and implementing solutions across a suite of software that supports the company’s endeavors in deal origination, risk, operations, accounting, and reporting/analytics.