International Factoring Association

Event	Role	Years
IFA Annual Conference, Transportation Factoring Session	Presenter	Cancun 2006 · New Orleans 2007 · San Diego 2008 · Orlando 2009 · Scottsdale 2010 · Washington DC 2011 · Huntington Beach 2012 · Miami 2013 · San Francisco 2014 · New Orleans 2015 · Scottsdale 2016 · Ft. Worth 2017 · Miami 2018 · San Diego 2019 · Scottsdale 2021 · Boston 2022 · New Orleans 2023 · Miami 2024 · Palm Desert 2025 · Nashville 2026
IFA Transportation Meeting	Lead moderator and session presenter	Chicago 2006 · Ft. Worth 2007 · Oklahoma City 2008 · Minneapolis 2009 · Kansas City 2010 · San Antonio 2011 · Park City 2012 · Milwaukee 2013 · Nashville 2014 · Denver 2015 · Indianapolis 2016 · Louisville 2017 · Cleveland 2018 · Austin 2019 · Omaha 2021 · Seattle 2022 · Nashville 2023 · Scottsdale 2024 · Chicago 2025 · Las Vegas 2026
IFA Successful Transportation Factoring Training Class	Lead instructor	Chicago 2005; Las Vegas 2006, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
IFA Risk Management & Collections Systems for Transportation Factors	Sole instructor	Online training class, 2022
IFA Transportation Technology Symposium	Lead moderator	Las Vegas 2023
IFA webinars	Presenter	Transportation Debtor Discussion & Credit (2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024); Transportation Factoring Problem Loads (2023); Transportation Billing & Notification (2023); Scaling Risk: How Underwriting Changes from Small Carriers to Large Fleets (June 2026)

Topics presented

Revenue Enhancing Measures · Comprehensive Auditing and Processing of Transportation Paper · Effective and Targeted Marketing · Problem Loads and Mitigation · Transportation Fraud Schemes and Protective Measures · Credit Information: Where to Get It and What to Do With It · Factoring Transportation Brokers and Other Intermediaries · What FMCSA and DOT Compliance Means to You · Customizing the Transportation Factoring Contract · Effective Collection Techniques · Transportation Law and Industry Updates · Additional Products You Can Offer

Other engagements

• Transportation Lawyers Association, 56th Transportation Law Institute, Salt Lake City (Oct. 2023): panelist, “ABCs of Factoring”
• New York Institute of Credit, “Credit Smorgasbord” (virtual, Oct. 2020): speaker
• SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking (2024): guest, “Fraud in Brokering & Factoring Industries”
• IFA initiative with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (2022): interview

Publications

• “The Transportation Minute,” quarterly column, IFA E-Mag (2025–present), including “Rates, Capacity, Operating-Cost Headwinds and Broker Tort Exposure After Caribe” (Sept. 2026) and “The Structural Recalibration of the Transportation Industry” (May 2026)
• “The Motor Carrier Market in 2025,” IFA E-Mag (Jan. 2025)
• “Has the Disastrous Economic Cycle in the Transportation Sector Reached its Bottom?” (Feb. 2024)
• “Unraveling the Transportation Industry’s Broker Credit Defaults: Issues and Signals” (Aug. 2023)
• “Double Brokering in the Transportation Industry: A Brief Examination of its Implications, Variations and Countermeasures” (Aug. 2023)
• “What Do Supply Chain Disruptions Mean for Transportation Factors?” (Jan. 2022)
• “Current Technical Disruptions in Transportation,” Commercial Factor (Feb. 2019)
• Transportation Factoring Operations Manual (Jencks Law, P.C., 2022)
• Transportation Legal Compendium: Double Payment Liability of Shippers and Receivers to Motor Carriers (available through the IFA store)

Recordings

The International Factoring Association offers recordings of its annual conferences, where David has spoken on transportation factoring, and the webinar “Turning Problem Loads into Opportunity,” through the IFA store.

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