Daniel Sholem

• M.B.A., Saint Louis University, 1990
• B.A., Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 1985

• Interim Chief Financial Officer, Deli Star Corporation, 2021-2022
• Managing Director, The Peakstone Group, 2016 to present
• Adjunct Lecturer of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004 to present
• Principal, D.R. Sholem & Company, 2000-2015
• Senior Portfolio Manager, Comdisco Electronics Group, 1996-2000

• Sholem, D. (2010). Reduce Equipment Costs through Leases". American Society for Quality.
• Sholem, D. (2007). Will Private Equity Drive the Equipment Leasing Industry's Train of the Future?". The Monitor, 34 (4), 86-87.  link >
• Sholem, D. (2001). It's All High Tech". The Equipment Financing Journal.
• Sholem, D. (2000). Pro-Active Lease Management-Who Adds the Most Value". The Monitor.

Growth Corporation Capital Funding;
Equipment Finance & Leasing

• Growth Corp Capital Funding (FIN 490) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Growth Corp Capital Funding (FIN 580) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Practicum (FIN 583) A semester-long, typically corporate-sponsored, team project for MSFE and MSF students that is usually completed by the end of the third semester of study. The goals of the Practicum are: a) to use learned or new tools on real world projects of interest to the corporate sponsor; b) to replicate as closely as possible the environment of the working world where students will soon find themselves employed; c) to work cohesively with other members of a team so as to efficiently produce the desired project results; and d) to be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, which may include the sponsor and/or co-workers.