* Responsible for group that invests in specialty finance, real estate, special situations, and loan secondaries * Member of Firmwide Investment Committee

* Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer of a NASDAQ-listed, publicly-traded SEC-registered institutional asset manager with approximately $10 billion in assets under management.* Served as member of Executive and Investment Committees, which govern all activities and principal investments of the company including formation of corporate strategy, analysis of capital adequacy, capital commitments and all other company matters.* Coordinated all research, trading, financing, accounting and operations functions in managing portfolio teams in leveraged finance (including syndicated and middle-market bank loans, high yield bonds and credit default swaps), mortgage-backed securities, ABS and commercial real estate finance.* Directed new business development, which includes launching new business initiatives, evaluating other fund managers, potential equity and debt financing opportunities and potential joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.* Served as Managing Director of Middle Market Leveraged Finance Group.* Served as key point of contact for all interactions with investment bankers and sales and trading relationship managers.* Worked with repurchase financing sources and bank loan and subordinated debt lenders to negotiate terms, covenants, waivers and amendments.* Member of Risk Management and Pricing Committees.* Secured debt financing commitments and facilities for middle market loan and commercial real estate portfolios.* Prepared and presented portfolio and strategy updates for the Board of Directors.* Senior member of team responsible for all aspects of Company’s initial 144A private placement and initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, including preparation of investment prospectus, SEC filings and marketing materials.* Served as Senior Portfolio Manager in charge of a syndicated bank loan investment fund which was formed in partnership with a private equity fund manager that provides capital to middle market companies.

* Lead Portfolio Manager responsible for underwriting and research for all distressed and stressed credits for lower-middle market bank debt fund.* Led efforts to acquire distressed businesses through discounted debt purchase and conversion to control equity.

* Head of Special Situations Investing

* Performed business and financial analysis of high yield and distressed/stressed companies for an investment fund managing approximately $2.5 billion in assets through a hedge fund and two Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO’s).* Was directly responsible for over $500 million in cash flow and asset-based loans, including 30 individual credits in 10 different industry groups including business equipment and services, chemicals, deathcare, drugs, electronics, equipment leasing, financial intermediaries, healthcare, mining and retail.* Involved in all aspects of loan underwriting including loan structuring, credit analysis and workouts.

* Performed business and financial analysis of distressed and stressed companies for a $1 billion global proprietary bank debt and bond trading fund at Salomon Smith Barney.* Analyzed companies in various industry groups and presented investment ideas to members of the group including traders and salespeople. Communicated extensively with buy-side clients including hedge funds, mutual funds, prime funds and CDO managers.* Joined Salomon Smith Barney from Merrill Lynch in June 1999 as part of team hired to form a new Special Situations Trading Group.

* Research analyst, Distressed Credit Group* Left with team to initiate group at Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney

* One of five investment professionals reporting to Edward S. Lampert at hedge fund investing in “value equity,” special situations, distressed securities and merger arbitrage transactions.* Performed financial analysis of bankruptcy and reorganization plans, business valuation of reorganized enterprises and analysis of bankruptcy proceedings. * Monitored existing equity and debt positions through frequent contact with senior management of large publicly-traded companies. Performed fundamental qualitative analysis, which often involved speaking with customers, competitors and suppliers.

* Completed over $2.0 billion in equity, debt and mergers and acquisitions transactions.