Professor of Multinational Finance & Trade, Corporate Finance

Senior Managing Partner, Tenbar Capital, LLC. Tenbar Capital is a financial services consultancy. Top Client: ThomsonReuters.

Financial Technology Start-Up Dedicated to Connecting Capital to Communities. (Seed and Series A) Reported directly to the President.  Created ”6 Factor” quantifiable impact metrics for investments, solving the lack of defined measurable outcomes in financings for General Government Service, Health Care, Mass and Ground Transportation, Water and Sewer, Education by integrating 400+ data fields structured for machine learning. “First Principle” design of real-time, fully integrated, credit assessment model. Coordinated with engineering team directing initial build-out. Partnership agreement with investment manager to complete build-out now in process.  Initiated and completed comprehensive report identifying over 30 fiber optic broadband PE investment partners stage-aligned for project and business funding of the Fiber Optic Broadband “Light Maine” Initiative.  Assess investment mission alignment and execute on for UHNW impact-mandate portfolios.

Firm acquired by Blackstone and subsequently sold to London Stock Exchange Lead AI/Machine Learning initiative linking valuation metrics, credit framework, and predictive analytics from trade and NLP data. Collaborated developing credit data interface portal to automate financial analysis review of over 1,000 portfolio holdings. Create and present thought-leadership content for publication, webinars, and conferences.

Directed the municipal bond credit and investment strategy in the General Account, 40's Act Funds, and third party portfolios.- Increased AUM to $10.5 B from $2.4 B (337% increase) in taxable and tax exempt municipal holdings firm wide, including General Account, Third Party Mandates, Socially Responsible classes and Total Return Funds.- Created and managed municipal bond department, hiring four analysts and a trader.- Expanded taxable municipal bond sectors from solely high grade general obligation bonds to include impact and economic development bonds in public and direct lending markets across multiple sectors including healthcare, transportation, higher education, multi-use project finance, and multifamily housing.- Collaborated with Compliance, Legal, Risk and Fund Operations to establish policies and procedures in credit risk assessment, criteria and surveillance meeting OCC SL 2014-02 and subsequent Federal Reserve Bank requirements. - Established operational procedures in cash management, credit surveillance and risk to match asset growth.- Ongoing analysis of portfolios’ performance utilizing Barclays POINT, Perform and custom models.- Initiated TIAA “Direct Bond Purchase” program, closing over $300 M in housing loans.- Prepared and presented Fund performance to the CREF Board of Directors and Investment Policy Committee.- TIAA Tax Exempt Fund noted as Barron’s 2011 Fund of the Year.

Successfully launched Family Office Portfolios, the first private investment partnership structured to offer quarterly tax-exempt interest withdrawals that would not be considered guaranteed income under the Code.- Prepared and executed the business plan and partnership agreement documents to secure first tier $1.5 M funding.- Initiated and completed process to successfully receive Registered Investment Adviser designation.- Spearheaded placing the BCP Private Portfolio Strategies on Pershing and Charles Schwab platforms.- Developed and directed all portfolio management, analytic, credit, and investment policy for the private investment partnership and separately managed accounts for high net worth individuals and family offices.- Established all operations and protocols for middle-office IT system, compliance, accounting and trading platform.- Originated BCP ‘Private Portfolio’ Separately Managed Accounts: BCP Municipal Principal & Income Preservation Trust ®, BCP Municipal Opportunity & Income Trust ®, BCP Municipal Accredited High Income Trust ®.- Structured the first taxable municipal “Build America Bond” UIT American Infrastructure Trust Series 1.

Developed and managed investment and credit policies and procedures promoting double-digit asset growth.- Worked with and directed a team of 8 analysts to develop internal rating and surveillance methodology.- Managed primary market investment acquisitions of 1,000+ high yield municipal bond issues from $3 M to $50+ M with a focus on education, health care, senior services and special needs in public, limited, and private debt offerings.- Analyzed credit, negotiated bond documents and closed over $1 billion in financings.- Created internal rating and surveillance methodology to assure ongoing oversight and regulatory compliance.- Increased Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund AUM to $4.2 B from $600 M.- Van Kampen High Yield Municipal Fund awarded Morningstar recognition as a “Fund of the Decade: 1990–2000”.- Initiated, designed and implemented searchable database to track and report on over 20,000 bond holdings.

Establish investment policy and procedures to achieve and manage accelerated asset growth. - Increased Colonial High Yield Municipal Bond Fund’s AUM to $3.5 B from $1.2 B- Negotiated, structured and closed over $250 M in project financings ranging from $3 M to $50+ M.- Conceived and created both investment methodology and standardized documents for private placement loans. - Fund awarded Morningstar 4-Star rating 1990–1993.

Senior Analyst, Municipal Bond Research. Provided primary research coverage of health care, education, high yield, housing, and bond insurers.

Congressional Aide, U.S. House of Representatives. Prepared briefs and memorandum on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other issues being considered by the House Ways and Means Committee.