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Greater New York City Area

Onsite regulator responsible for analyzing and monitoring complex issues affecting large systemically important financial institution for review, by senior FDIC management, other regulators and external constituents. Support the decision making process of executives within FDIC supervision, insurance and resolutions divisions. Develop executive presentations for senior management to address issues affecting the financial industry. Perform advanced analyses to identify sources of risk at various banks, document/present findings and provide recommendations to senior management. • Project leader for reviewing Title I Resolution Plans required under the Dodd Frank Act. • Leadership role in conducting reviews of various businesses, bank strategies, BSA/AML, merger-application reviews, asset dispositions, • Review of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review Plans (CCAR) at various institutions

Manage loss share resolutions between acquiring and failed banking institutions. Includes strategies to assist acquiring institutions and the FDIC mitigate loss exposure to assets from failed banks. Develop and monitor loss share business plans, evaluate complex claim packages to determine validity of claims on the FDIC’s insurance, oversee and approve appropriate workout programs for commercial and single family assets, manage due diligence programs performed by contractors as well as participate in development of single family policy in support of modification programs.

Senior Credit Risk Officer responsible for identifying, measuring and mitigating risk exposures related to the company’s structured portfolio. • Assessed / directed teams to assess and quantify potential loss exposure in sub-prime and CMBS portfolios. Supported strategies for laying off risk. Developed internal credit rating system. • Reported monthly and cumulative data on emerging trends to senior management. Process aided identification of securities for Early Warning List.• Established procedures for portfolio analysts to perform credit risk analysis including assignment of internal credit ratings and independent credit opinions for portfolio securities. Developed a credit risk manual with 3 other members of Risk team.

Senior underwriter and transactor for financial guarantee company. Joined the company as Senior Analyst promoted to Group Head for Structured Underwriting Group approving all structured transactions and given increasing responsibility in a variety of roles. Promoted to MD, Transaction Leader for CDO Group originating multi-million/billion dollar CDO transactions and later, MD, Transaction Leader for ABS Group originating European and Domestic ABS business.

Ba, Political Science

Ma, Urban Affairs And Policy Analysis

Certificate, Risk Management