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Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Uniondale, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Oversaw R4’s Underwriting Group, which undertakes real estate due diligence, credit evaluation and risk management for the firm’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity syndication and tax-exempt bond financing business lines Responsible for creating and maintaining the firm’s Investment Standards to ensure sound credit decision making, with an eye toward ongoing updates to account for emerging real estate risk and financial market trends Identified transaction risk factors during the due diligence and closing process and collaborated with internal stakeholders to formulate alternative structuring to maintain creditworthiness and long-term financial feasibility Provided guidance to the firm’s debt and equity origination teams during the transaction screening process to properly align client goals and objectives with transaction parameters accepted by the firm’s extensive investor roster Interfaced with financing partners, including investment banks and agency / GSE lenders, and legal counsel to successfully close upon the proposed transaction and provide the firm’s clients with a seamless execution• Supported the firm’s Fund Management groups with various aspects of the debt and equity raising process for both multi-investor and proprietary investment vehicles

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Norwood, Ma, Us

I am currently responsible for the special asset management and workout of distressed assets within the portfolios of the firm's clients.Recap Real Estate Advisors provides a comprehensive suite of financial, asset management, and physical capital needs services to institutions with a financial position in multifamily residential property.

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Since assuming leadership of the Asset Management group, I oversee every aspect of the firm's $320MM structured commercial real estate loan portfolioWork closely with group members to monitor the ongoing progress of the assets and benchmark performance against original underwritten metrics and milestones, including valuation enhancementProvide guidance and feedback on deliverables and analyses synthesized by group members, which are critical to the reporting processes for both internal review and Potomac's external stakeholdersInteract with borrowers, external legal counsel and Potomac's CEO in structuring viable workout scenarios for distressed assets and bankruptcy scenarios, evaluating additional collateral when necessaryWhile a member of the Underwriting Group, oversaw the execution of approximately $735MM of permanent financing and $484MM of structure financing across a variety of asset typesActively performed diligence with respect to all aspects of the transaction including the physical asset and operations, borrower business plan, sponsorship, local marketplace and competitive setAs the Director, Underwriting, I actively managed the group's ongoing operation and five team membersI worked closely with the Chief Credit Officer and others to improve the underwriting processes and procedures so as to improve the overall productivity of the group when working on live transactions For the past two years, I have largely served as the primary point of contact between Potomac and its various warehouse line providersDespite a tumultuous credit market, worked closely with Potomac's CEO and COO to structure and successfully close a $75MM secured credit lineOversaw the preparation and delivery of required diligence materials including a transaction executive summary and cash flow analysis, third party reports, as well as source documentation

• Assisted in the ongoing management and administration of structured product loans having an outstanding principal balance of approximately $250 MM, which encumbered a variety of asset types Performed trend analysis of property-level financial operating statements and tenant rent rolls Created templates that were used to track various economic and asset-based metrics, as well as qualitative news and information, for the subject property located within a given real estate sub-market Provided senior team members with ad-hoc analyses that were used to determine asset valuation, overall financial strength and exit strategy feasibility • Selected to participate in the underwriting of approximately $275MM of FNMA and structured product loans Assisted in the initial screening of the potential transactions, which provided guidance as to the appropriate size, structure and collateralization for each loan Created financial models that analyzed historical and projected property-level cash flow to ascertain whether the asset met pre-determined valuation and debt service coverage constraints Assisted in the drafting of underwriting narratives, which members of Arbor’s loan committee relied upon when reviewing the proposed transaction prior to approval and funding

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Member of execution team for $260 million Initial Public Offering of Aéropostale, Inc., a mall-based specialty apparel retailerWorked with Company management to collect relevant due diligence material and coordinated the effort to disseminate this information in an organized manner to all parties involved in the processProvided internal deal team with required financial analysis, helping to ensure the timely execution of the offering during difficult equity market conditions Assisted in the initial authoring of, and subsequent revisions to, the S-1 prospectus Formulated financing, merger and leveraged buyout models used by senior bankers to determine the feasibility of various financing options and acquisition ideas subsequently pitched to clients across a broad spectrum of industries

Lewisburg, Pa, Us

Instruction of an Excel based supplementary computer learning class for over 100 students Engaged in regularly scheduled tutoring sessions for students requiring extra assistance in subject material

Established a uniform Financial and Operational Scorecard which allows National Trailer Storage to quickly analyze and react to developing market conditionsAssisted in development of Business Planning Model used in the budgeting process to project revenues and costs for thirty-three branches for Fiscal Year 2001Performed modeling of fleet portfolios for several proposed acquisition targets, ranging in size from $2-10MM