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San Mateo, California, Us

Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a publicly-traded, non-bank venture debt lender that provides financing to venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development in a variety of technology, life sciences, and sustainable and renewable technology industries. Hercules provides growth and expansion capital, mezzanine, unitranche, subordinated and convertible loans, management buyouts, bridge financing, IPO's, mergers and acquisitions, seed, and early-stage financing. Credit Officer for public BDC with primary responsibilities including oversight of new investment activity, management of the portfolio and leadership on workout and restructuring activity.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Encina is a private equity-backed start-up platform in the commercial lending and leasing space.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Global Chief Credit Officer with $200MM in delegation of investment authority for GE Capital's Working Capital Solutions (WCS) business. WCS is the primary global provider of trade and project financing to the General Electric Company and its global customers. Product offerings include monetization activities through receivables factoring, syndications, and structured solutions (e.g., securitization), supply chain finance through accelerated payments, accounts receivables management services, such as cash collection/application and dispute management, and reporting and analytics. Annual volume is approximately $75B, across more than 150 countries and 25 currencies. Charged with leading a large global team of managers to drive prudent business growth through new underwriting, structured transactions and portfolio & account management. Help build-out bespoke digital Auto-Decisioning platform to automate credit decisions under USD$350k.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

As General Manager of the $2.5B Corporate Finance business for Australia and New Zealand, I have overall P&L responsibility for this 100+ person business and set the strategy for, and execute on, GE Capital’s mid-market lending and leasing growth in the region. I am responsible for providing commercial leadership to the Corporate Lending, Debtor Finance, Aviation Finance, and Equipment Finance businesses in Australia and New Zealand. As a core member of the Senior Executive Team, I also contribute to the overall growth strategy for all of GE Capital in the region.Specifically, my responsibilities include:- Manage a dedicated sales teams of 40+ individuals to deliver on business commitments withinapproved budgets and provide a platform to deepen their expertise and develop their skills;- Lead the management of client requests and leverage multidisciplinary deal teams to effectively execute requests, driving internal and external approvals;- Design, lead and execute go-to-market strategies (account planning, tiering, business development, relationship management, and product and capability development);- Retain, hire, develop and coach key talent and ensuring performance with integrity;- Oversee risk, marketing, finance, HR and commercial excellence teams that support my businesses and enhance related processes to ensure appropriate coordination and challenge function exists across the business; and- Identify and implement process improvements and productivity initiatives in the business.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Working for GE Capital’s Chief Risk Officer, developed a resolution plan to enable GE to unwind the Company in a controlled manner, maximize creditor recovery and minimize systemic disruption. A critical strategic initiative, requiring approval by the GE Board and U.S. Federal Reserve Board, the role provided leadership over plan development, ensuring credibility of the principles and assumptions described in the plan. - Designed enterprise-wide strategic divestment strategy across all products, platforms andjurisdictions, considering $500B in assets across 2,000 legal entities in 40 countries, with 35,000employees and 500,000 customers. - Evaluated the solvency, separability and saleability of all GE Capital entities globally; identifiedfinancial, operational and legal impediments to execution and designed mitigants to avoid suchrisks; Developed metrics necessary to monitor and measure insolvency risk during divestiture period. - Reviewed, challenged and approved business valuations, including procedures and assumptionsrelated to asset valuation, determining the acceptable range of value realization and validatingmarket depth and appetite to minimize execution risk and maximize creditor recoveries. - Developed recommendations for inter-company restructurings and drove the implementation ofspecific capability enhancements to improve the resolvability of GE Capital. - Quantified liquidity needs required for global divestiture plan, and identify related cash generatingand preserving options to support such resolution.• Structure Debtor-in-Possession financing should the need arise.Related WSJ Article: http://tinyurl.com/px5vlql

Norwalk, Ct, Us

- Originate, execute & syndicate loan & other debt facilities in the ABL, Leveraged & Corporate Finance markets; develop pipeline of prospects and perform strategic and financial due diligence to structure and evaluate distressed debt opportunities; create detailed financial models to assess risk, optimize structure and establish covenants.- Promote and defend proposed transactions to GE Investment Committee to obtain credit approval.- Successfully underwrote, negotiated and closed 25+ complex senior secured transactions; Orchestrate deal execution by leading internal cross-functional teams and coordinating with advisers, legal counsel, auditors, appraisers and syndicates of deal participants including hedge funds, equity sponsors, banks and CLOs.- Interfaced directly with restructuring advisory firms to solicit new financing opportunities and present financial solutions to clients and advisory firms to win mandates.- Hand-picked to lead cross-functional team to structure and negotiate an $800MM Joint Venture with Mubadala, an Abu Dhabi-based Sovereign Wealth Fund, closing GE’s first successful platform within GE Capital.- Managed, trained and developed team of junior associates.- Managed complex portfolio of both equity and debt instruments including revolvers, securitizations and 1st & 2nd lien term loans; monitored company performance to ensure contract compliance and negotiated waivers, amendments and loan modifications.- Superior loss prevention record with zero losses on any deal underwritten; Exited multiple troubled loan workouts with zero losses through bankruptcy, refinance, asset sales and/or liquidation.- Assisted GE Capitals' M&A efforts, including the acquisitions of Transamerica, leading the due diligence and valuation process, portfolio analytics and integration, and site management.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Harvard University Extension School, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the twelve degree-granting schools of Harvard University, offering graduate and undergraduate liberal arts-based degree programs as well as professional and continuing education in 60 fields. https://www.extension.harvard.edu/- Taught two sections of Linear Algebra and Pre-Calculus mathematics to adult undergraduate students.

Andover, Ma, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

- Designed, financed and built municipal water systems, providing potable water for the first time to over 40,000 people by successfully executing on all aspects of project lifecycle, from project identification, design and financing to construction, training and monitoring.- Conducted detailed feasibility analyses for proposed municipal water systems, identifying technical, environmental, financial and operating risks and structuring appropriate mitigants.- Assisted federal and municipal government in structuring Public-Private Partnerships, and worked with multi-lateral development agencies to provide deal sourcing, structuring and executionadvisory work on merchant off-take arrangements and other contractual agreements, including permitting, licensing and debt and equity documentation.- Secured equity financing and project grants for from federal governments and nongovernmental aid institutions; managed and dispersed funds to ensure legal and contractual compliance.- Trained local institutions in public finance and structured municipal utility tax.- Assisted in national evacuation of 175 Peace Corps volunteers after Hurricane Mitch.- Designed Peace Corps training curriculum for project finance and design; Trained 28 new Peace Corps volunteers in financing and managing small-scale infrastructure development projects.

Washington, Dc, Us

My responsibilities at this non-partisan Washington, DC-based think-tank included:- Investigate the impact of NAFTA’s tariff structure and intellectual property provisions on automotive industry, providing resident scholars with quantitative and qualitative research.- Published in-house research paper “Avoiding Guatapeor: The Democratization and Peace Process in Guatemala and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy.”

Mba: Finance, Strategy

Bs: Mathematics

Certificado, Latin American Literature, History

High School Diploma

Bachillerato, High School