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Southbury, Ct

Provide high quality, independent loan review and risk management services including loan underwriting, risk management solutions, due diligence and compliance for regional, community, U.S subsidiaries of international banks and non- banks nationwide. Key Achievements:• Serve as a professional resource to and ably support the internal loan review risk rating system / process review including extensive analysis of credit facilities within loan portfolio, stress testing, impairment analysis and the duplication work of the Risk Rating Examiners and Commercial Examination / Monitoring staff. Ensure that commercial loan reviews adhere to general loan policy as well as adherence to well established commercial loan review procedures and regulatory guidelines.• Independently and objectively determine and validate the accuracy and timeliness of borrower and facility risk ratings for regulatory and internal compliance. Employ best practices in key legal, compliance and market-risk issues involved in credit related activities. • Conduct due diligence, analysis and prepare underwriting applications focused on commercial real estate mortgage and small business loans for presentation to the Boards of local community banks and credit unions.• Advise banks and government agencies on real estate loan portfolios of community and regional banks for potential acquisition, risk management and valuation purposes as well as to determine regulatory and bank capital requirements.

Stamford, Ct

Created and launched new asset management firm focused on alternative investments focused on real estate and structured products for management and distribution to U.S. and offshore institutional and high-net-worth individual investors.Key Achievements:• Developed new investment products and designed effective marketing and communications programs for firm’s full product suite, including product positioning, competitive analysis, and the creation of sales, marketing and client specific marketing collateral for U.S. and non-U.S. markets.• Created innovative investment opportunities to meet investor target return and risk profiles by initiating and negotiating strategic joint venture agreements with real estate developers nationwide. • Structured, and conducted due diligence for underwriting and investment in multi-family and student housing development and value added opportunities nationwide.• Extensive global acumen of distribution and legal requirements for structuring and marketing highly complex real estate and alternative investment transactions.

Boston, Ma

Directed all product development and marketing activities for asset management services and products; designed, structured, and distributed off shore funds and credit-based solutions to financial institutions, insurance companies, private banks, hedge funds and various institutional investors worldwide.Key Achievements:• Facilitated delivery of superior investment returns through collaboration with investment banks and clients to construct and distribute CDOs and other structured investment products and funds to maintain compliance with credit and return requirements of rating agencies and institutional marketplace.• Served as senior member of the investment management committee and senior credit analyst of leveraged loans. Deep understanding of capital markets and modern portfolio theory as well as superior grasp of investment strategies, industry/market knowledge and competitive landscape.• Created, structured, and marketed the first offshore open end floating rate loan funds listed on the Dublin and Guernsey stock exchanges, denominated in three currencies for distribution to offshore institutional investors and high net worth individuals globally.

New York, Ny

Vice President Loan Sales, Structuring and SyndicationResponsible for negotiating the structure and sale to financial institutions of primary, secondary, and distressed loan transactions consisting of specialized leveraged, asset-backed, leasing, project finance, and general corporate debt.Key Achievements:• Generated $14M in revenue by providing expertise on structuring, pricing, and marketing strategy for the syndication of 18 agented and co-agented transactions.• Cultivated profitable sales and investment opportunities and assessed risk return criteria by establishing and maintaining extensive investment referral and distribution network.

New Rochelle, New York

Treasurer / Head of Investor RelationsManaged all cash management functions and banking relationships to support the firm’s liquidity requirements including the negotiation and drafting of all financial contracts and credit agreements.Key Achievements:• Arranged, negotiated, structured and executed an $80M revolving credit and term loan bank facility for this fully-integrated payphone and operator services tele-communications company.

New York, Ny

Vice President - Portfolio ManagerInvested and managed a $1B portfolio of non-investment grade floating rate loan, real estate, private equity and high-yield bond assets across a broad range of industries, as one of the first institutional investors in the market place for this subsidiary of Mitsubishi International Corp.• Researched and assessed the viability of a wide range of investment opportunities including evaluating credit risk, structure, related derivative risk and relative value vis-à-vis other alternative investments and trading opportunities with emphasis on high yield transactions.• Served on several creditor committees for distressed investments for various industries and asset classes including serving as appointed Chairperson of the unsecured creditor committee of a publicly traded supermarket chain and as equity investor in several major real estate properties.

Financial Sales Executive – Wealth Management

Assistant Treasurer – Middle Market Loan & Business Development Officer