Ron Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Sparks, Nv, Us

San Ramon

Responsible for Operational activities supporting Bank of the West’s Treasury (investment/funding /Collateral Management), Capital Markets (Trade Settlement/Safekeeping), Foreign Currency, Derivatives, Trade Finance, and Cash Position activities. Provide ongoing support for system of record applications and reporting for the same activities. Responsible for the Bank’s centralized Reconciliation function including GL, Branch and related business accounts. Duties include establishing and managing an operational framework that include the development and implementation of strategies to ensure optimal performance and effective controls while maximizing efficiency and cost effectiveness. Manage transactional and operational risk to an acceptable level consistent with Bank strategies.

Concord, California

As the senior on site executive, oversee and guide the delivery of value added loan servicing for syndicated and corporate/commercial banking clients and investors. Through teams of direct and matrix functional managers, work with clients, internal / external legal counsel and others to review and provide feedback on the contractual requirements. Structure and book loans to the system of record and ensure the integrity of regulatory and internal reporting. Support ongoing borrowing needs and loan accounting transactions. Promote a strong team environment and lead by example, demonstrating initiative, a holistic perspective, and actively work to coach and develop others. Provide common sense and insight in assessing complex issues and develop creative solutions. •Credit Fulfillment (on-boarding) process owner for documentation review, operational feasibility assessments, loan structuring and loan booking activities for the assigned $372Billon loan portfolio. •Responsible for risk governance routines, ensuring key risk controls are identified / followed and attesting to the ongoing effectiveness including Sarbanes Oxley. Identified and resolved a number of “Self Identified Audit” issues improving the overall risk profile for the line of business.•Stakeholder in the Bank’s Global Expansion initiative with responsibility for delivering fulfillment capabilities for expansion efforts in non US markets. •Managed successful start up and integration of the India operations and improved overall business responsiveness. •Responsible for Line of Business management and performance for teams in Gurgaon and Hyderabad, India operations. •Established operational metrics to assess / manage overall and ongoing performance.•Improved client / business partner satisfaction scores through understanding key drivers and delivering on expectations. •Provided oversight on multiple Six Sigma projects working on efficiencies, automation and improved error prevention.

Concord, Ca

Multi-functional responsibilities for providing regulatory/compliance and operating support for the bank’s six domestic Global Treasury service centers. Direct management team with responsibilities for centralized functions in support of corporate account servicing as well as providing client liaison support with bank Operations, Sales, and Product Management. Charged with directing the unit’s finance function with oversight of financial forecasting and reporting with an annual budget of $29 million. •Effectively managed and produced strong results in a changing and dynamic environment of mixing two very different corporate cultures and obtaining consensus in successfully aligning like and dissimilar processes.•Headed project to identify client expectation for their Cash Management needs and developed servicing strategy for establishing servicing tiers. •Served as escalation champion for priority client issue resolution•Directed the consolidation of joint NationsBank/Bank of America clients into a select client servicing center.

Oakland, Ca

Responsible for the performance and management of the bank’s $80 million credit portfolio of Treasury Management facilities, generating pretax earnings of $18 million per year. Instrumental in the growth and acceptance of the Treasury Risk Management team as a low cost, high quality means of evaluating, educating, and mitigating operational credit risk exposure. Directed a team of credit officers and support staff in the approval of Treasury Management credit lines for corporate and small business clients. Provided Sales Officers and Line Credit Officers with product specific risk profiles to improve overall understanding and manage product risk most effectively.•Managed double digit sales growth in Treasury Management products and services with a zero growth rate in staff resources through improved organizational structure, the efficient use of technology, the application of credit analysis commensurate with product risk •Provided credit / operational training in the understanding and education of Cash Management product risk. •Co-lead the integration of best practices into the newly merged NationsBank / Bank of America platforms•Provided financial analysis and risk review documentation in preparation of Standard Credit Memorandum for broad range of industry groups •Successfully managed the integration of the Security Pacific Bank portfolio of 1,800 cash management customers into the existing Bank of America portfolio

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for managing Northern and Central California Correspondent Bank relationships, including a credit portfolio totaling $525 million, contributing an average of $5 million in pretax earnings. Through formal credit analysis, an understanding of the customer’s business, and the evaluation of financial condition, made appropriate and timely decisions to offer a wide variety of credit facilities and provide expertise to “downstream” correspondent banks in areas of Trade Finance, Risk Management, Float Management and Treasury Management services. Notable accomplishments:•Aggressively reviewed and offered business solutions to meet the correspondent bank’s credit and operating needs•Managed credit portfolio, adjusting products and services to meet client needs and financial resources•Developed detailed float/pricing studies utilized for comparative purposes in depository relationships •Increased direct revenue by $1.7MM (1988), $2.2MM (1989), $2.2MM (1990) $2.5MM (1991) and $3MM (1992) •Developed marketing material that quantified the bank’s potential value to a Correspondent Bank’s operations/profitability through the reduction of non-earning assets (checks in process of collection)•Generated new deposit business revenues by $1.7 million in 1988 and $2.2 million in 1989

San Francisco Bay Area

Recruited by Bank of America to identify and implement procedures to reduce non-earning assets. Scope of this assignment included check processing / payment settlement analysis effecting bank float, the payment of processing fees, as well as the review of asset classification and the effect it may have on bank reserve requirements. Notable accomplishments:•Initiated changes to collection processes resulting in a reduction of float in excess of $103 million per day •Reduced annual collection expenses by over $2.8 million by negotiating pricing and other incentive discounts and by developing alternative check clearing methods