Ron Barone Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS:• Selected by federal tax authorities to determine credit quality, interest rates, and net guarantee fees on Transfer Pricing cases concerning inter-company loans to foreign subsidiaries. • Consulted on the use and appropriate weighting of financial forecasts; determined debt capacity; and analyzed qualitative factors to determine credit quality of technology firms. • Consulted in a bondholder dispute regarding lack of financial statements of a pending private company. Analysis resulted in mediation agreement.• Analyzed the capital and bank loan markets' debt issuance projections for an asset management firm. • Assessed the use and issue of paid-in-kind loans on real estate holdings and its credit risk.• Provided professional services to investors on oil & gas exploration and production reserve-based lending.

Greater New York City Area

- Implemented rules and regulations and developed policies and procedures, controls, and disclosures pertaining to the Dodd-Frank Act, as it pertained to credit rating agencies. - Strengthened internal controls, increased transparency, demonstrated analytic competency of analysts, and improved quality of ratings and processes by creating a more prudent risk management framework

Greater New York City Area

- Managed and maintained the quality of ratings and elevated analytic excellence for over 500 companies. - Improved business processes using 'lean' principles, which improved ratings time-to-market. - Promoted and developed outreach programs to improve customer service to clients. - Developed corporate criteria, including Competitive Position, Captive Finance, 'CCC' - Category Ratings, Surplus Cash/Net Debt, and Diversification/Portfolio Effect, which enhanced the transparency of ratings and were published globally as core analytic content. - Produced and managed thought leadership commentaries, such as S&P's 'Annual Corporate Outlook', 'Global Refunding', 'Cov-lite Loans', 'Cash on Hand', 'Inversions' (see commentaries below on LinkedIn), which helped to promote S&P's brand by showcasing analytic insights.

Greater New York City Area

- Conceived of and implemented the creation of the Credit Systems & Data group to better prioritize and control IT projects from a business perspective.- Reduced costs and strengthened the oversight and execution of technology-related and data projects, including credit models and other analytic tools, such as financial statement databases, market-derived ratings models, a text classification system, capital models, and analyst/customer portals.- Co-chaired the company's first model oversight group, which streamlined model development and implementation

Greater New York City Area

- Restructured analytic groups, combining all energy sectors for analytic and resource efficiency.- Performed credit analysis and research; presented recommendations to credit committee; developed and published commentary on the sectors.- Managed the quality of ratings and promoted customer service for over 350 companies.- Developed as S&P's spokesperson for the power and utility sector.- Addressed the Department of Energy and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the financial outlook of the natural gas industry.

Hicksville, Ny

Managed the Financial Systems Analysis group, which utilized technology to improve financial analysis processes. Liaised with other Finance groups to develop business system specifications.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Student Government - Treasury Dept

Professional Development:, Leadership, Accountability, And Execution

Professional Development, Leading Globally

Professional Development, Getting Business Value From Information Technology