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Greenwood Village, Co

Greenwood Village, Co

Promoted a second time in 2006 to lead fundraising for RFC’s Special Assets Group. Reported to President of Special Assets Group. Served on Investment Committee, partnering closely with CEO, CFO, President, and Managing Directors.* Sourced and cultivated relationships with a broad range of investors, including commercial banks, alternative lenders, insurance companies, funds, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Maintained a significant contact base and network of investor sources.* Key contributor to all aspects of the investment cycle: sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, closing, and monitoring distressed investments with a focus on underwriting, pricing, structuring, and funding.* Established credit facilities for acquisition or refinancing of assets and companies, applying deep expertise in GAAP, taxation, legal forms of organizations, and business law.*Worked cross-functionally with Origination, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and Executive teams to deliver successful deals: sub/nonperforming commercial bank debt, distressed midmarket companies, structure, and negotiate complex financing arrangements.Assistant Director, Capital Markets (2000 to 2004)Recruited by a former CoBank colleague. Reported to Sr. Managing Director, Capital Markets. * Performed underwriting, financial statement credit analysis, and origination role on transactions across business lines: structured finance, special assets, private equity, and aircraft.* Participated in debt and equity fundraising transactions. Sourced investors, made presentations, and drafted business plans and offering memoranda. Oversaw Analysts in cash flow model development and analysis. * Proactively sought out additional new funding sources and contacts on various transactions.* Recognized by leaders of all business lines for exceptional research and modeling skills, keen ability to perform discounted cash flow analysis, capital budgeting, and equity valuation calculations.

Promoted to optimize performance of a portfolio of syndicated project finance transactions. Fulfilled Administrative Agent role in complex deal with 10+ participants.* Syndicated a construction and term loan for an electric generating facility, arranged and underwritten by the bank. Sold additional participations in other financings by the bank. * Completed due diligence, documentation review, cash flow modeling, credit application preparation, and presented to Credit Committee for new transactions. * Assisted Project Finance VPs in structuring, negotiating, and documenting project finance transactions, primarily in the independent power sector. * Contributed to optimizing developer and various financial customer relationships.* Provided risk analysis to identify and manage complex business risks.* Independently managed deals from start to finish.* Developed comprehensive MS Access database with >1,200 data fields for the project finance portfolio to monitor industry trends, financial performance, concentration and exposure limits, and construction progress.Credit Analyst, Rural Utility Banking Group Completed financial, industry, and economic analysis in the preparation of credit approval submissions. Prepared reports for Credit Committee for transactions in a variety of industries, including independent power projects, generation and transmission electric cooperatives, electric distribution cooperatives, investor owned utilities, water and wastewater, natural gas distribution systems, and wireless providers. Cash Management Specialist Performed daily financial services functions, applied specialized knowledge of funds transfer, investment counseling, loan servicing principles, and customer service.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Financial Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Agricultural Business