Sherman Neal Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago And Indiana

Currently, I am a principal strategist and overseer of a $5M commercial construction company. I strengthen relationships with private and government clients in the Chicago Metro and Northwest Indiana region. I effectively spearhead comprehensive aspects of operations including business development initiatives, multi-channel integrated marketing campaigns, financial management, and client engagement, acquisitions, satisfaction, and retention.• Slashed operating cost by 20%+, while increasing/diversifying territory and geographic reach.• Led, developed, and empowered 27+ union-based personnel.

Greater Chicago Area

As the Principal, I launched a real estate development firm that specialized in high volume residential redevelopment, and new multi-unit affordable housing for low income, disabled, and seniors in Illinois. I am the daily operational leader that drove capital financing, and securing support from political, corporate, and public entities. I also administer full life cycle project management and leveraged government funding sources and private equity/debt to finance new investments.• Propelled revenues from $0 to $2.5M in 3 years. Maintained 20%+ operating margins.• Directed, motivated, and mentored the 20-member cross-functional and non-technical team. Implemented technologies that bolstered efficiency and workflow productivity by 20+%• Mitigated complex market risk by minimizing fixed costs and streamlining variable costs.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As VP, I was the credit officer and portfolio manager for national corporate clients of up to $1B in annual revenues. I cross-sold various corporate banking services, including credit, trade services, treasury management and financial risk management. I was a proactive leader of the technology budget and capital planning process, allocation, and execution of the $80M annual budget. Additionally, I drove business case development, emphasizing new and emerging technology and product development action plans for investment, collections, and disbursement products. Furthermore, I oversaw matrix development for more than 8+technology project teams and exceeding 30+ client-facing and back-office technology investment initiatives.• Led end-to-end project management of initiatives driving $30M in annual revenues and $10.6M in pre-tax operating income. Cut costs by $20M through deployment of 20+ novel initiatives over a 5-year period.• Developed and defended business cases to introduce new technology investment projects that consistently overcome ROI, NPV, and IRR challenges for 100+ new/enhanced product initiatives.• Originated and integrated a portfolio view of investments that enabled strategic analysis on returns.• Founded and chaired the Investment Review Committee comprised of 6+ senior leaders.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics/Naval Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bachelors, Mathematics/Engineering

Mba, Finance

Cert, Management Information Systems

Certificate Prgram, Management Information Systems, General

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