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Greater New York City Area

• Led the originations effort for the Sponsor and Direct Impact Lending vertical. • Originated and managed direct commercial banking relationships with a specific focus on double bottom line private equity firms and funds, B-Corps, and mission-based organizations.• Sourced, evaluated, structured, and executed lower middle market sponsor and non-sponsor commercial loans.• Independently managed an ABL Unitranche Program geared towards pre-profit and early stage growth companies.•… Show more • Led the originations effort for the Sponsor and Direct Impact Lending vertical. • Originated and managed direct commercial banking relationships with a specific focus on double bottom line private equity firms and funds, B-Corps, and mission-based organizations.• Sourced, evaluated, structured, and executed lower middle market sponsor and non-sponsor commercial loans.• Independently managed an ABL Unitranche Program geared towards pre-profit and early stage growth companies.• Collaborated with the underwriting and Credit Risk Management teams on new and existing opportunities.• Mentored junior members of the underwriting and portfolio management teams. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Independently managed a portfolio of leveraged finance investments totaling $1.7B in commitments and $225M of outstanding exposure. • Presented monthly asset management credit reviews to Credit Committee.

New York, Ny

• Lead account manager of an ABL portfolio totaling $1.1B in commitments and $400M+ of outstanding exposure for GE Capital. • Lead underwriter of middle market senior secured ABL credit facilities; Led teams in the preparation of credit approval pitches to senior risk officers for both direct and private equity sponsor originated transactions; Underwriting and due diligence tasks included financial modeling, sensitivity and liquidity analysis, and market and industry research; Closed 28… Show more • Lead account manager of an ABL portfolio totaling $1.1B in commitments and $400M+ of outstanding exposure for GE Capital. • Lead underwriter of middle market senior secured ABL credit facilities; Led teams in the preparation of credit approval pitches to senior risk officers for both direct and private equity sponsor originated transactions; Underwriting and due diligence tasks included financial modeling, sensitivity and liquidity analysis, and market and industry research; Closed 28 GE-agented deals totaling $1.5B in commitments.• Led the development and implementation of a standardized Asset Based Lending underwriting model.• Created and maintained deal-specific account management tools for financial reporting and credit analysis.• Completed an eight-month risk rotation with the GE Capital Sponsor Finance Technology, Media and Telecom cash flow lending portfolio and underwriting team (7/13 – 3/14); Assisted in managing a portfolio of 7 accounts totaling $135M in commitments; Closed a $231M GE-agented facility.• Mentored and trained junior and rotational employees. Show less

Sydney, Australia

• Co-led the growth initiative of GE Capital’s Asset Based Lending product in the Australia & New Zealand market.• Optimized the team’s organizational structure, streamlined credit processes, provided domain expertise, and improved transparency to senior risk leaders and customers.• Developed and directly communicated growth initiative updates to the Senior Executive Team at GE Capital ANZ.• Oversaw all asset backed opportunities to mentor the team, enhance credit analysis, and… Show more • Co-led the growth initiative of GE Capital’s Asset Based Lending product in the Australia & New Zealand market.• Optimized the team’s organizational structure, streamlined credit processes, provided domain expertise, and improved transparency to senior risk leaders and customers.• Developed and directly communicated growth initiative updates to the Senior Executive Team at GE Capital ANZ.• Oversaw all asset backed opportunities to mentor the team, enhance credit analysis, and augment credit pitches. • Indirectly managed and led the underwriting team in preparing credit approval pitches to senior risk officers for senior middle-market credit facilities for both direct and private equity sponsor originated transactions. Show less

Norwalk, Ct

• Led and completed 40+ collateral field examinations of existing and prospective customer accounts totaling $5B+ in commitments in various industries. • Managed field exam teams to assess, identify, quantify and mitigate credit risk through the analysis of client operations, accounting, control systems and competitive environment.

Mba, Finance

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