CAREER SUMMARY
An accomplished, multi-faceted business leader who thrives on complex projects and process integration challenges, involvement in business strategy and tactical alignment. A detail-oriented problem solver with nine years of commercial banking experience and one year of enterprise consulting, developing skills, including:
A team player with a highly successful background in cultivating and creating high performance results. Possesses an entrepreneurial focus and an excellent personal network that is used to develop business.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
KODA, KENNER & ASSOCIATES, INC.- Algonquin, IL
Senior Consultant/Project Manager (1998-present) - Responsible for project management, consulting clients on the integration of enterprise software, current business practice, and full implementation. Converted financial systems for Little Caesars despite previous vendor's failure and recent downsizing.
BANK ONE, ILLINOIS, NA - Chicago, IL
Vice President/Asset-Based Lending Illinois Sales Manager (1998)
Responsible for the statewide marketing of asset-based loans, working independently from a Milwaukee hub to maintain a direct calling effort as well as an internal and external network of referral sources to create new origination of $3-25 million asset-based opportunities.
Vice President/Senior Underwriter (1997-1998) -Underwriter for new credit opportunities, including coaching of relationship managers on credit structure and selling strategies. Continued to market and close $30 million new business in underwriting role through established contacts and marketing efforts.
Vice President/Relationship Manager (1994-1997) -Grew middle market portfolio commitments from $5 million to over $75 million in addition to cross-selling other corporate products including cash management, securitizations, trust services and private banking.
Project-One Commercial Delivery Task Force (4Q1996) - Dallas, TX. Detailed a new corporate delivery system focused on increasing revenues using more effective marketing, underwriting, portfolio management and relationship management processes in a new team-based delivery system. Assisted in design of proprietary relationship management software for the tracking of customers, prospects and referral sources through the new team-based processes.
NBD BANK OF ILLINOIS - Chicago, Illinois.
Assistant Vice President (1989-1993)
Managed middle market portfolio of various industries; managed credit analysts; assessed customer credit worthiness, designed appropriate credit facilities, and monitored account profitability; additional experience in loan review, real estate financings, dealership floorplans, international transactions, investment management and cash management.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Young Executives Club (since 1993)
Programming Director, 1997-98, created new team-based programming resulting in better quality speakers.
Webmaster, 1998. Created new website, including HTML coding.
Pinewood Financial, Inc. (1996)
Consultant, created business plan, wrote and implemented credit policies, and selected and implemented new software for a privately-held, start-up finance company.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University/J. L. Kellogg Graduate School
Masters of Management, 1996. Concentrations in entrepreneurship, small business consulting and new business venture, finance and marketing -- specifically venture capital, entrepreneurial finance. Dean's List: Winter/Spring 1996. Team-based projects included:
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Arts, 1989,
Major in Economics and Business. Managed 20 photographer staff for daily newspaper.
Programming experience in COBOL, Fortran, and BASIC.
INTERESTS