Experience

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  Columbia University School of Professional Studies

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Lecturer

    • Jul 2017 - Present
    • Greater New York City Area

    Teach Corporate Finance course in post-bacculareate business certificate program. This course develops corporate finance skills, including: financial statement analysis, time value of money, risk adjusted return, cost of capital, capital budgeting and planning, valuation of stocks and bonds, company valuation, strategic considerations and evaluation of mergers and acquisitions. Heavy reliance on case studies

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  Fairfield University

  • Fairfield, CT

  • Adjunct Professor, Finance

    • Jul 2016 - Present
    • Fairfield, CT

    Teach graduate and undergraduate seminars in fixed income. The courses focus on the analysis and valuation of fixed income securities. Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 seminars covered major fixed income sectors, including governments, agencies, corporates, municipals, mortgage and asset-backed securities and fixed income derivatives, with a sell side perspective. Spring 2017 seminar provided an overview of the major sectors with a buy side perspective and a summary of portfolio management techniques. Graduate seminars combine material from the two undergraduate courses.

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  Marist College

  • Poughkeepsie, NY

  • Adjunct Professor, Economics

    • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
    • Poughkeepsie, NY

    Taught Principles of Microeconomics, an introductory course in microeconomics, in Fall 2016. The course provided an understanding of classical economic models of markets and their application to economic issues faced in our lives.

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  Morgan Stanley

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Director

    • 2008 - 2016

    Global Advisory and Policy, 2008-2015Advised on accounting and regulatory treatment for fixed income, commodities, structured notes and equity derivatives businesses, coordinating approval of conclusions with auditors, issued accounting and regulatory policies in focus areas, implemented new accounting standards and oversaw securitization footnote in financial statements. Applied extensive product expertise and accounting and regulatory knowledge to analysis of proposed transaction structures. Unique combination often resulted in faster responses and improved structures. Quick response provided greater opportunity to capitalize on changing markets; improved structure resulted in more efficient balance sheet and capital usage. Implemented FAS 166 (financial asset transfers) and FAS 167 (consolidation). Knowledge of securitization structures made analysis and discussions with auditors on interpretation more efficient. Implementation resulted in minimal additional consolidation. Implemented ASU 2011-03 (control criterion). Developed approach to identifying the “substantially the same” criteria for dollar roll transactions that resulted in no change to accounting result with minimal monitoring requirements.

  • Executive Director

    • 1997 - 2008

    Global Fixed Income Capital Markets, 1997-2008Structured and marketed securitization transactions, including rating agency analysis, transaction modeling, legal and accounting analysis and investor education. Lead managed securitization transactions in both traditional and non-traditional sectors, with extensive focus on emerging securitization market sectors.Lead managed credit card securitizations with structural innovations that reduced financing costs.Lead managed non-traditional securitizations to achieve greater leverage and lower financing costs, including largest market share in securitization of cell towers, only US securitizations of timberlands and alarm contracts and securitization of health care receivables with 100% advance rate.

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  Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.

  • Chicago

  • Managing Director, Investment Banking

    • 1984 - 1997
    • Chicago

    Responsible for new issue securitization business. Primary responsibility for credit card securitization, including Discover Card and Sears credit card portfolios. Lead managed securitization of other assets, including auto loans, residential mortgages, boat and RV loans, home equity loans. Other capital markets transactions, focused on financial institutions.

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  Warburg Paribas Becker

  • Chicago/New York

  • Vice President, Investment Banking

    • 1981 - 1984
    • Chicago/New York

    Capital markets transactions, merger transactions, valuations, other advisory services. Focus on fixed income markets. Ran new product development group, which analyzed and structured new financing structures. Seconded to S.G. Warburg, London, and Banque Paribas, Paris, 1982. Executed first publicly announced interest rate swap transaction while at Warburg.

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  Blyth Eastman Paine Webber

  • Chicago/New York

  • Vice President, Investment Banking

    • 1977 - 1981
    • Chicago/New York

    Capital markets transactions, merger transactions, valuations and other advisory services.