President of Heller Corporate Finance
Heller Financial
Aug 1989 - Aug 1999 (10 years 1 month)
Held a variety of leadership positions culminating with complete P&L responsibility for the $4.5 billion leveraged lending and merchant banking unit. The 190-person operation originated, underwrote, syndicated and managed leveraged loans (cash flow oriented and asset based) to, and/or direct investments in, over 400 companies. Member of Heller’s domestic operating, technology and investment committees. Notables included, as President, growing business from $1.9 billion in assets to $4.5 billion with nominal non-earning assets and generating a 2.4 times return on direct investment portfolio; creating or building out verticals in asset based lending, healthcare, project finance, technology, and energy; and earning the #1 position in the mi