MICHAEL P. LYDON, MBA
614-***-**** - Cell
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
*********@*****.***
Highly motivated corporate financial specialist with a progressive career
in corporate treasury, financial planning and analysis, cash management,
institutional trust, investments and insurance. Proven expertise in
forecasting, quantitative analysis, global product management, cross-
functional team building, risk-based consulting, new product development,
and relationship management. Additional experiences include developing
and/or evaluating new financial products, pricing models, bank transfer
pricing, investments, merger/acquisition valuations and economic value of
equity (EVE).
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
. Directed an asset/liability management conversion team responsible
for compiling the interest rate risk assessment processes of the
merged Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank
. Implemented QRM, an asset/liability interest rate risk management
tool, at Huntington National Bank and hired an entire staff of
analysts while acting as an interim manager of the bank's
asset/liability management team
. Uncovered incorrect deposit pricing factors in the due diligence
data while modeling merger/acquisition information that resulted in
a $25 million reduction from the originally negotiated acquisition
premium
. Travelled domestically and internationally providing expert knowledge
to finance executives, bank sales staff and relationship managers on
JPMorgan Chase's global US$ treasury management products resulting in
increased liquidity management revenues by 60% in one year -- to $42
million from $26 million
. Reinvigorated a declining institutional trust custody business by
hiring a new management team, starting an agent securities lending
program and expanding the public entity custody business -- which
brought about a 55% increase in assets held; a 63% increase in
revenue; and a 124% increase in net income over 24 months
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FINANCIAL NETWORK July 2008 to
present
Columbus, Ohio
Financial Advisor - Promote insurance, investments, retirement and estate
preservation products and services.
MEEDER FINANCIAL, INC
2005 to 2008
Dublin, Ohio
Director - Investment Management & Retirement Plans Client Services and
Business Development
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES
1997 to 2005
Columbus, Ohio
Vice President/Product Manager - Institutional Trust Custody & Securities
Lending (2003 - 2005)
Vice President/Product Manager - Securities Lending & Mutual Fund Custody
(2000 - 2003)
Treasury Section Manager/Consultant - Asset/Liability Management & Internal
Treasury Consulting (1997 - 2000)
JP MORGAN / CHASE
1991 to 1997
New York, New York
Assistant Vice President/Product Manager - Liquidity Management Services
(1996 to 1997)
Assistant Vice President - Corporate Treasury Asset/Liability Management
(1991 to 1996)
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
. New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, MBA, 1997
(Finance, Economics, Int'l Business)
. Ohio University - BBA, 1991 (Management, Finance, Business Pre-law)
. Franklin University - Adjunct Professor, July 2009 to present (MBA
Finance Courses)
. Licenses & Registrations - Series 6, 63, 65 & 7; Ohio Life, Health,
Annuities and Long Term Care Insurance
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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FINANCIAL NETWORK July 2008 to
present
Direct the sale of insurance, retirement plan services, investment
management portfolios and mutual funds.
MEEDER FINANCIAL, INC
2005 to 2008
Directed the sale of investment management portfolios, retirement plan
services and mutual funds.
. Developed and executed a business development strategy that added over
$100 million in assets under management by addressing key markets
including individuals, retirement plans and institutional portfolios
. Improved the client retention ratio to 95% by promoting an approach that
centered on multiple client touches throughout the year including regular
portfolio reviews and an organized fiduciary review for retirement plans
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES
1997 to 2005
Institutional Trust Custody/Securities Lending - Directed product
development, generated sales and managed four teams of managers,
administrators and operations personnel providing clients with custody and
securities lending services.
. Organized trust teams dedicated to specific market segments including
private and public pension plans, mutual and hedge funds, securities
lending and registered investment advisors/insurance.
. Managed the business plan design, development and marketing of two new,
highly successful bank products, mutual fund & hedge fund custody and
agent securities lending
. Built an agent securities lending program that worked with multiple
lending agents and global sub-custodians by hiring and training a highly
skilled team of operation and trust administrators.
Asset/Liability Management/Internal Treasury Consultant - Coordinated the
development and implementation of strategic projects related to new product
development and risk assessment.
. Recruited, hired and trained a completely new staff of four quantitative
analysts responsible for the forecasting models used to report net
interest income risk to the executive asset/liability management
committee
. Implemented an automated program of pushing the corporate planning
process through economic forecasting models to test balance sheet
projections, earnings at risk and pricing assumptions
. Performed a quantitative study of over 1.5 million households assessing
retail customer profitability and recommended product enhancements,
strategic elimination of products and key marketing relationships
. Validated the mortgage servicing and loan securitization valuation models
enhancing risk measures and pool criteria
JP MORGAN / CHASE
1991 to 1997
Fixed Income and Liquidity Management Services -- Managed the maintenance
and pricing of cash management investment products earning $42 million in
annual revenue.
. Supported sales efforts by traveling globally whenever clients required
explicit product knowledge
. Led the migration of Chemical Bank customers' investment cash management
accounts to the Chase investment system to eliminate duplication of back
office operations
Corporate Treasury - Asset/Liability Management -- Responsible for
forecasting, analyzing and communicating the Corporation's interest rate
risk using complex models and customer data. Primary responsibilities
included fixed income investments, derivatives, commercial loans, deposits
and debt.
. Presented proprietary interest rate sensitivity studies on bank demand
deposits to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal
Reserve
. Incorporated dynamic pricing and volume sensitivities relative to
interest rates in the model assumptions
. Redesigned interest rate risk assessment reports for executive management
to include results from interest rate shocks, twists and Monte Carlo
simulations