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Manager Sales

Location:
7401
Posted:
April 30, 2010

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Steven F. Kluger

Home: 201-***-****

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Work: 212-***-****

Allendale, NJ 07401

Cell: 203-***-****

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EMPLOYMENT

PRIVATE EQUITY CONSORTIUM

****- **10 (TPG, New Mountain, Aquiline, Diamond

Castle, Hamilton Lane, DLJ,

Michael Dell Capital, etc.)

Founding member of team which raised $2.1 Billion of equity to

establish Tygris Commercial Finance, Inc., a newly formed entity created to

take advantage of the disruption in the credit markets and support the

financing needs of US middle-market companies. Identified market

opportunity, developed business plan, recruited management, led

acquisitions (USXL-$100MM, small ticket leasing company purchased from DLJ

Merchant Banking; MarCap-$400MM of healthcare leasing assets purchased from

Pritzker Group), secured $1.2B of debt funding for the acquisitions and for

organic growth. Joined Tygris leadership team as CFO & Head of Corporate

Development; assisted PE Consortium in recent sale of Tygris to Everbank.

General Electric Company - Stamford, CT

1988-2007

President & CEO, GE Capital Markets Services

1997- 2007

. Reported to GE CFO; assisted in Company-wide strategic

planning/business budgeting

. Supported all GE Businesses in meeting financial/operating metrics

(improve working capital/cash flow, pull-through fees,

sales/revenue and financial investments, transfer risk, optimize

regulatory capital, and enhance ROEs, margins, gains/net income,

etc.)

. Underwrote/distributed into the capital markets all financial asset

classes globally: leveraged, project, aircraft/equipment

financings; mid-market leases/loans (franchise, SBA, vendor, trade

receivables programs, etc.); consumer mortgages/credit

cards/personal loans; insurance instruments (life, long-term care,

P&C, reinsurance, etc.); and public/marketable securities. Managed

approx. 250 personnel globally

. Examples: executed GE Capital ROE/risk enhancement programs using

loan syndication/high yield/securitization/CLO markets (GE

Commercial Finance for private equity/Sponsor customers and GE

Consumer Finance for global bank platforms); structured NBCU

TV/film partnerships to transfer risk/monetize value; developed

emerging market infrastructure projects to pull-through sales (GE

Energy, GE Aircraft Engines, GE Water)

. Designed/assisted in strategies and financial engineering for major

acquisitions (Vivendi/Universal, Amersham, Transamerica, etc.) and

operated special-purpose vehicles

. Drove efficiencies on $100MM operating cost base through 6 Sigma,

automation, outsourcing (India/China), etc. New issue volume:

approx. $35Billion per annum

. Adapted transactions/products to evolving market standards,

responding to public investors/analysts, SEC scrutiny, FASB/SOX and

Audit Committee rules

. Direct report functions, in addition to market-based/industry

specialized executives, included: CFO/Tax/Controller, financial

planning and analysis, legal/securities law counsel,

treasury/debt/equity experts, and 6 Sigma/operations/IT officers

Executive VP & Director, Capital Markets - GE Structured Finance Group

1992 - 1997

. Arranged infrastructure project finance in emerging markets; drove

growth in Commercial Aviation/Leasing business (GPA acquisition)

. Led team of 45 personnel located globally

. Supported GE Energy, GE Aircraft Engines and GE Medical Systems

customer/export finance; established funds/partnerships; linked

sourcing with financing

Senior VP and Manager, Syndications - GE Transportation & Industrial

Funding 1990 - 1992

. Built syndications capability and teams for mid-market companies;

established credit function for market liquidity

. Executed corporate finance transactions for leveraged/sponsor

clients including corporations, buyout funds, etc.

Vice President, Commercial Aviation - GE Transportation & Industrial

Funding 1988 - 1990

. Led investment teams for commercial aviation customers globally

. Designed new products (financial) for airlines

Creditanstalt - New York, NY 1986 - 1988

Manager, Capital Markets

Irving Trust Company - New York, NY 1981 - 1986

Assistant Vice President, Syndications

. Completed credit training program 1983

EDUCATION

New York University, New York, NY MBA Finance 1987

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY MA, French Language & Literature 1981

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY BA, French Language & Literature 1980

OTHER

Member of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Capital Markets Advisory

Committee

NASD Registered Representative/Principal: Series 7, 63, 24

Fluent in French

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