Martin F. Stryker
Lafayette, CA 94549
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Introduction:
Can handle a position that requires business knowledge, social mobility,
team play, and problem-solving. Unique blend of finance, sales, marketing,
and operations skills. Experience in professional services as a senior
executive with a Big Four accounting and consulting firm; industry exposure
in healthcare, manufacturing, software; commercial and private banking;
insurance; consumer and industrial goods; domestic and global distribution.
Accomplished trouble-shooter who understands the operational efficiencies,
process improvement, resource management, and investment required to drive
and protect shareholder value in times of economic growth and recession.
Always attentive to the talents, chemistry, and organizational structure
needed to accomplish goals.
Career Highlights:
. Designed, managed, and developed a regional major client account
management program for Deloitte that handled their major non-attest
clients in Northern California and grew from $0 to $250 million of
revenue per annum in five years
. Rainmaker who lead the fastest growing, most profitable Private
Banking office of a major money center bank providing investment,
lending, and estate planning services to high net worth clients and
their closely-held businesses generating $35 million of loans and
$25 million of Demand and Time Deposits and sizeable investment fee
income in a regulatory constrained environment
. Astute financial negotiator who successfully packaged a 100%
financed leverage buy out on an $80 million electrical products
distribution business with a major bank and the sellers, in a
subordinate position
. Restructured foreign exchange and borrowing relationships to hedge
exchange and translation risks that resulted in saving several
million dollars of savings
. Re-engineered the property, casualty, and marine insurance programs
of several corporations improving coverage, streamlining
administration, and reducing premium costs by over $1 million
. Started a medical cost recovery business that will generate savings
to major employers of 1% to 5% of their medical spend
. Restructured the bond and commercial bank financing for a NYSE
corporation that suffered a severe loss causing defaults of it's
loan covenants
Companies for whom Martin has worked include Deloitte, Bank of America and
Watson Wyatt.