Quality Assurance Management

ALEXANDER MICHEL VIERGUTZ

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Jersey City, NJ 07302

WORK EXPERIENCE

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS

Senior Associate, Corporate Finance Investment Banking New York, NY October 2007 – September 2008

• Structured, underwrote, and executed high-yield and leveraged loan financings for acquisitions, recapitalizations, and refinancings

of mid-cap companies, primarily within the aviation, mining, media, and food industries in Canada and the United States.

• Analyzed comparable high-yield and leveraged loan issuances, covenant structures, leverage multiples, and precedent transactions

to assist senior bankers in generating optimal financing structures.

• Created integrated financial models to analyze operational scenarios and capital structure alternatives on the pro-forma credit

profile of target companies to contemplate leveraged buyouts and other financial transactions.

• Conducted in-depth commercial and financial due diligence to assess target company’s operating performance, strength of

management team, and future strategic initiatives. Due diligence included meeting and evaluating management strengths /

weaknesses and conducting industry research to better understand the company’s strategic position and potential.

• Prepared and presented credit committee memorandums, rating agency presentations, industry research, and capital markets

analysis, pitch proposals and marketing materials for soliciting new business.

GE CAPITAL

Associate, Corporate Lending Group Norwalk, CT Summer 2005, August 2006 – October 2007

• Underwrote $400 million of asset-based senior loans to middle market companies across diverse industries. These included an

army uniform manufacturer, a plastics molding machinery manufacturer, a tubing manufacturer, a forklift manufacturer, an oil

distributor, and a SBA loan finance company.

• Pitched eight deals to GE’s Investment Committee, of which six were approved. Four were accepted in a competitive bidding

process.

• Carried out due diligence to understand the industry and business of each prospective client, identified macro / company-

specific risks, built stand-alone company financial models, determined appropriate capital structure, and then analyzed company’s

collateral (A/R, Inventory, M&E) to establish appropriate loan advance and pricing.

• Managed a portfolio of client accounts with an aggregate $1 billion of loan exposure, ensuring that credit agreement terms were

being met (e.g., covenants, financial performance thresholds, collateral availability). Met on a quarterly basis with senior

executives of portfolio companies to evaluate company performance and trends to monitor loan risk.

• Spearheaded study of Latin American market to identify new opportunities and presented action plan to management. This

involved gathering intelligence from GE executives (e.g., CEO of GE Latin America, country managers, etc.), reviewing industry

trends, and macro / country-specific economic and political conditions.

ERNST & YOUNG

Senior Consultant New York, NY September 2000 – April 2004

• Consulted clients in the financial services, cosmetics, entertainment, and healthcare industries to drive system implementations.

• Identified system improvement requirements through client focus groups, documented the requirements into business cases,

obtained sign-off from the client, managed programmers to develop the system, and conducted quality assurance testing.

• Trained 125 consultants in an industry standard testing tool and developed corresponding training material.

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Finance and Accounting. GMAT: 710 / 800 Chicago, IL June 2006

• National Society of Hispanic MBA Scholar (merit-based scholarship) / Pellegrini Scholar (merit-based scholarship)

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Master of Engineering, Information Management Systems GPA 3.7 / 4.0 Ithaca, NY May 2000

Bachelor of Science, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering May 1999

• Extracurricular Activities: Chair of Graduate Student Assembly Finance Committee; Starter Cornell Varsity Equestrian Polo Team

• Published Research Paper (Dept. of Energy & Sandia National Laboratories): Slurry Phase Iron Catalysts for Indirect Coal Liquefaction

OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS

ACCREDITATIONS / OTHER: Series 7 & 63 certifications; CFA Level 1 candidate.

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity; Mentor to Magnet School Program; Interviewer for Chicago GSB.

LANGUAGES: English (Native), French (Fluent), and Spanish (Fluent).

CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of the United States, European Union (France), Switzerland, and Venezuela.

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