Robert Paz

Email: abqahn@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ********** **.***: E

City: Croton On Hudson

State: NY

Zip: 10520

Country: USA

Phone: 914-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $50,000

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Robert R. Paz Telephone: 914-***-****

26-E Springvale Rd. Cell: 914-***-****

Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520 Email: abqahn@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Senior level professional with broad administrative, sales, marketing and risk management skills. Several years experience examining Citigroup businesses in the United States and Canada, evaluating the quality and implementation of operating plans, new business origination, related legal documentation, risk management activities, asset quality and staffing adequacy. My background includes extensive experience negotiating and structuring complex financial transactions with large public corporations, as well as small businesses, this included developing joint ventures to support the sales of our customers products. Significant internal and client senior management contact.

EMPLOYMENT

Citicorp Inc. (1978 - 2002)

North American Global Finance Vice President, Risk Manager

1992- 2002 Business Development

Was responsible for originating, structuring and implementing customer finance programs for Citigroup clients in the United States and Canada. Reviewed and approved all pricing, contracts, legal documentation and the financial and credit risk for all finance programs. Duties included managing development teams (accounting, legal, operations, sales) prior to handing off programs to line management.

Originated national finance programs for one of the largest manufacturers of ophthalmic surgical devices in the U.S. The program provided point of sale lease financing for the companys full equipment line. Implementation included joint development of marketing and sales procedures, equipment management, pricing, risk management, and establishing a training program for more than three hundred sales representatives.

Developed some of the first equipment-related service agreements enabling utility companies to provide full-service heating and air conditioning to their clients, with Citigroup owning all related equipment assets.

Negotiated a product support, service and revenue sharing agreement with Citigroups Private Bank, enabling them to provide lease financing to their clients on a national basis.

Structured, priced, documented and approved more than $3 billion in acquisition and lease financing to the equipment rental industry in the United States. In many instances this activity involved syndicating the loans to participating banks across the country.

Audit Division Vice President

1989-1992 Senior Reviewer

Three-year assignment, reporting to the Board of Directors. Managed multi-disciplined reviews of Citigroup divisions and businesses in North America, with risk assets in excess of $50 billion. Evaluated the design, implementation and effectiveness of strategies, business origination and risk-management procedures, including staffing, training and legal documentation. Determined the true value of risk-assets and their collectability, recommending write-downs as needed. Was a member of a task force that redesigned Corporate Audit procedures, manuals and training.

World Corporation Group Vice President

Senior Banker

Responsible for managing origination and structuring activities (loans, asset securitization, real estate related financing, leasing, cash management, foreign exchange and interest risk management) for a diverse group of multi-national clients.

Responsible for 40 client relationships in fifteen countries. Direct management responsibility for over $13 billion in global credit facilities, including all pricing decisions, legal document preparation, and annual reviews and approval of all exposures.

Lead agent for debt syndications in the United States and Europe for more than $5 billion in new transactions.

Three-month assignment with the Electronics and Communication Division developing the first in-depth study of global profitability of their global relationships.

Nine month training program managed by New York University focusing on finance, accounting, business and credit risk analysis.

Weeden Co. (1973-1978)

Security Operations Manager

Manager four departments with a staff of fifty, responsible for monitoring the firms United States security clearing operations, insured the accuracy of trading positions, determined inventory needs for clearing operations. Managed a securities loan portfolio with $500 million in daily volume. Initiated a monthly cost analysis of operations that was used as a guide for establishing divisional goals. Developed a reorganization plan that resulted in a 25% reduction in operating expenses.

REFERENCES

Diane Donnelly, Esq. Von Maltitz, Derenberg, et al 212-***-****

Stewart Glass, Esq. Westchester County Attorneys Office 914-***-****

EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MBA Program Fordham University (1977-1979)

BA City University of New York, Brooklyn College (1974)

Series 7, General Citigroup (1986)

Securities License

Seminars Yearly, including:

Marketing Financial Instruments, Citigroup (1980)

Corporate Finance, Harvard University (1981)

Foreign Exchange Analysis, Citigroup (1984)

Foreign Exchange Trading, Citigroup (1986)

Portfolio Management, Citigroup (1989)

Business Risk Analysis, Citigroup (1992)

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