• Obtained line of business support to enact three major technological upgrades during a time when investment banking downturns had rendered technology investment scant. The enhancements resulted in lending the underlying business a competitive edge while preserving revenue margins. IT managers were subsequently convinced of the necessity of continued technological investment in a leading edge system. For more information, click here.
  
  
• In the wake of the Asian financial crisis, developed a reporting format for separate systems to report customer exposure maturities daily, in tandem, enabling credit executives to anticipate all payments regardless of product type or booking location. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Secured $2 million allocation at a time of severe budget constraints and competing needs for developer resources, by successfully presenting a proposal to senior Technology management to authorize development of a new margin-trading module to replace a vendor system by Zainet that would no longer be supporting its product. The replacement system was ready for production one month prior to the vendor-imposed deadline.
  
  
• Developed 50+ report formats for scheduled distribution to hundreds of line managers to enhance management of mark-to-market trading product exposures to identified customer portfolios.

• Following the merger of Salomon Smith Barney Holdings and Citicorp, oversaw the reorganization of administrative duties and procedures, resulting in a 43% staffing reduction in one department and reallocation of duties to appropriate departments, as well as renewed investment in their duties by staffers. For more information, click here.

• Reduced exposure more than 80% over 7 months to counter the devaluation of the Thai currency in order to assume a defensive posture and prevent disrupting the corporation's basic business in the market. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Initiated program review to determine the risk associated with Indonesian SBI market during a time of heavy trading to ensure that the portfolio, which grown to an equivalent of $800 million, would remain stable, and to allay concerns of Risk Management officers. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Reoriented the focus of the Financial Institution Risk analysis unit to dwell first on underlying macroeconomic, monetary and regulatory trends in the economy of the home country of the financial institutions under review. This focus on industry trends would provide the basis for understanding portfolio changes. Intensified the use of peer group scrutiny to better rank financial institutions within a given market. Instituted benchmarking to cross-reference ratings assigned by external agencies. Overall, this peer group review led to far more meaningful analytical output and facilitated the annual review process.

• Negotiated a partnership with Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam to handle newly reopened trade for the transmittal of family remittances totaling more than $1.5 million annually, which had previously been channeled through third parties. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Successfully presented the operations of the Malaysian bank subsidiary to senior central bank regulators at Bank Negara Malaysia in response to their requirement for a periodic review.
  
  
• Achieved a 50% reduction of available exposure by initiating a review, following the legal merger of Salomon Smith Barney Holdings and Citicorp, of exposure to joint customers to better align credit availability to outstanding exposure. This involved evaluating peak and average outstandings, the credit strategy, and product appropriateness, and seeking relationship management concurrence with the proposed course of action.

• Obtained $11 million line of business and technology management approval for a hardware upgrade project to replace and configure two servers that run the centralized GlobalNet treasury product risk management database, and coordinated user acceptance testing to ensure that the production cutover was delivered online on schedule.