ELINDA FISHMAN KISS
215-938-8860 (h) EFKiss@aol.com 215-962-9071 (cell)
PROFILE
Ph.D.
Economist experienced in banking, investment banking, government and
academia. Adept at
applying advanced knowledge of economics and finance to create practical
solutions. Expert
at communicating complex ideas to senior management and customers. Areas
of expertise include:
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· Financial Institutions,
Instruments and Markets · Hedging -- Interest Rate Risk
Management · Investments -- Portfolio
Management · Managerial and Corporate
Finance · Monetary Policy and Bank
Regulation · Professional Presentations and
Training |
EXPERIENCE
Teaching Professor, Finance
Teach undergraduate and MBA courses
in: Corporate
Finance and Financial Institutions Management
Associate Professor, Finance,
Economics and Accounting
Teach undergraduate, MBA, executive
MBA and international executive MBA courses in: Corporate Finance, Investments,
Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets, Managerial Economics,
International Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis.
Recipient of Thomas H. Mott award
for excellence in teaching.
CUSTOM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, INC.,
Treasurer
Directed: economic and financial analysis, portfolio strategies, and
contracting.
Managed:
accounting, bank relations, corporate budget, investments, leasing, pension plan.
RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION (RTC), PA, NJ, DC 1990-1995
Managing Agent - Acting Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer - City Federal Savings Bank,
Sold $7 billion in loans, securities, derivatives and real estate in
liquidation of savings associations.
Sold $500 million Home Equity Portfolio at $35 million profit.
Managed $3.5 billion portfolio of mortgage-backed, corporate and
municipal securities.
Managed derivative securities: CMOs, IOs, POs, REMICs and
swap-options.
Chaired
Asset/Liability Management Committee; determined deposit rates.
Directed operations half of bank with 200 employees and $300 million
budget.
Financial Instruments Coordinator –
Department Head – Asset Marketing
Oversight Manager - Asset Specialist
- Contractors and Subsidiaries
(RTC,
continued)
Coordinated “swaps” of $1 billion residential, multi-family and
commercial mortgage loans into FNMA, FHLMC, and RTC-MBS securities.
Sold whole loans.
Unwound
complex securities transactions.
Chaired
Asset Sales Management Committee and served on Credit Review Committee.
Managed department of 25 professionals and six clerical, with budget of
$12 million.
Co-wrote policy manual for selling securities by Capital Markets Group
in
Directed 35 contractors who managed and sold 1700 assets and
subsidiaries ($1 billion).
MERITOR SAVINGS BANK (PSFS),
Vice President-Capital Markets
Managed and
traded $2.5 billion portfolio of interest rate swaps, caps, floors, options and
financial futures. Increased
bank income by $2 million in 1987, $5 million in 1988 and $15 million in 1989.
Hedged $6 billion MBS portfolio, CD issuance and mortgage pipeline.
Developed
and presented training seminars on Capital Markets.
Wrote Fixed Income Monitor newsletter for customers and senior
management.
Vice President-Analysis and
Financial Planning; Asst. Economist (Meritor, continued)
Directed strategic and tactical financial planning, forecasting and
analysis. Analyzed potential investments and divestitures.
Managed bank’s interest sensitive gap.
Chaired committee to restructure bank’s assets, reducing interest
expense and exposure.
Forecasted key interest rates and economic data to determine opportunities
for investment.
Designed corporate restructuring plan, leading to capital infusion of
$75 million.
CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK,
Assistant Vice President – Capital
Markets
Sold bonds, money-market instruments and mortgage-backed securities to
financial institutions and money managers.
Top salesperson (of 173) in Citicorp products.
FIRST PENNSYLVANIA BANK,
Commercial Lending – Regional
Department $150 million commercial loan
portfolio.
ECONOMIC
CONSULTING and TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CITY OF
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL
RESERVE SYSTEM,
UNITED
EDUCATION
THE
Advanced
graduate studies in Accounting and Finance
Ph.D. -
Economics
M.A. -
Economics
B.A. - Cum Laude in Economics and Mathematics
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Board of
Directors; Policy conference co-chair National
Association for Business Economics
Past
President
Board of
Directors Financial
Management Association
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Registered
Securities Representative (Series 3, 7, 63)
Computer
training in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, QuickBooks, Fortran and Basic.
Home pages:
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/finance/elinda-kiss/
http://www.elinda-kiss.rutgers.edu/