Paul Schmitt

Profile
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Senior executive with more than of 40 years experience with specialty finance companies from startups to Fortune 1000 firms 
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Extensive experience in general management, business development and operations 
Expertise
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Operations 
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Finance 
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Legal 
Representative accomplishments
Select Prior Employers
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Newcourt Financial 
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United States Leasing International 
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EY (Ernst & Young) – Specialty Finance Advisory Practice 
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SAP America – Running US customer financing 
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JPMorgan Chase 
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Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 
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Bank of America NT & SA 
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Solar Financing Solutions 
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Tideline Capital 
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Won bid for Dell Financial Services, and led as opening Chief Operating Officer 
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Established Newcourt Financial in the United States and led unit for six years - 
Originated over $3B in hardware, over $1B software with over 20 vendors 
 
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Established Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America Finance and led unit for three years - 
Originated over $0.5B of assets with 10 vendors 
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Sold unit to JPMorgan Chase 
 
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Led JPMorgan Chase Leasing's vendor finance group 
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Over a nine-year career at US Leasing, promoted from transactional counsel to chief counsel, then to Treasurer and ultimately to CFO of the operating lease and aircraft leasing units - 
Served as CFO, and led the IPO of a NYSE-listed master limited partnership--Airlease, Ltd. 
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Developed gap- and duration-based asset/liability management strategy 
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Managed rating agency relationships leading to credit rating upgrade 
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Enhanced liability management with the introduction of hedges, swaps and caps 
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Introduced and managed company's investment portfolio 
 
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Re-established SAP's customer finance program (which had been shut off by the financial crisis) rewrote the customer financing and vendor agreements 
Education
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University of Pennsylvania - 
Juris Doctor 
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MBA from Wharton Graduate Division 
 
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Cornell University - 
AB, Magna cum Laude in Economics, in six semesters 
 
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