STEVEN VOLPE Brooklyn, NY e-mail: sv1e3e532@westpost.

net SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE: Total of eight years in the Investment Banking industry, providing Administrativ e and Middle Office Support to Account Officers (Portfolio Managers) managing St ructured Finance clients. - Five years experience in preparing Loan Summaries for Structured Finance trans actions with ability to read and understand Legal Documents, specifically Credit or Loan Agreements and Amendments. - Over three years experience performing Anti Money Laundering & -Know Your Cust omer- (AML /KYC) and Account opening procedures in preparation for the Closing o f Leveraged Finance transactions. Desktop and System Knowledge: - Working with Microsoft Word and Excel for over ten years to produce department al reports as needed and prepare Procedure Manuals, (past experience producing B usiness Continuity Plans). - Working knowledge of Main-frame and Browser-based Account Maintenance systems such as: Atlas2, Midas, MAOS, CARS and StorQM. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: January, 2008 - January, 2011 Analyst: BNP Paribas: Structured Finance - Business Management: - Perform the AML /KYC (Anti Money Laundering /-Know Your Customer-) and Account Opening process for new Structured Finance clients within the Energy & Commodit ies, Aviation Finance and Merchant Banking Business Lines: - Provide Senior Banking Officer with initial documentation requirements specifi c to corporate entity, business type and geographic location. - Conduct research through various on-line sources to obtain Documentary Evidenc e required by CARD team. - Setup of Client (Legal Entity) in the CARS system, attaching required document ation based on system-calculated Client Score. - Work closely with Client Acceptance Review Department (-CARD-) throughout the process to resolve documentation issues as they arise, as the entire process is Deadline Driven and must be completed before Closing Date of the transaction. - Main contact and liaison between Senior Banking Officer and outside Attorney t o procure outstanding or hard-to-obtain documents. Recertifications: Renewal of AML /KYC documentation for existing clients within the CARS database, via inquiries to the Banking Officer and Senior Banking Offic er (BO & SBO); process driven by mid and month-end reports. The process also ser ves to update basic account information in the systems and determine whether acc ounts can be closed and voided. Account Openings & General Account Maintenance: - Prepare electronic -Maos- form using entity-specific codification in order to

open the new Client in the Bank`s lending systems. - Amendments to existing accounts as required, changes in: Senior Banking Office r, Profit Center, Client Name /Address changes, Closing of repaid or dormant acc ounts. Other Duties: - Coordinate Collateral Vault Deposits and Withdrawals of Stock Certificates and Powers in connection with repayment or refinancing of Credit Facilities. April, 2004 - December, 2008 Administrative Assistant: BNP Paribas: Structured Finance - Merchant Banking Gro up - Prepare Loan Summaries for Merchant Banking, Media /Telecom and Healthcare Fin ance clients: - Read and extract specific Credit Facility information (ie: Prime & LIBOR Rate, Payment Terms, Due Dates) from sections of the Credit Agreement and internal Lo an Documentation. - Facility information is used in Loan Summary template for review & sign-off by Senior Banking Officer and Department Head; then sent to Loan Servicing Team (B ack Office) for Facility set-up in Bank`s Lending systems (Atlas2 and Midas). - Mid-Year Term Loan Amortization Report - Contribution to Departmental Annual B udget: Full reconciliation of all Term Loan Amortization schedules for New York, Chicag o, Houston and San Francisco Offices - to be used in mid-year Amortization repor t for first & second Quarters, showing projected Amortization for year-end. Other Duties: - Coordinate Collateral Vault Deposits and Withdrawals of Stock Certificates and Powers in connection with repayment or refinancing of Credit Facilities. April, 2002 - March, 2004 BNP Paribas: Structured Finance - Merchant Banking Group - Long-Term Assignment - Update and recalculate Term Loan Amortization Schedules upon notification of p ayment from Back Office. - Coordinate Collateral Vault Deposits and Withdrawals of Stock Certificates and Powers in connection with repayment or refinancing of Credit Facilities. - Preparation of hardcopy Credit Files for Annual `SNC` review (Shared National Credit) by examiners from the Federal Reserve - Archiving of Credit Files: sending and recalling Credit Files to /from off-sit e archival facility, as requested. October, 2000 - December, 2001 - Long-Term Assignment Business Contingency Team - SG Cowen Securities Corporation - New York - Production of Business Continuity Plans for Institutional Sales and Trading an d Investment Banking Business Units in New York and Boston. May, 1997 - November, 1999 Bankruptcy & Charge-off Specialist: Republic National Bank of New York - Daily processing of chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy dockets from district courts - Providing department Manager with report of month-end losses due to bankruptcy

- Reconciliation of total Charge-off against Bank general ledger totals - Preparing month-end report of all charged-off, bankrupt and delinquent Credit Card accounts - Process Credit Bureau updates to Experion, Equifax and Trans Union for recentl y paid-in-full accounts - Providing collection attorneys with supporting documentation such as copies of statements and applications - Using Microsoft VBA to write an Excel-based program to calculate the current b alance owed and accrued interest of a given account, based on user input. Education and Training: CERTIFICATES (Desktop Applications): Microsoft: Excel 5.0 / PowerPoint 4.0. - June, 1997. Kingsborough Community College, Continuing Education Microsoft: Windows 3.1 / Word 6.0 / Excel 5.0. - January, 1997. Vanguard Computer Training School - Brooklyn, NY. EDUCATION: Kingsborough Community College, (City University of New York) - Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. A.A.S: Data Processing /Computer Programming, Minor: Accounting - January, 1988. Salary Requirements: $40,000. to $45,000. annually.