Robert Kraska

Experience

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  GE Capital

  Nov 1998 - Mar 2016

  • Senior Credit Manager & Portfolio Leader

    Aug 2010 - Mar 2016

  • Senior Credit Analyst and Team Lead - Middle Market

    Mar 2006 - Aug 2010

  • Senior Credit Analyst and Portfolio Manager - Corporate Aircraft

    Jun 2003 - Mar 2006

  • Credit Analyst - Vendor & Inventory

    Nov 1998 - Jun 2003
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  Wells Fargo Equipment Finance

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2022

  Equipment Finance Senior Workout Manager

  • Workout Leader for $15Bn+ lease/loan portfolio involving investments across diverse industries and collateral types – corporate aircraft, marine, construction, transportation, manufacturing, food processing, mining, printing, high tech.• Lead a team of 8 Workout Officers. – very tenured credit / risk professionals with average experience exceeding 15 years.• Exercise individual lending authority of $7.5MM.• Transactions range from $500M to $50MM+ with average deal size of $2.5MM.• Accomplishments include:• Mitigated over $200MM of potential losses through workout / restructure activity. Show less

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  Wells Fargo

  May 2022 - now

  Equipment Finance Senior Underwriting & Portfolio Manager, Executive Director

  • Sr. Underwriting Manager for $15Bn+ lease/loan portfolio involving investments across diverse industries and collateral types – corporate aircraft, marine, construction, transportation, manufacturing, food processing, mining, printing, high tech.• Lead a team of 11 Sr. Underwriting & Portfolio Managers – very tenured credit / risk professionals with average experience exceeding 15 years.• Transactions range from $20MM+ with average deal size of $50MM.