- Titles
- Business Banking Officer, Duluth
Private Banking, Minneapolis - Years
- 1994–1997
- Where
- Duluth, then Minneapolis, MN
Business Banking Officer, Duluth, 1994 to August 1996
- Managed relationships for a $46 million commercial loan portfolio spanning utilities, oil and gas, hotels, and shopping centers
- Bank examiners rated the portfolio “A” every year
- Advised new bankers and analysts on underwriting and financial analysis; worked with fellow bankers on relationship management, collateral calls, and cross-selling
- Took evening classes at the University of Minnesota Duluth; a labor relations course with arbitrator Dr. Boyer sparked the move into HR and the master’s program
Private Banking, Minneapolis, August 1996 to 1997
- Transferred to US Bancorp Private Banking in Minneapolis while starting the M.A. in Human Resources and Industrial Relations
- Manager: Bob Gullick
- Left in June 1997 for the summer internship at Sun Microsystems