Eric has been involved in credit and finance for the past 22 years. Since 2004 he has headed a financial consulting firm with international clientele. His firm, American Aero Services, LLC, has advised clients on public and private contracts totaling over $700 million in value during that time. Prior to that, Eric spent 17 years with NorLease, Inc., the equipment finance subsidiary of the Northern Trust Company. At NorLease, he became the company's all-time leading producer by executing over $1.2 billion of commercial equipment financings. NorLease is the largest Chicago-based bank-owned equipment leasing company, and with Eric's input became the number two leasing company in the United States when measured in efficiency by portfolio size per employee. Prior to his joining NorLease, he was a site manager for Beatrice Foods and an operations manager for Cargill, Inc. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Illinois and a Masters Degree in Finance from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. |