Manager Vice President

YOUNG B. IM, CFA, CPA

**** ***** ***** ******, **** L . Chicago, Illinois 60613 . 312-***-****

abih5m@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

**** ** ******* ***** ***** MANAGEMENT Chicago, IL

Senior Equity Analyst - Financial Services, Information

Technology

. Identify, analyze, and recommend public equity investments

in the financial services and information technology sectors

for inclusion in focused portfolios of twenty-five to thirty-

five securities across all market capitalizations.

. Perform extensive company and industry research by reading

SEC filings, analyzing industry structure, evaluating

competitive position, interviewing executive management,

communicating with industry contacts and performing

financial statement analysis.

. Develop financial models to analyze operations, financial

performance, and equity valuation.

. Recommend portfolio weights and entry and exit points for

recommended stocks. Co-manage model portfolio which acts as

a reference point for portfolio manager positions.

. Stock recommendations have contributed to Talon's all-cap

fund outperforming market benchmarks by 300+ bps per annum

since joining the firm in mid-2006.

2003 to 2006 ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO., INC. Chicago, IL

Senior Research Analyst - Vice President, Financial

Institutions

. Conducted primary equity research, identified and

recommended attractive public equity investment

opportunities in the financial services industry to

institutional (buy-side) clients.

. Analyzed and forecasted competitive environment, management

capabilities and financial performance of financial

institutions, including banks, thrifts, mortgage insurers

and business development companies across all market

capitalizations.

. Developed and maintained financial models to analyze

operations, financial performance, and current/implied

equity valuation to assess relative attractiveness of

investments.

. Marketed investment ideas to institutional clients.

. Published research to communicate attractiveness of

investment opportunities to clients.

. Buy-rated ideas represented three of the top four performing

stocks within coverage list.

1995 to 2003 ABN AMRO NORTH AMERICA, INC. Chicago, IL

Vice President, Corporate Development, 1998 to March 2003

. Led the development of strategies for Collateralized Debt

Obligation Trustee Services, Commercial Real Estate e-

Commerce, Retail Insurance, and Small Business Banking.

. Developed analytical framework in the establishment of the

1st residential mortgage passthrough securitization program

in The Netherlands. First securitization of E550 million

presented to market in October 2002. Annual economic profit

of program - $5 to $10 MM.

. Created Managing Board presentation providing insight into

firm's U.S. residential mortgage business. Developed

industry analysis; determined valuation using EVA and

comparable P/E multiples; and provided a comprehensive

explanation of all major areas of the mortgage value chain,

including securitization and ongoing treatment of mortgage

servicing rights.

. Investment analysis led to investment in a start-up retail

insurance division.

. Managed analytical efforts to reorganize ABN AMRO Toronto

Wholesale Banking office.

Core Team Member and Senior Analyst, Strategic Sourcing

Initiative, 1997 to 1998.

. Researched commercial print industry to identify key cost

drivers; facilitated preliminary efforts to coordinate the

procurement of marketing materials across the Bank; and

conducted extensive analysis of product specifications and

detailed proposals submitted by vendors.

. Led team in preparation and completion of extensive vendor

negotiations. Work culminated in the selection of less than

five vendors from a pool of over one hundred and fifty.

Saved organization approximately $2 million in annual

commercial print costs.

Staff Auditor I, II, Commercial Audit Group, 1995 to 1997

. Planned, determined, and developed audit testing to be

performed; identified and assessed internal controls to

mitigate the risk of fraud and/or inaccurate financial

reporting; and evaluated the adequacy of internal controls

and the effectiveness of procedures.

EDUCATION

2000 to 2003 KELLOGG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGMENT Evanston, IL

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Master of Business Administration degree, June 2003

Majored in Analytical Finance and Management & Strategy

. Dean's list: 2000 - 2001, 2001 - 2002.

. Completed degree while working full-time.

1990 to 1994 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Champaign, IL

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bachelor of Science degree in Finance

Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy

. President, Korean American Student Association.

. Studied abroad in the Fall semester of 1993 - Yonsei

University, Seoul Korea.

OTHER DATA

. Passed series 7, 63 and 87 licensing exams.

. Enjoy investing, traveling, playing/following sports, and

playing the acoustic guitar.

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