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Dev Strischek

A frequent speaker, instructor, advisor and writer on credit risk and commercial banking topics and issues, Dev is principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group and engages in consulting, speaking and training on a wide range of risk, credit, and lending topics. As former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, he was responsible for developing, implementing, and administering credit policies for SunTrust's wholesale lines of business–commercial, commercial real estate, corporate investment banking, capital markets, business banking and private wealth management.

  • Principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group, engaging in consulting, speaking and training on a wide range of risk, credit, and lending topics
  • Former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta
  • Previously chief credit officer for Barnett Bank's Palm Beach market
  • Served as a combat engineer officer in the U.S. Army
  • Instructor in the American Bankers Association’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking
  • Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, and the ABA’s Commercial Lending School
  • Writes about credit risk management, financial analysis, and related subjects for professional business journals
  • Serves on the advisory boards of several professional associations
  • Graduate of Ohio State University and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking MBA from the University of Hawaii
Dev Strischek

Courses available by Dev Strischek

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  1. How To Evaluate An Operator’s Performance: Profitability, Productivity and Sustainability
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    How To Evaluate An Operator’s Performance: Profitability, Productivity and Sustainability

    Financial institution risk expert Dev Strischek will help you glean information from income statements to evaluate operating performance. You will learn how to assess pandemic-era results.

    What You'll Learn

    • What essential P&L components should you consider?
    • How can you assess sustainable revenue growth?
    • How much revenue does a borrower need to cover expenses?
    • How can analyzing operating leverage help you measure vulnerability?
    • How do production and productivity differ?
    • What do profit margins indicate? How should you calculate them?
    • What do return on sales, return on assets, and return on equity reveal?
    • Why is profit not always equal to cash flow, particularly now?
  2. How To Evaluate A Borrower’s Financial Condition: Liquidity, Leverage, And Solvency
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    How To Evaluate A Borrower’s Financial Condition: Liquidity, Leverage, And Solvency

    Financial institution risk expert Dev Strischek will move from the income statement to the balance sheet to show you how to evaluate a borrower’s liquidity, leverage, and solvency. You will learn how to update your vetting practices to account for the unusual history and uncertain future of the pandemic era.

    What You'll Learn

    • How should you measure liquidity today? How have ratios changed?
    • What does the proportion of support between owners and creditors reveal?
    • How can you match short-term assets with short-term debt and long-term assets with long-term debt?
    • How can you determine if a borrower can sustain its asset base, pay its obligations, and reward its owners?
    • How does sustainable growth differ from actual growth?
    • What industry ratios allow you to compare a borrower to its peers?
  3. Commercial Loan Underwriting Certification
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    Commercial Loan Underwriting Certification
    Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period. Tuesday, November 14 - Thursday, November 16, 2023; 12:00 PM Eastern

    Financial institution risk expert Dev Strischek will provide the details you need to underwrite commercial loans effectively. You will learn how to reduce risk for your bank or credit union while bolstering your resume.

    Benefits of Certification

    • Master the current laws and regulations
    • Examine commercial loan applications in the context of today’s economy
    • Update your institution’s practices
    • Reduce risk
    • Demonstrate your competence to managers, regulators, and customers
    • Accelerate your career growth
    • Live Session
    • Certification
    Commercial Loan Underwriting Certification
    Tuesday, November 14 - Thursday, November 16, 2023; 12:00 PM Eastern
    Dev Strischek
    From $573.00
  4. New GAAP Standard ASC 842: What This Means for Your Institution
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    New GAAP Standard ASC 842: What This Means for Your Institution

    Commercial lending expert Dev Strischek will share the details of how new GAAP lease capitalization standards affect financial institutions. You will learn how to evaluate borrowers under the new rules.

    What You'll Learn

    • What are the key elements of the lease capitalization changes?
    • How does lease capitalization put both the lease liability and the right-of-use asset on the borrower’s balance sheet?
    • What items of financial condition and performance will the updates impact most?
    • How should you underwrite borrowers under the new GAAP?
  5. Write Right: How to Improve Your Business Writing
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    Write Right: How to Improve Your Business Writing

    Accomplished business writer Dev Strischek will give you practical and useful tips to tighten up your language and organize content into a logical, convincing read. You will learn how to improve the readability of your written words.

    What You'll Learn

    • What goals should your writing achieve?
    • Which puffy and ambiguous words can you eliminate?
    • What clear and sharp language should you use?
    • How does punctuation make documents more understandable?
    • What techniques enable you to write clearly and concisely?
    • How should you structure well-organized, logical arguments?
  6. The Essentials of Asset-Based Lending
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    The Essentials of Asset-Based Lending
    Scheduled for 60 minutes including question and answer period. Friday, October 13, 2023; 12:00 PM Eastern

    Commercial lending expert Dev Strischek will show you how to monitor and control collateral for asset-based loans. You will learn how to ensure your financial institution is repaid on time, in full, and as agreed.

    What You'll Learn

    • What are the characteristics of ABL borrowers?
    • What are customers’ advantages for an ABL facility?
    • What are the essential collateral considerations?
    • How can you measure and mitigate risks?
    • What types of facilities do financial institutions offer?
    • How are advance rates determined?
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    The Essentials of Asset-Based Lending
    Friday, October 13, 2023; 12:00 PM Eastern
    Dev Strischek
    From $219.00
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