Kathy earned her bachelor’s degree in French and her MBA from Saint Louis University. Kathy enjoys executive education and has pursued programs in areas such as leadership, asset-based thinking, and coaching. She has been active in the community and on SLU’s business alumni and women’s leadership boards. She is a founding member of the Gruenberg Society, which promotes business alumnae giving back to SLU. In 2006 she was appointed as a member of the governing body of ATHENAPowerlink, a program that provides mentoring to women business owners. She is currently the President of the Women’s Commission at SLU. Kathy has been recognized for service and performance through the IBM Golden Circle Award, a SLU Alumni Merit Award, and the Helen Towles Rohan Award for Service at Rohan Woods School.

Kathy is an officer of the Jesuit MBA consortium and has presented research on employer preferences in hiring (2004 conference of the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers). She also presented on the personal touch in relationship management at a part-time MBA leadership conference in 2007. Kathy has taught undergraduate courses to help orient freshmen and transfer students to campus and has facilitated professional and career development courses for MBA students. Kathy’s passion is to help organizations and individuals find their path to success using a coaching perspective.

After relocating to the United States she joined Mallinckrodt, Inc. in 1973 and after many promotions in 1998 was appointed President for the Latin American operations where she led a staff of 200 people. Mallinckrodt was a worldwide leader in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of medical products in the healthcare industry, which was acquired by Tyco in 2000. Ampy was the first woman appointed to the position of Director within Mallinckrodt’s Medical businesses to head up a major market business segment, and the only female to hold a President’s title for this $2.8 billion dollar company. Throughout her career she has demonstrated unique leadership skills in business development, employee motivation, market vision, positive people interaction, company dedication and a diverse market understanding.

In addition to her undergraduate work, she has completed executive management studies at Penn State University and received an Executive Masters degree in International Business from Saint Louis University where she was later honored with the Outstanding Alumni Award. She is currently Adjunct Faculty for Latin American studies at the University, and leads an Immersion in Emerging Markets course. She is an alumnus of Leadership America’s class of 1999.

Her community involvement ranges from being the Group Chair for Fair Saint Louis in 2005 to having created the multi-cultural entertainment Global Village in 2002. Member, Board of Directors of the International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Advisory Board of the Boeing Institute for International Business at Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of Business. Board Member and Business Development Committee Chair for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Education

1993 B.S. in Business Administration, major in accounting, Southeast Missouri State University
2006 MBA Saint Louis University

Current Position

GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE – St. Louis, MO 2007 – present
GE Commercial Distribution Finance (formerly ITT Commercial Finance and Deutsche Financial Services) offers customized financing tools to support various product lines throughout the United States

Vice President-Operations Manager 2007 –present
Manages a portfolio of industrial and construction equipment accounts of over $800 million in credit lines-over $470 million in loan balances. Monitors the risk associated with these accounts and ensures compliance with Operational and Risk Management policy. Trains and develops 6 account managers/account executives and 3 customer service employees. Reports to Senior Vice President-Operations Director.
Key member of management team-working closely with Sales, Marketing, and Corporate Risk to structure transactions within policy.
Negotiates and restructures problem accounts to minimize potential losses.

Work History

GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE – St. Louis, MO 2007 – present
GE Commercial Distribution Finance (formerly ITT Commercial Finance and Deutsche Financial Services) offers customized financing tools to support various product lines throughout the United States

Vice President-Operations Manager 2007 –present
Manages a portfolio of industrial and construction equipment accounts of over $800 million in credit lines-over $470 million in loan balances. Monitors the risk associated with these accounts and ensures compliance with Operational and Risk Management policy. Trains and develops 6 account managers/account executives and 3 customer service employees. Reports to Senior Vice President-Operations Director.
Key member of management team-working closely with Sales, Marketing, and Corporate Risk to structure transactions within policy.
Negotiates and restructures problem accounts to minimize potential losses.

US BANK – St. Louis, MO 2006 – 2007
US Bank is the 6th largest bank in the U.S. and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.

Relationship Manager 2006 – 2007
Managed relationships in the commercial mid-market with revenues from $20 million to $250 million. Responsible for growing revenues by prospecting for new business and retaining and expanding existing customer relationships. Managed loan and portfolio credit quality, sourced prospects and developed new customer relationships, provided financial advice to customers and sold appropriate bank products and services to new and existing customers.
Siebel power user for the Relationship Managers in St. Louis

GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE – St. Louis, MO 2000 – 2006
GE Commercial Distribution Finance (formerly ITT Commercial Finance and Deutsche Financial Services) offers customized financing tools to support various product lines throughout the United States

Account Executive/Portfolio Manager 2000 – 2006
Managed a portfolio of credit lines that exceeded $400 million including floorplan and working capital loans. Completed credit reviews, recommended approval or rejection based on analysis of credit and financial data, and assisted in execution of documentation. Maintained relationships with customers to ensure needs and requests were handled in a timely and efficient manner. Managed and coached 8 individuals.
Successfully liquidated 3 accounts without any losses to the company while keeping a good rapport with the customer.
Participated in and presented the revision of the company credit policy to senior management.

ONE, INC. (FORMERLY EFG, INC.) – St. Louis, MO 1999-2000
IT Solution Provider for mid-market companies in the St. Louis and surrounding markets

Business Development 1999 - 2000
Sales and marketing consultant for the Great Plain ERP packages. Managed the sales process from needs analysis to close. Performed product demonstrations and corporate overviews to potential customers. Prepared proposals and negotiated contracts.

A TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE, INC. – St. Louis, MO 1998-1999
IT Solution Provider and IT training for mid-market companies in the St. Louis and surrounding markets

Consultant 1998-1999
Responsible for the initial marketing of Great Plains software in St. Louis and surrounding areas. Analyzed the current financial packages of potential clients. Performed product demonstrations and corporate overviews to potential customers. Prepared proposals and negotiated contracts.

GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE – St. Louis, MO 1994 – 1998
GE Commercial Distribution Finance (formerly ITT Commercial Finance and Deutsche Financial Services) offers customized financing tools to support various product lines throughout the United States

Account Manager 1997 - 1998
Managed a portfolio of accounts with credit lines that exceeded $18 million. Assisted credit department to ensure reviews were completely timely and recommended approval or rejection. Maintained relationships with customers to ensure needs were handled timely and efficiently.

Associate Accountant 1996 – 1997
Reviewed and reconciled general ledger accounts. Responsible for maintaining and balancing the Canadian branches and the Central Accounting Department’s ledgers. Monitored, reviewed and recommended accounting policies and procedures. Performed branch office accounting reviews.

Field Rental Analyst 1995 – 1996
Performed cash and inventory audits to ensure sufficient collateral and processes were in place to cover borrowings. Analyzed the rental portfolio and monitored the viability of customers by reviewing back office procedures and collateral valuations. Traveled extensively across the United States.

Senior Account Administrator 1994 - 1995
Resolved customer problems and questions. Scheduled customer audits, reviewed inventory and cash audits. Acted as liaison between branch and Field Rental Analysts.

Civic/philanthropic activities