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John Markowitz

John Markowitz

Herndon,VA

Summary

Infrastructure Finance, Transportation Planning and Finance, Treasury Management, Public Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Risk Management, Credit Analysis, Project Finance, Public-Private Partnerships, Smart Infrastructure, Resiliency, Sustainable Infrastructure, Economic Development, Real Estate Development and Finance, Government Relations, Value Capture, Cybersecurity and Green Building.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
47
47
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Assistant Treasurer

Transurban, North America
Tysons, VA
01.2020 - Current

-Provides financial structuring, negotiating, investment and financing for managed toll lane developments and bid submissions from project inception, development and construction, through operations for Transurban's $4 billion plus North American infrastructure portfolio

-Helping to manage treasury, corporate finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) functions for Transurban’s North American assets and operations

Treasurer

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Boston, MA
12.2017 - 12.2019

-managed the Authority’s $5.1 billion debt portfolio and $1.5 billion in cash and investments to support an $8 billion capital investment plan and $2 billion operating budget.

-helped lead the stabilization and turnaround of the MBTA by closing a significant operating deficit through revenue enhancements, cost savings initiatives and productivity improvements, helping to develop a long-term capital reinvestment strategy to systematically reduce the Authority's deferred maintenance backlog

-managed the financial implementation of the Authority’s $750 million P3 for automated fare collection

-managed energy purchasing and exposure including fuel hedging, and supervised the MBTA’s $1.3 billion risk insurance program.

-managed banking, financial advisory, legal relationships

Vice President

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
Boston, MA
12.2014 - 11.2017
  • MassDevelopment is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ economic development and finance agency.
  • Both a lender and developer, the Agency works with private and public-sector clients to stimulate economic growth by eliminating blight, preparing key sites for development, creating jobs, and increasing the state’s housing supply.
  • Infrastructure and Governmental Finance.
  • Manage Commonwealth infrastructure bond programs including the Infrastructure Investment Incentives (I-Cubed) Program, District Improvement Financing and the Local Infrastructure Development Program.
  • Work closely with state and local government officials, real estate developers and banks to leverage public and private funds to support economic growth.
  • Manage governmental bond issuances to finance infrastructure for large-scale real estate development projects.

Vice President

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. / Stone & Youngberg, LLC
Richmond, VA
01.2007 - 03.2014
  • Stifel, Nicolaus & Company is a publicly held full-service broker dealer founded in 1890 in St.
  • Louis, Missouri.
  • The Company has over 5,000 full time employees and $125 billion in client assets under management.
  • Stone & Youngberg, LLC, founded in 1931 was one of the oldest private investment banks in the country specializing in the origination and sale of fixed-income securities.
  • In 2011, Stone & Youngberg was acquired by Stifel.
  • Public Finance.
  • Structured and advised state, local governments and private sector participants regarding the issuance of municipal bonds to finance infrastructure in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, California, Nevada, Rhode Island and Missouri.
  • Primary focus on tax increment financing (TIF), land secured financing and public-private partnerships helping to make Stifel the national leading underwriter in TIF and land secured finance.
  • Performed deal execution and business development.
  • Frequent speaker at conferences and webinars on TIF, land secured finance and public-private partnerships.

Credit Analyst

SunTrust Banks, Inc
Richmond, Atlanta, VA, Georgia
09.2005 - 01.2007
  • Is a Fortune 500, publicly traded financial services company headquartered in, Quantitative analysis, credit analysis and underwriting assessments of middle market commercial loans for companies with $50 million to $1 billion in annual revenues in the Mid-Atlantic region of the country.

Education

B.A. - American Politics, Spanish

University of Virginia

High School Diploma -

The Collegiate School
Richmond, Virginia
08.1989 - 05.2001

Affiliations

Frequent speaker on infrastructure finance including Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Business School, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Urban Land Institute, Government Finance Officers Association, Council of Development Finance Agencies, A Better City, Metro Area Planning Council, and NAIOP Massachusetts Board Member and Secretary - U.S. Green Building Council, Massachusetts Chapter Member - Urban Land Institute Infrastructure Council, Boston/New England LEAD VIRGINIA, Class of 2013

Timeline

Assistant Treasurer

Transurban, North America
01.2020 - Current

Treasurer

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
12.2017 - 12.2019

Vice President

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
12.2014 - 11.2017

Vice President

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. / Stone & Youngberg, LLC
01.2007 - 03.2014

Credit Analyst

SunTrust Banks, Inc
09.2005 - 01.2007

High School Diploma -

The Collegiate School
08.1989 - 05.2001

B.A. - American Politics, Spanish

University of Virginia
John Markowitz