Alex Gionis

New York, NY
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About

Finance professional with extensive experience in capital markets, asset management, and commercial real estate. Currently serving as a Senior Analyst at Granite Point Mortgage Trust, managing relationships with diverse financing counterparties and overseeing a $2.5B loan book. Background includes credit analysis at Fitch Ratings, commercial credit underwriting at Valley Bank, and entrepreneurial ventures in real estate and consumer products.

Former Division I collegiate athlete and team captain with a strong track record of leadership, analytical excellence, and strategic decision-making in high-pressure environments.

Work Experience

Senior Analyst - Capital Markets and Asset Management

Granite Point Mortgage Trust

New York, NY

  • Facilitate a diverse range of financing counterparties, including repo providers and CRE CLO bond investors
  • Develop and maintain models to assist in efficient decision making related to CLO oversight, specifically regarding reinvestment into existing CRE CLOs and ensuring compliance with note protection tests
  • Coordinate with deal teams and senior leadership to build out new asset management platform for $2.5B loan book, consisting primarily of senior floating-rate loans

Analyst - CMBS

Fitch Ratings

New York, NY

  • Analyzed conduit and SASB CMBS transactions to provide investors and other market participants with reasoned credit opinions
  • Undertook credit modeling within the scope of published ratings criteria
  • Performed on-site property inspections and reviewed appraisal reports with a view toward forming forward-looking opinions on property quality
  • Prepared written ratings communications and presented ratings proposals to internal rating committees including senior management

Commercial Credit Underwriting Associate

Valley Bank

New York, NY

  • Completed Valley's commercial credit underwriting training program
  • Read, interpreted, and analyzed financial statements and tax returns of companies in a variety of industries
  • Created credit packages for various types of facilities (term and revolving loans for C&I and CRE, ABL, healthcare, dealership, tax credit)
  • Participated in mentorship program to assist new associates in onboarding and professional development
  • Helped design and implement the roll-out of a new credit memo format as requested by senior management

Entrepreneurial Ventures

Co-Founder

Dance N Go

New York, NY

  • Created a patented portable dance floor with attachable ballet barre, with the goal of enhancing dancers' ability to have quality training time at home or on the go

Principal

Exi Holdings

Tampa Bay, FL

  • Manage small portfolio of single- and multi-family properties in the Tampa Bay, FL metro area
  • Develop models to screen potential new deals and arrange financing from variety of sources

Core Competencies

Strategy & Operations

  • Built asset management platform for $2.5B book
  • Helped design a new credit memo format
  • Managed short-term rentals, with a focus on guest experience
  • Performed on-site property inspections

Analytics & Finance

  • Modeled CLO reinvestment and compliance tests
  • Analyzed financial statements for various business types
  • Conducted CMBS credit modeling per criteria
  • Built web scraping tools to screen for investable real estate deals

Capital Markets & Risk

  • Facilitated financing across multiple counterparties
  • Prepared pre-sale reports for large CMBS transactions
  • Build ratings agency models to predict CLO cost of capital for given loan pool
  • Ensured compliance with note protection tests

Leadership & Execution

  • Presented to senior committees
  • Mentored new associates in training program
  • Captained Division I baseball team
  • Performed under pressure before 5,000 fans

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Economics

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Athletics & Leadership

College of the Holy Cross Baseball Team

Athlete – Division I

Worcester, MA

  • Named to 2017 and 2018 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
  • Named Team Captain in senior season

Summer Baseball

Professional Summer League Player

Contracted by professional organizations to play summer-long seasons with games held daily in front of crowds of up to 5,000 fans

  • Summer 2018 – Worcester Bravehearts (Worcester, MA)
  • Summer 2017 – Lake Erie Monarchs (Monroe, MI)
  • Summer 2016 – Geneva Red Wings (Geneva, NY)

Get In Touch

Email

agionis19@gmail.com

Phone

+1 (813) 435-0643