Bienvenido A. "Jun" Callanta, Jr.

17810 North 44th Avenue

Glendale, Arizona 85308
Phone: (602) 978-9798
E-mail: callanta@mail.com
SUMMARY
Over 30 successful years of banking experience encompassing: >-
Commercial Lending * Business and Corporate Banking
Real Estate Lending * Correspondent Banking
Consumer Lending * International Banking
Government Guarantee Finance Programs * Trade Finance
Fluent in English, Japanese and Tagalog with a working knowledge of Spanish
May 2006 to present
Jan 2005 to May 2006
Nov 2003-Nov 2004
Nov 1999-Jan 2002
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
First Credit Union Chandler AZ
Director Commercial Real Estate Lending and Commercial Lending Officer Responsib
le for business development, construction loans, real property purchase and refi
nancing, working capital and permanent working capital loans, SBA Guarantee Loan
Program loans; credit analysis and loan presentation to the Loan Committee
Desert School Federal Credit Union Phoenix, AZ
Commercial Loan Officer
Responsible for business development, construction loans, real property purchase
and refinancing,
working capital and permanent working capital loans, business acquisition loans,
SBA Guarantee Loan
Program loans; credit analysis and loan presentation to the Loan Committee
Achievements: First construction loan approval for the Credit Union; 2005 Sales
Leader in Business
Services
Rabobank Bakersfield, CA
Relationship Manager
Responsible for business development, analysis and management of real estate acq
uisition and development, construction, real property purchase and refinancing l
oans
Community First National Bank (now Bank of the West)
CFNB Phoenix Office - Senior Relationship Manager (Apr2001 -Jun 2002) Phoenix, A
Z
Responsible for all credit activities with emphasis on: (1) Business development
in the areas of SBA, EXIM Bank, and USDA federal government guarantee and insur
ance loans; City of Phoenix Expand Program loans; self liquidating asset based l
ending; conventional short and long term commercial loan, interim and permanent
construction loans; loan participations; supervision of three business developme
nt/lending officers; and (2) Supervision of Special Assets Portfolio
Achievements: (1) Successfully obtained a $2.0MM approving authority from the Ex
port-Import Bank of the United States for the Phoenix Office. (2) Obtained first
approval for export working capital line of credit (3) Responsible for loan por
tfolio of $130MM.
CFNB Regional Office - Senior Credit Manager (Nov 1999 - Apr 2001 ) Phoenix, AZ
Responsible for all credit activities, both commercial and consumer loans, for 2
6 branches of Arizona charter. Chair credit committee, strategic planning, train
ing; supervision of branch managers, business development officers and relations
hip managers on all credit matters. Supervision of Special Assets Portfolio - de
linquencies, collections, non-accruals and OREOs
Achievements: (1) Reduced potential loan losses by restructuring numerous classi
fied loans. (2) Helped recover over $1.5MM in losses resulting from fraudulent a
ctivities by a customer
Decl974-Octl999 Bank One (now Chase Bank)
Bank One Arizona - Business Relationship Manager Team Leader (April 1997 - Oct 1
999) Phoenix, AZ
Responsible for underwriting various business banking credits. Extensive contact
with Business Development Managers, Field Relationship Managers and Banking Cen
ter Managers for underwriting business loan requests: including SBA Express, 504
and 7A programs, letters of credit, commercial real estate loans, short term wo
rking capital and term loans. Taking business loan application via telephone. Cr
oss selling of various banking services to both existing and prospective custome
r via telephone. Out bound telephone calls to prospective loan applicants at the
request of Banking Center Managers. Supervision of six Relationship Managers
Achievement: Successfully managed six relationship managers who continuously wer
e ranked at the top in the bonus pool.
Bank One Columbus - International - Manager Asia Pacific Pec 1988 -Aug 1990) Col
umbus, OH
Responsible for trade related accounts, export import financing, EXIM Bank progr
ams. Correspondent banking officer for Far East and Southeast Asia. Principal bu
siness relationship officer for Ohio based Japanese corporation. Marketing of ba
nking services to Japanese companies - cash management, private banking, trust,
investment, real estate and consumer lending services. Marketing of internationa
l services to domestic companies. Responsible for credit approval up to $1.00M
Achievements: (1) Increased banking relationship from two to 170 relationships.
(2) Received an award for selling a cash management product (payroll processing)
to a manufacturer with 150 employees.
Bank One (Valley National Bank) - Various Positions (Dec 1974 - Oct 1987) Phoeni
x, AZ
Various positions including corporate trainee, lending officer in consumer, comm
ercial, trade finance and international
Achievements: (1) Received Salesman of the Year award in 1985. (2) Generated a f
ee income of $1.0 MM, which covered the salaries and bonuses for the entire depa
rtment. (3) Extensive travel in the Far East and Southeast Asian countries (4) M
anaged portfolio of $420MM.
Sep 1990 - Feb 1997 Union Bank of California - Business Relationship Officer Tor
rance, CA
Responsible for business development and management of commercial loans for six
business banking centers. Asset based lending, real estate interim financing, bu
siness banking, SBA programs, letters of credit, EXIM bank working capital and i
nsurance programs, and California Export Finance Office. Maintained relationship
s with multinational Japanese corporations, both depository and lending.
Achievements: (1) Succeeded in having the first SBA Export Working Capital line
of credit for the bank approved. (2) Managed portfolio of $75MM. (3) Developed a
$300M to a $5.0MM relationship with a help of mezzanine financing.
Oct 1987 - Nov 1988 Aviation Support Technology International, Inc. Phoenix, AZ
Responsible for government related contracts - U.S. and foreign governments for
sale of restricted aircraft parts.
Achievement: Successfully negotiated a contract with several foreign governments
for the sale of
numerous pieces of equipment.
EDUCATION
Sophia University - Tokyo, Japan Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
Thunderbird Gatvin School of International Management - Glendale, Arizona Master
s Business Administration
University of Virginia - Chariottesville, Virginia
Advance International Banking Studies
University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado
International Banking Studies
Sumitomo Banking Seminar - Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Banking System Studies
Western Credit Union National Association Management School Pomona College - Cla
remont California
Credit Union Management Studies
LICENSES & CERTIFICATES
Instructor Certification: Arizona Chapter National Association of Minority Contr
actors
Instructor Certification: Arizona Community College System