Leadership Team
Nicholas Schrider | President
Mr. Schrider is a multi-faceted leader with 20 years of experience in asset-backed finance, operations, strategy, and analytics. At Cypress Creek, he executes on strategic funding and operational initiatives for clients, including global investment banks, corporates, GSEs, and private equity portfolio companies. He maintains deep domain expertise across consumer lending, due diligence, loan servicing, and structured finance, having issued over $150 billion of asset-backed securities throughout his career. He spent 15 years at Navient (formerly Sallie Mae) directing their global securitization program, revolving credit facilities, and other esoteric financings. Additionally, he led re-performing and non-performing loan transactions at Freddie Mac where he managed underwriters, investors, rating agencies, diligence vendors, and 3rd party loan servicers. Mr. Schrider maintains an extensive network of relationships with key capital markets participants, including banks, lenders, institutional investors, loan servicers, trustees, and trusted counsel.
Scott Booher | Principal
Mr. Booher is a seasoned executive who brings a wealth of knowledge in corporate finance operations, treasury, and structured finance. With over 20 years of experience leading Treasury and Structured Finance Operations, Trust Administration, Data Analysis and Management, and Technology projects at Sallie Mae and Navient. Previously, he also led technology efforts creating data warehouses, reporting, and user interfaces for numerous large companies. Throughout his tenure he has specialized in driving efficiency, enhancing transparency through streamlined reporting infrastructures, effective controls, compliance, and complex problem-solving to include structuring, reporting, and bondholder issues.
Melinda Camangian | Director
Ms. Camangian is a dynamic professional with over 12 years of experience in corporate finance, capital markets, and advisory. She maintains a deep understanding of front office, middle office, and back office operations at top-tier issuers and lenders. Her experience includes 5 years at Navient (formerly Sallie Mae) overseeing treasury operations, debt investor reporting, and asset-backed origination. Additionally, she spent 7 years at Capital One managing cash desk operations, credit risk, liquidity, and hedging. She is highly skilled in data management, analytics, and project delivery. Throughout her career, she has developed close relationships with a wide array of market participants, including lenders, custodians, and rating agencies.
Mark Daly | Advisor
Mr. Daly is an experienced executive with over 30 years of experience in financial services, capital markets and advisory. He spent 14 years with Sallie Mae as Senior Vice President of Treasury and Corporate Finance where he led asset backed securitization and structured finance initiatives for the organization. Additionally, Mr. Daly spent 9 years with KPMG and gained extensive experience in internal audit, internal control testing, operational and enterprise risk management, CCAR data origination and report production, data governance, project and change management, financial and regulatory compliance, capital markets, securities valuation, and model validation. Mr. Daly holds a Bachelor's degree from Brown University and a MBA from the University of Maryland.