SAM INMAN
401 Meyers Drive
Greenville, SC 29605
Phone: 864.905.1984
Email: saminman4@bellsouth.net
Highlights of Qualifications
Innovative manager with over seventeen years’ leadership experience and particular
success in business development and analysis. Proven record in motivating and
managing people toward a common goal. Demonstrated ability to develop and
implement action plans leading to financial success. Able to see “big picture,” turningpoint details, and pricing strategies in order to define and meet goals. Strong sense of
timing to achieve long-term, win-win business relationships. Works with a wide range of
personalities and cultures. An effective community leader recognized for creative ideas
and problem solving ability.
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Growth Strategies
Strategic Planning
Staff Development
Cash Flow Enhancement
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Team Building
Budget Management
Marketing
Events Planning
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Administration
Productivity Improvement
Community Liaison
Public Relations
Recent Successes at NBSC
Having ‘inherited’ over $20 million in poorly performing, poorly documented loans during
the economic downturn, succeeded in
 Growing portfolio more than 10% annually during contracting economic times.
 Cross-selling additional, ancillary financial services to 82% of new and existing
customers within portfolio. Sold and helped commercial client implemented one of
the first FTRANS “Trade Credit Express” banking relationships in South Carolina.
 Moving 88% of previous SouthTrust portfolio relationships to NBSC.
 Being tapped by executive management to manage the banking relationships of top
board member, his multiple companies, and the companies of key corporate clients.
 Being recognized by peers as the “go to” account manager for blending business
cultivation, proper credit underwriting, cross-selling ancillary products and services,
and servicing customers needs for the long term.
 Reducing past-due accounts by 60% to less than 0.36% of portfolio.
 Establishing proper credit reviews and reports that management considered the most
comprehensive in the bank.
 Discovering multi-million-dollar real estate scam that involved NBSC employee’s son
and an existing small business customer. Saved the bank over $2 million when at
least two other local banks lost almost $2 million each in deals with suspects later
convicted on multiple counts of banking fraud.
Inman, Sam M
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Professional Experience
The National Bank of South Carolina (Synovus Financial Corp.)
Greenville, SC
2005 – 2009
Vice President, Commercial Banker/Senior Relationship Manager
 Developed new commercial deposits, loans, and lines in the $4M-to-$35M middle market
 Negotiated credit terms and conditions with both customers and senior management.
 Managed loan/deposit portfolios while cross-selling to bank’s other lines of business.
 Clarified pertinent issues within credit presentations made to executive management.
 Analyzed and underwrote new and renewing credits.
SouthTrust Bank
Greenville, SC
2000 – 2005
Vice President, Commercial Account Manager & Credit Quality Manager:
 Managed team’s loan portfolio of $170MM for underwriting and credit quality.
 Managed own loan portfolio of $20MM; assist region’s team members with business
development.
 Coached Junior Commercial Account Manager in underwriting and sales skills.
 Analyzed and underwrite new, existing, and renewing credits for quality.
 Utilized Cohen Brown and S.M.A.R.T. on-line tools to improve call successes.
Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T), Greenville, SC
1991 – 2000
Business Services Officer, Commercial Lending 1998 – 2000
Commercial lender, credit analyst, and portfolio manager
Business development, cross-selling, managing portfolio that reached 240 small
business accounts and $15MM.
Administrative Assistant, Retail Administration
1996 – 1998
Liaison between Retail Administrator and 32 branch managers. Served as
temporary manager for branches in transition. Fielded and resolved customer
concerns, including those related to service, fees, M&A. Streamlined and
analyzed sales data collection. Developed weekly sales strategies for branches.
Mortgage Asset Management Paralegal
1991 – 1996
Post-closing asset management: Negotiated and developed workout agreements
with bank clients. Developed, implemented, & refined internal processes to assist
outside mortgage insurance companies, attorneys, FHA/VA governmental
agencies. Examined executed documents and account histories to determine
course of positive and negative actions in exceptional cases.
Inman, Sam M
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EDUCATION
Furman University, 1998, B.A., Business Administration
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Richardson Series: Negotiation Strategies
Moody’s Training Series: Financial Statement Analysis
Richardson Series: Consultative Selling
Omega Series: Selling to Achieve Results
Leading Large: Building Effective Boards
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board Member/Finance Committee, Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation, Inc.
Past Chair, School Improvement Council,
SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities
Finance Committee, Foothills Presbytery
Board member, Junior Achievement of the Upstate
United Way volunteer in various capacities
Financial Literacy volunteer instructor with
American Bankers Association (ABA) curriculum
Past President/Current Board member, Greenville Track Club, Inc.
Race Director, Reedy River Run 2001-present
Elder, teacher, basketball coach, Westminster Presbyterian Church