james F. Pomeroy II: Acheievements

James F. Pomeroy II: My Greatest Achievements

January 2013

James F. Pomeroy II is a world-renowned international financial expert and investment consultant. He is also the much-lauded founder of the student athlete- empowering organization, Velocity Sports & Education, as well best-selling author and philanthropist. But when asked what his greatest achievements are,  he said it was none of these.

James F. Pomeroy II  said it was his children, daughter Pamela, 25 years old, and son Alek, 20.

This from a man who has spent decades at the top of the financial world - structuring billions of dollars in financing deals and designing sophisticated investment instruments.  Mr. Pomeroy is a corporate leader who has built numerous business and charitable networks in Asia and Africa, Europe and North America.  Jim is universally lauded philanthropist who has directed millions in a sports education program to help kids use sports to go to better colleges.

With the heights achievements he has reached, as well as the business and financial challenges he has had to face in his lifetime.  Everyone makes mistakes.  It is through failure and getting back up that we truly learn, he said.  James F. Pomeroy II has come to one conclusion: At the end of the day, it’s family that matters. It’s the passing down of values to the next generation that really counts. It’s knowing that your children are living productive lives in the service of others - mirroring a parent’s own life -  that really makes one proud.  www.velocitysportsedu.com

James F. Pomeroy’s daughter (Pamela) has not only inherited Dad’s financial genius, but also his capacity to use it to help the less privileged. In her position as finance analyst, 24-year-old Pamela uses her talents to provide financial and accounting advice to those who need it most but can’t afford the services of expensive consultants. Her proud father says, “She is truly brilliant...uniquely beautiful...she makes me proud everyday.”

Son,  Aleksander (Alek), nicknamed “Gator”, recently left college in search of something “more meaningful.” The boy that Pomeroy coached from the time he was 5, through high school and into college...the boy that he watched get over a torn knee (caused by a sprinkler head) and maintain a 3.5 in college...had found his place in the United States Air Force. And when he was inducted into the Air Force, that boy spoke of integrity, responsibility for others, excellence in all things. He could have been speaking for his father.

James F. Pomeroy II often says, “I can never brag about my kids so much.  When I get upset, I think about my two awesome kids and the world is just a little better.”

But maybe, just maybe, he’s got some good reasons to.

About James. F Pomeroy

James F. Pomeroy II has achieved fame and success through several successful ventures in international finance, specifically financial engineering. He first worked with Archibald Albright at Drexel Burnham, and then started his own consulting and financial and investment services groups. A father of two and a baseball enthusiast, he launched Velocity Sports & Education - a not-for-profit organization that provides intensive and cutting-edge sports training and college placement programming for kids, teens and young adults. Mr. Pomeroy provides ongoing counsel and program development for Velocity which now boasts state-of-the-art facilities and the best-trained teaching professionals. A best-selling author, he remains engaged in the financial arena and is active in philanthropy. 

Empowering Kids: James F. Pomeroy II

James F. Pomeroy II’s Top 10 Tips

for Empowering Kids

James F. Pomeroy II’s name is associated with Velocity Sports & Education - the country’s most well-known organization for helping kids of all ages improve their sports skills and navigate the complex process of college admissions. Along the way, he has accumulated practical tips for success.

www. velocitysportsedu.com

How does one positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids - of all ages? How does one acquire a top reputation for bringing a unique concept to life - that is, combining state-of-the-art sports training programs with innovative college placement initiatives to help kids get a leg up in education opportunities and in life? James F. Pomeroy II offers up some tips and advice:

1.     Empower kids one player at a time, by earning and keeping their trust

2.     Teaching kids a new way to do things is not easy and has no quick fix. Get ready to devote time, expend resources, and focus on the end goal….helping kids!

3.     Review past performances - but focus your energy on the present.

4.     Believe in what you’re doing - and your kids will believe along with you.

5.     Get the best and the brightest to work for you - Velocity employs top-notch professional sports teachers and only the latest computer systems.

6.     Include the decision makers (i.e, the parents) in every strategy, plan, and action involving their kids - their input is invaluable.

7.     The program does not end when the kids graduate - stay in touch and continue boosting their co

Confidence and beliefs.

8.     A word about funding and fundraising - persuade  business leaders that investing in kids and in their future can produce dividends, then make that happen!

9.     Spread the word - find out what other emerging programs share your goals. Share your skills, provide advice, perhaps even invest in them and persuade them to adopt what is useful in your programs.  Then give without expectation.  People will get it, and the end game happens.

James F. Pomeroy II has touched hundreds of thousands of kids’ lives through Velocity Sports & Education - the successful and life-changing organization that helps kids through baseball training and college placement programs. Perhaps his strategies and practices can help those with similar goals and desire to succeed.

About James. F Pomeroy II

James F. Pomeroy has achieved fame and success through several successful ventures in international finance, specifically financial engineering. He first worked with Archibald Albright at Drexel Burnham, and then started his own consulting and financial and investment services groups. A father of two and a baseball enthusiast, he launched Velocity Sports & Education - a not-for-profit organization that provides intensive and cutting-edge sports training and college placement programming for kids, teens and young adults. Mr. Pomeroy provides ongoing counsel and program development for Velocity which now boasts state-of-the-art facilities and the best-trained teaching professionals. A best-selling author, he remains engaged in the financial arena and is active in philanthropy.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with James F. Pomeroy II ,  email him at jfp@theargogroupllc.com

James F. Pomeroy II

Finance whiz James F. Pomeroy is in the midst of launching a new company. In the process, he advises finance professionals on how what it takes for a business (new or established) to succeed in an uncertain and sometimes risky business climate.

James F. Pomeroy and his associates are creating a new kind of company designed to help with multi-national infrastructure and ventures that can be classified into two distinct groups:   Real Estate Private Equity and Corporate Opportunity.

A new business model

According to James, the new company combines the business models of these two sectors. It is unique in that it utilizes the following in combination:

●      the trading of a commodities- based platform (precious metals, oil, financial instruments, collateral) to create significant current cash flow (like a trading company)

●      the longer-term wealth accumulation of smartly structured real estate projects

●      the selection and private equity investments or joint ventures in corporate investing 

The model is built upon the traditions of the great merchant bankers like Baron Von Rothschild and JP Morgan (James’ business heroes). James’ new company combines this model, intellectual currency, and real capital to a platform of current, medium-term and longer-term growth in one amorphous profit center.

Can a new business ride an uncertain economy?

James F. Pomeroy has founded and established several businesses in the course of his 30-year finance career. Having experienced both wins and losses, he is in a good position to answer the question: How can a business, any business, ride the economy’s ups and downs?

From his experience as  a financial  entrepreneur, he has concluded that when markets are not responsive to clients, one has  to do the following:

●      First, think creatively and outside the box.  For example, he says, “We created special classes of collateral to enhance the  credit worthiness of our projects and the interest of money partners for our clients.  We have had a huge successful closing ratio because of that.”

●      Second, focus on substance vs. structure, then create added value in all that you do. In one scenario, he developed value-added consulting and finance strategies for a client, writing and rewriting the capital markets plan for the company and, in essence, completing an incredible due diligence for the client.  Then his team identified product end buyers and helped the client pre-sell products at a discount to A level corporate credit buyers.

●      Third, once James’ firm and its client agree to move forward, James asks the client to escrow or set aside funds for the capital-formation activities of his firm. This way, James’ attorneys, underwriters, the broker dealers he affiliates with, and professional services group he has contracted are all paid in reserve. 

●      Fourth, James’ firm drives optimum performance through best-efforts campaigns - from the start of the project all the way to custom fitting collateral, recruiting officers and directors, and other activities.  At the end of the day, the client gets a one-of-a-kind finance deal custom-structured to his requirements  - sort of an “Armani” that is made to hang like no other suit can.  

That is what we do, James says simply.

About James. F Pomeroy

James F. Pomeroy has achieved fame and success through several successful ventures in international finance, specifically financial engineering. He first worked with Archibald Albright at Drexel Burnham, and then started his own consulting and financial and investment services groups. A father of two and a baseball enthusiast, he launched Velocity Sports & Education - a not-for-profit organization that provides intensive and cutting-edge sports training and college placement programming for kids, teens and young adults. Mr. Pomeroy provides ongoing counsel and program development for Velocity which now boasts state-of-the-art facilities and the best-trained teaching professionals. A best-selling author, he remains engaged in the financial arena and is active in philanthropy.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with James F. Pomeroy, call  781 588 6351

James F. Pomeroy II: What Makes Him Tick

Financial Engineer James F. Pomeroy: What Makes Him Tick

James F. Pomeroy started as a baseball player and ended up engineering - to date - over US$1 trillion in project and corporate finance deals. What’s his secret? What are the lessons learned? What would he pass down to today’s financial engineering upstarts?

James F. Pomeroy describes himself as “...very good at taking ‘chicken shit and turning it into chicken salad’.” Would this ability be perhaps responsible for his success in financial engineering. He started his finance career at Drexel Burnham and now continues to launch and establish consulting and financial services groups specializing in funding developing-stage companies, his area of expertise. So what makes him tick...this finance whiz who engineered over US$1 trillion in corporate deals, as well as raised over US$4 billion in fund managers-administered funds and assets?

How it all began

James F. Pomeroy was 21 when he decided he was done playing baseball. Serendipity happened - and on a plane ride from Detroit to New York City he was “adopted” by his would-be mentor Archibald Albright, then at Drexel.  Hired as Albright’s Personal Assistant, James carried his bags for years - while reading every detail of every deal that Drexel ever financed and meeting Corporate America’s Who’s Who back in the day.  Convinced by his mentor that he had the skills and temperament to  make it big in finance - and he had the responsibility to develop this talent - James started his sure and steady climb to the top of the financial engineering ladder.

If I were to do it again: Advice to would-be financial engineers

Hindsight is 20/20, and according to James, if he were to do it all over again he would have completed his law degree even as he worked for the finance houses. Asked what else he would advise would-be financial engineers, he replied:

●      Listen - By listening twice as much as one talks, one can  start to structure deals like those  created by major international finance houses like JP Morgan, Rothschild, and the like. 

●      Read and learn from history - Reading past histories of great private merchant bankers like Rothschild, Warburg, and Morgan is the only way such a journey can begin. 

●      Study  - Master financial models and financial applications.

●      Stay up to date - Keep on top of current cutting-edge tools and how to use the Internet smartly.

●      Inject passion in your work - Use your finance skills to achieve something real.  Today’s finance “young guns” seem to have it all, but passion is missing.  It cannot be just about money, or clients needs or your career…it has to be about passion and creating solutions by thinking out of the box! And above all it is about giving it back to others who need help.

The future of financial engineering

Financial Engineers have been pointed as responsible parties for the collapse of the current financial markets.  People point to the creation of things like synthetic securities. They level accusations at distribution systems for over-leveraged mortgage-backed instruments  that failed when a homeowner simply could not pay his mortgage. These people had borrowed more than the property value so it was easy to simply walk away. 

But according to James, financial engineers remain a critical backbone of nations and sovereignties and tier 1 capital requirements for major financial houses. Those who combine their talent with maturity, responsibility and discipline - and eschew an “all or nothing” or “total responsibility” world - are the ones who will create economic miracles and shape nations and states.  Just like Rothschild and Morgan in their time.

What the future holds

With all of James F. Pomeroy’s accomplishments in the finance arena and in the realm of philanthropy, is there anything left for him to do?

According to him, “I think I would like to write and lecture and teach at a prestigious university or college some day, while my companies continue to grow businesses and help people finance their dreams. I would also like to help young people rediscover the lost arts of wealth creation, responsibility and discipline.  And, it would be really cool to find my last first date who became the love of my life.  Then together, watch the kids become awesome through service to others!  That would be so very, very cool.”