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Mr. Eckhart has been involved in the derivative and reinvestment marketplace since 1988. Mr. Eckhart is one of the founding principals of IMAGE, established in November, 1992. Since then, IMAGE has grown to be one of the largest independent firms in the marketplace, managing the placement of over $100 billion of derivative products. Mr. Eckhart is an innovator in the marketplace, developing ideas such as escrow restructuring strategies that create significant value for municipal issuers. Under Mr. Eckhart, IMAGE has completed more than 70 escrow restructuring transactions totaling nearly $14 billion in escrow size. He also served as an investment banker with Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. for seven years, where he was involved in structuring several innovative financings for many types of issuers including cities and counties, hospitals, airports, prisons, resource recovery and others.Education : Mr. Eckhart received his B.S. degree in Marketing and his M.B.A. in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University. | 