President and Founder of Lawrenson Services Inc., Leo Lawrenson is the manager of all
of the day-to-day technical aspects of LSI, including all project management. He offers over 25 years of progressive experience
in municipal finance, debt analysis, and financial consulting, and over 30 years of IT, networking, and MIS management expertise.
Prior to starting LSI in 1988, Mr. Lawrenson’s corporate work experience had progressed
upwards with several notable financial services firms. In the mid 1980’s, he worked for 4 years as First Vice President
of Public Finance for Rauscher Pierce Refsnes Inc. (RPR). There, Leo had the combined responsibilities of: analyzing capital
requirements; structuring taxable and tax-exempt financings; preparing oral and written proposals to clients; and overseeing
implementation of financial strategies. Before RPR, Leo was a Vice President of Public Finance for Shearson Lehman Hutton
(SLH) for 3 years. While with SLH (in NYC and Atlanta) he was promoted to Supervisor of the Student Loan Group (rated first
in industry by volume and number of financings). Also while with SLH, Leo gained valuable vertical market expertise by working
closely with the Education, Health, Housing, Power, Special Products, and Banking Services Groups. Not only did Leo quickly
become the firm’s leading advisor on current and advance refundings, he was also the recognized in-house automation
and technology expert, and the Atlanta Office Manager.
Before joining Shearson Lehman Hutton, Mr. Lawrenson was
employed by Kutak Rock & Campbell, a national law firm specializing in public finance. He designed and supervised implementation
of a complex securities analysis system for this 200-attorney firm and its leading financial clients. He also supervised the
financial team providing cash flow analysis and arbitrage compliance for refundings, limited partnerships, leases, blind pools,
housing, health care and education financings. Also while with Kutak Rock & Campbell, he served as National Director of
Information Processing (the firm's top computer manager), responsible for a nationally distributed network of word and data
processing equipment, personnel and activities. Mr. Lawrenson received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from New
Mexico State University and his Masters in Engineering and Artificial Intelligence from California State University and Stanford
University. He retired in 2005 as a Colonel with 30 years of active and reserve
military service from the United States Air Force, assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, providing Homeland
Security and Military Support to Civil Authorities.
