Mike Wear is owner of 39 Acres Corporation, a firm specializing in banker training and bank consulting services in credit underwriting and loan portfolio risk management. Over his 41-year banking career, he previously served in commercial lending and senior credit management positions with Omaha-area community banks. He retired as a senior analyst in the credit risk administration department of First National Bank of Omaha, a $23 billion community bank, specializing in underwriting larger ($10-100M) commercial real estate loans throughout the country. In addition, he developed curriculum and conducted multi-tier training programs in credit analytics on an enterprise-wide basis.
Mike is the Loan Portfolio Management Section Leader and serves as a member of the faculty at the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, as well as GSB’s Sales & Marketing School and IT Management School. He is a former adjunct professor for the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He has also authored articles for banking publications and has served as a textbook editor/reviewer for the American Bankers Association.