Eric Williamson is a Senior Managing Director at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. Eric brings over 20 years of credit research and risk management experience to his role. He was previously head of credit research for MBIA Asset Management, the fixed income investment management business of MBIA Inc., where he led structured finance and corporate research across all investment portfolios. Prior to 2005, Eric held several positions at MBIA Insurance Corp., including head of the Consumer/Mortgage Structured Finance unit and head credit officer for Structured Finance. He had previously held risk management and business roles with Capital Markets Assurance Corp, including senior risk officer and real estate product manager. Eric started his career at Standard & Poor's in the Structured Finance division. He holds a BA and an MBA from Lehigh University and has earned the FRM designation.