Alex Rivas Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Greater Boston

Greater Boston Area

Member of the Global Asset Allocation investment team. Responsible for investment strategy and portfolio research.

Greater New York City Area

Conducted daily research using Kensho analytics on time-series data of prices, indicators, and global events. Supported business development efforts with focus on growing in academia in support of delivering new revenue sources.

Greater New York City Area

Product manager for electronic trading (all asset classes) and support for electronic affirmation and clearing. Proficient with multiple trading platforms across fixed income, FX, equity, futures, and derivatives; and experience with direct client-to-broker trading covering care, DMA, algo, and program trading. Drove forward enhancements and supported.

Greater New York City Area

Focused on clients in Asset Management, Insurance, and Investment & Private Banking. Supported pre deal signing and post merger integration activities for large M&A efforts. Performed a firm-wide Cost Reduction review for an AM business within a larger PB. Coordinated and led post-merger activities and individual SDLC implementations. Documented target.

Jersey City, NJ

Awarded the Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence (2008). Supported trading efforts using an in-house, proprietary trading platform. Entered and processed trades, as directed by the clients. Conducted daily client phone and email conversations (clients included CFO’s, money managers, and financial representatives). Created an internal website which.

East Hartford, CT

Documented current state line manufacturing processes for various engine components. Created a user-friendly spreadsheet documenting production metrics including takt time, process steps, and efficiency. Conducted time trials along production cells producing thousands of parts per day. Presented findings to upper management and educated the team on.

Houston, Texas Area

Conducted research simulating an onboard propulsion system during an outer space mission. Used MATLAB to solve a multi-variable model using PCA. Produced and presented findings to lead NASA scientists and engineers. Published a white paper on findings and and earned funding to present at a JANAAF (Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force) conference as one of two.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Supported rocket engine test procedures, led maintenance effort for propellant feed lines and valves, performed Quality Assurance on test procedures and manuals

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Led a case study aimed at eliminating cadmium from the manufacturing floor, machined and welded test pieces, performed load tests and microscopic weld observations on test pieces, supported daily maintenance of manufacturing operations for the Combustible Devices Operations Center (CDOC)

Master’S Degree, Finance

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Innovate Conference 2007, SHPE, ASME, NSCS, AIAAHigh Honors

Mechanical Engineering