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An experienced entrepreneur and business developer with a proven track record in commodities portfolio management & strategy, energy litigation and renewable generation. Boasting a proven track record building out new business lines and adding value at companies ranging in size and stages from start-ups to Fortune 500 Wall Street banks. Utilizes a deep background in strategic thinking, sales and relationship building, and a unique combination of skills in computer science and commodity fundamentals .Currently, I am working at Charter Commodities, LLC, a commodities trading and consulting firm which I founded with discretionary money in 2013. Trading operations are engaged in physical and financial oil, natural gas, environmental (carbon trading and RECs) and US power markets. Charter's proprietary business process is fully automated, from data acquisition and scrubbing, exploration, modeling and interpretation. The end results are actionable, money-making trading strategies, grounded fundamental analysis and client-specific deliverables. Charter's consulting includes portfolio-valuation litigation and renewable energy credit optimization.Through my experience, I have gained expertise as: 1) entrepreneur: successfully launched a start-up with operations in the US and Asia; 2) business developer: spearheaded new revenue lines within carve-outs of a large investment bank; 3) strategic thinker: skillfully deployed scarce resources within limited budgets and prioritized tasks to meet tight deadlines; 4) team and project manager: expertly lead a fundamental analytic groups, set achievable goals, monitored junior staff progress and reviewed work for accuracy and; 5) modeler/forecaster: designed and deployed a wide spectrum of models from high alpha grey-box algorithms to complex monetization strategies and fundamental demand & supply-side forecasting systems.My career and life experiences have led me to believe something Charles Darwin postulated in the 1850s, namely that “…it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
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Vice President Of Market OperationsKey Capture Energy Apr 2024 - PresentAlbany, New York, Us
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Founder & Managing Director, Commodities TraderCharter Commodities, Llc Oct 2013 - Apr 2024Charter Commodities, LLC is a private trading and consulting firm specializing in the commodity space. Charter captures alpha using proprietary analytics, forecasting & risk management software. The trading activities are based on 4 different strategies across 19 different products, including crude and refined oils, natural gas, US power, carbon, precious metals, agricultural/livestock and softs. All research, pricing & forecasting, trading and risk management infrastructure is proprietary, written in-house using Python, SQL, R, JAVA and C#.Charter energy consulting projects have included bankrupt portfolio valuations, expert written and oral deposition testimony and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) valuation. Clients have benefitted from deliverables that added value with in-depth analysis and clear reasoning.
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Senior Desk Strategist, Commodities TraderNorthport Commodities Pte Ltd Feb 2011 - Aug 2013Northport Commodities is a Singapore based proprietary trading firm focused on global commodity futures and physical markets. The firm trades quantitative models and serves as a market maker in a wide range of markets including: Metals, Energies and Agricultural products. Trading venues span global commodity exchanges, SEFs, OTC markets and ECNs across Asia, Europe and the Americas. The firm and its subsidiaries have offices in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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Business LeadArctos Capital Apr 2010 - Dec 2010UsHead of the U.S. Power Trading desk, tasked with starting a U.S. electricity trading business. Strategically deployed capital towards front, middle and back office needs and handled multiple projects simultaneously, including securing membership to NEPOOL, NYSIO and PJM ISO, building out the analytics department and creating risk reports for Arctos owners. Traded the Northeast Power virtuals using supply and demand fundamentals as well as third-party power flow models and gained expertise in SQL and statistical finance packages (R, MATLAB). Utilized big-data analytics to: a) forecast deviations in day-ahead and real-time prices; b) price congestion risk and; c) hedge positions with natural gas contracts. Left firm to co-found Northport Commodities. -
Us Power Research, Modeling & TradingBarclays Capital Oct 2008 - Mar 2010New York, Ny, UsAssociate member of the East and ERCOT Power Model-Based Trading Group (MBT). MBT was the bank’s first completely systematic commodity trading operation and created forward pricing curves (i.e. buy/sell signals) from a fundamental electricity pricing model.As the MBT lead for the Eastern Interconnect and ERCOT electricity systems, successfully developed the business line and engineered Barclay’s proprietary electricity pricing model. The build out included proposing work scopes, adjusting tasks as priorities changed and creating the user interface for the all Barclay employees to use.Performed quality energy industry research and trade recommendations and provided written summaries with statistical/fundamental evidence to the heads of power and natural gas desks. Leaned on deep understanding of the US power market to create plausible generation stack scenarios, demand cases and natural gas pricing to quote client deals and provide desk-wide analysis. -
Us Power TradingLehman Brothers Apr 2008 - Sep 2008UsAs an analyst and trader on the East Power trading desk at Lehman Brothers, tasked with providing valuation and analytics services for the US Power and Natural Gas trading teams as well as external clients. Expertly priced instruments such as swaps, forwards, options, and PPA for clients at utility operators, industrial end-users and renewable firms. Profitably traded PJM and Northeast financial power instruments, overseeing legacy FTR and basis positions and implemented hedging strategies in the physical and short-term cash markets. -
Senior Trading Manager (Envapower)Wood Mackenzie Genscape Jul 2006 - Mar 2008Liverpool Street, England, GbAs the Senior Trading Analyst and Manager for the PJM team, oversaw a group of analysts that created 3 external reports daily on the PJM electricity markets. These reports clearly explained fundamental price drivers for the power markets and generated actionable intelligence to a roster of clients including trading firms, banks, hedge funds and utility operators. Effectively produced and presented market risks, demand scenarios, generation bidding behavior and impacts of transmission system work (i.e. congestion) via written reports and follow-up client calls. Also ran the firm’s proprietary artificial neural network demand forecasting model for the entire Eastern Interconnect.Managed a group of six analysts, delegating assignments, monitoring progress and reviewing work for accuracy. Contributed to business development initiatives, including proposed work scopes and participated in other business functions such as recruiting, sales calls and salary and bonus allocation. -
Energy And Environmental Practice, AssociateCharles River Associates Jan 2006 - Jul 2007Boston, Ma, UsEnergy Associate focused on power flow modeling, fuel pricing scenarios for generation owners and legal dispute consultation.Focused on fundamental analysis of the US electricity markets through modeling of new generation and the required upgrades to existing transmission systems and/or additional transmission hook-ups. Supplemented expert reports and oral testimony in legal settings, providing research of power economics and review of depositions on both sides of the dispute.
Christian Hofer Skills
Christian Hofer Education Details
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Open Source Data Science MastersData Science -
Suffolk University - Sawyer Business SchoolFinance
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University Of RichmondEconomics And Religion
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St. Mark'S School
Frequently Asked Questions about Christian Hofer
What company does Christian Hofer work for?
Christian Hofer works for Key Capture Energy
What is Christian Hofer's role at the current company?
Christian Hofer's current role is Renewable & Traditional Energy Expert | Electricity Markets Specialist | Entrepreneur | Data Scientist.
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What schools did Christian Hofer attend?
Christian Hofer attended Open Source Data Science Masters, Suffolk University - Sawyer Business School, University Of Richmond, St. Mark's School.
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Christian Hofer has interest in Technology, Science, Voluntering, Hiking, High Frequency Trading, Business, Squash, Tennis, Golf, Travel.
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Christian Hofer has skills like Commodity, Trading, Proprietary Trading, Energy, Commodity Markets, Derivatives, Energy Markets, Hedging, Financial Modeling, Options, Valuation, Power Trading.
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