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London, England, Gb

New York, Ny, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage an Equity Trader and Operations Associate, focusing on the day-to-day operational oversight, and to identify and minimizing risks associated with the trading, middle-, and back-office functions for a $2.2 billion asset under management (AUM) boutique Institutional Investment Manager. Serve as a resource on all of Channing’s strategic IT and operational initiatives.Major Contributions: Worked with the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and the IT vendor to develop Channing’s Cyber Security Policy and Procedures to meet SEC guidelines. Provided analysis, evaluation, and planning related to Channing’s trade execution and back-office infrastructure that resulted in the straight-through processing of trade life-cycle workflows:□ Employed the use of pre- and post-trade trade cost analysis to meet best execution obligations.□ Automated trade confirm/affirm process with the implementation of Omgeo CTM.□ Spearheaded the implementation and use of Bloomberg EMSX to enhance the order routing workflow to non-FIX brokers. Oversaw the conversion from legacy Thomson Reuters ONE market data platform to Bloomberg. Member of Channing’s Trade Oversight and Portfolio Composite Committees. Manage relationships with investment management software vendors. Meet with perspective and existing clients to highlight the firm’s operational infrastructure.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for aiding Paul Arthur Bodine, adjunct professor and thought leader in the discipline of Business Architecture, in setting-up and conducting an MBA course at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University. Major Contributions: Set-up and configure online classroom and document repository. Provide registration, login, and functionality support of these websites to students. Assist the professor in preparing quizzes and grading assignments. Interact with students and provide feedback to the professor to ensure a quality student learning experience. Lecture on the topic of Business Modeling. Help students prepare for their class presentation. All other duties as assigned.

Founding member of a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Responsible for business development, client operations, and execution of trades at this start-up organization.Major Contributions: Assisted in growing assets under management (AUM) through building relationships with plan sponsors and investment consultants.  Conceptualized, developed, and implemented trading policies and procedures that emphasize best execution and portfolio performance. Evaluated performance implementation strategy and broker-dealer performance using pre- and post-trade cost analysis (TCA). Employed trading algorithmic strategies to minimize information leakage and brokerage commissions. Implemented execution management systems (EMS) for greater and more efficient access to market venues. Selected and implemented technology systems that are the backbone Keel’s trading infrastructure within business requirements and budget. Manage ongoing relationships with Advent Software, Bloomberg, and Omgeo.

Responsible for trade execution for a mid-cap institutional investment advisor. This position required regular interaction with Equity Analysts, Portfolio Administrator, and Clients.  Implemented Omgeo’s web-based trade allocation solution to minimize trade allocation errors. Co-authored a Dividend Discount Model (DDM) in Excel/VBA to calculate the intrinsic value for over 300 mid-cap stocks. Additionally, performed fundamental research with Equity Analysts to determine stocks investment suitability and risk/reward potential.  Performed statistical analysis of client portfolios (e.g. Sharpe Ratio and Information Ratio) for client reporting purposes.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provided liquidity to retail and institutional order-flow routed to the Chicago Stock Exchange, with exposure to both NYSE and NASDAQ listed securities. Employed technical analysis in establishing long and short positions in determining risk/reward objectives.

Assisted Live Cattle option traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Primary responsibilities were assisting traders in the management of delta and gamma exposure with the hedging of the underlying contract. Additional duties included analyzing traders’ positions using front-end software and managed the correction of unsettled trades or trade errors.

Disseminated institutional and retail orders to the IMM currency futures pits of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, using arbitrage hand signals. Furthermore, participated in the after hour exchange for physical market on behalf of the firm.

M.S., Business Information Technology

B.A., Economics

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Education record