Giovanni Stephens Email & Phone Number

Queenstown, Ota, Nz

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Evangelist for machine learning! I love how technology can solve so many curly problems just with smarts and computing power. My role is to show the world what machine learning can do.

New Zealand

My role is to support trading and analysis operations for Quark Energy Trading. Duties include monitoring the HFT trading systems, analysing trading events, and supporting strategy development.

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

I am involved in pricing, back testing, analysis, and everything involved with trade/system monitoring in a HFT context.

Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Purpose Capital's role is to support a wider positive change in our environment and society. It works with the purpose to make change and benefit lives in the present and future. I joined to drive better decisions using data, science, and technology. I was involved in portfolio performance evaluation, valuations, risk estimation, forecasting, deal reviewing, and financial modelling.

Tauranga, New Zealand

I was mainly involved in providing reporting and analytics for operations in the retail side of the business. I also had the pleasure of being involved in analysing and improving Trustpower's AI-driven chatbot, Toni.Duties involved:- Wrangling data and creating dashboards using Power BI, SQL, and Python- Automating processes,- Communicating with stakeholders to deliver tools and reports.

Dunedin

In this role, I got to overlook settlements of institutional trades on a daily. I also got to do a lot of automating to reduce workload and human error.

Dunedin

My role was to ensure a smooth settlement of fixed interest trades on a day-to-day basis. I was involved in automating a few of the daily processes, significantly reducing workload and human error.

Dunedin

I was involved in business improvement, reporting, and general administration. My specific tasks included: - Creating/managing database solutions to handle customer and business driven projects.- Basic accounting/finance, and project management administration (Invoicing, AR, project closing, among other tasks).- Data procuration- Internal reporting up to board level.

Dunedin

In order to gain more office experience and cash, I worked several temporary administration roles through Select Recruitment. My roles included:- Administrator: (Solomons Solicitors and Barristers Ltd.)I helped answer emails and calls, and I assisted with reading cases before hearings.- Administrator: (One Agency)I helped with marketing, real estate contract drafting, and general administration. - Project Administrator: (Aurora Energy Ltd. New Zealand)I generated financial reports, helped with budget allocation and conducted general administration. Key Skills: - Communication- Reporting- Meeting coordination- Data cleaning and processing

Arrowtown, New Zealand

My role was team coordinator ensuring customers were receiving excellent advice and service. I was the first point of contact as well as sales. I saw the client through the whole process of getting financial advice and ultimately obtaining the best mortgage for them. Some things I did:- Help maintain databases, - prepared and proofed documents, - coordinated meetings, - followed up clients, - ran administrative errands, - ensured there was excellent service. On the side, I helped develop and improve CRM systems and models to optimise loan structure for clients.Key skills:- Sales- Customer service- Financial modelling- Database administration

Dunedin, New Zealand

My role was primarily delivering material to first through final-year university students. I taught groups ranging from two to over fifty students. I covered topics including:- General statistics- Probability theory- Regression and time series analysis- Financial mathematics and theory

I trained and taught hundreds of students, many of which received top marks and some even awards for their outstanding results. I have consistently achieved excellent student ratings as a communicator and educator. I was teaching university level statistics and finance. Often I would use spreadsheets, slides, and real life examples to teach topics such as:- Time value of money- Financial decision-making- Financial derivatives- Advanced fixed income theory- Econometrics

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

I had the pleasure to teach students from children to CEOs of multinationals at all levels. I got to create teaching material that went on to be used among other English teachers. Many, many hours of conversation, preparation, teaching, and plenty of patience.

Postgraduate Diploma Commerce (Finance), Finance

Key learning areas: - Risk management using methods such as simulation, stress-testing, and VaR, - Advanced International Financial.

Graduate Diploma In Information Sciences, Computer Software Engineering

Studied by distance while I worked full-time. Key learning areas: - Algorithms, - Machine Learning, - Data Modelling, - Software.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Finance, (Minor: Computer Science)

Activities and Societies: Case competitions, business startup competitions, tutoringKey learning areas: - Financial derivatives.