Gerard Kopera Email & Phone Number

Jersey City, Nj, Us

Manage a global team of Business Analysts that enhance and support systems to ensure that DTCC’s member firms remain in compliance with Covered Clearing Agency Standards.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Manage counterparty credit risk function for a top tier FCM (embedded within Bank Broker Dealer).• Monitor, manage and report the risks in clients’ portfolios. Including but not limited to large DoD and MoM changes in relevant risk metrics (PnL, Potential Future Exposure (PFE), Value-at-Risk (VaR), 1st and 2nd order sensitivities, Stress Tests, Scenario Analysis, Concentration Risk, Liquidity Risk and Wrong Way Risk).• Manage against multiple Key Risk and Key Performance Indicators, (KPIs and KRIs).• Challenge the Front Office as appropriate.• Manage the development, deployment, and operation of the FCM’s counterparty credit risk platform.• Develop and enhance Policies and Procedures for the FCM Counterparty Risk team (including Default Management).• Lead the team through Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and other Audit and Regulatory exams.• Lead efforts to ensure regulatory compliance as they pertain to risk management.• Represent credit risk “stripe” in FCM’s Risk Management Program (RMP).• Lead quarterly review of FCM customer exposure in FCM Counterparty Risk Council.• Represent FCM counterparty exposure in management discussion/committees.• Liaise with FCM partners in Front Office, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Legal, Compliance and Operations.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Manage the development, deployment and operations of the FCM’s client facing credit risk platform.• Drive the integration of related initiatives across the group.• Develop and enhanced Policies and Procedures for the FCM Credit Risk team.• Lead efforts to ensure regulatory compliance.

London, Gb

Facilitate member on-boarding for OTC derivatives clearing on US DCO.

Us

• Trading, clearing, market data planning and control, treasury, collateral and market operations• Partner with Market Risk to perform member house and customer portfolio analysis and management• Portfolio Analysis and Client Reporting for Regulators (NFA/CFTC)• Market Operations Policies and Procedures

Us

• Manage 3rd party vendor review, selection and implementation • Manage Member and Client system integration, on-boarding and testing• Review New Product and Model development

• Manage sales and sales support staff• Expand the Company’s system sales footprint in North America

Wayne, Pa, Us

• New named license business for enterprise market and credit risk, operations and collateral management in the Americas• 2007 100% Club for achieving Sales Success

Wayne, Pa, Us

• Senior Sales Executive • Account Management• Pre-Sales• Client Services• Risk Management• Senior Consultant / Business Analyst

Gb

• Architecture design, requirements definition, software selection, process redesign, system integration and implementation and organizational assessments.• Strategic and Tactical consulting.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

• Functional development of a front office trading system. Led development from whiteboard to tactical solutions.• Project management, implementation, system enhancements, testing, providing user documentation and pre-sales support.

• Interest rate derivatives trader• Designed and implemented hedging and trading strategies using both exchange traded and OTC interest rate derivatives. • Established control and reporting procedures for trading and hedging activity. • Developed a systematic trading methodology for Interest Rate Futures.• Active market maker in Forward FX.• Improved profitability/risk controls.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Market maker in Forward FX, managing several currency pairs. • Interest Rate Derivatives trader• Money Market trader.• Managed Precious Metals loan funding.

• Money market instruments: Deposits, BA's and CD’s. • Introduced Eurodollar Futures trading to the branch.

Mba, Finance, Int'L Business

Ba, Economics

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