Ian Parra Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City

Greater New York City Area

Seasoned fixed income and derivatives trader with a network of industry relationships and extensive knowledge of electronic trading technologies. • Established a respected business that routinely met yearly PnL goal in the Energy, Industrials, Consumer, and Retail sectors. • Interacted with clients on a daily basis, including major Hedge Funds, Insurance Funds, and banking clients, to develop, maintain, and service meaningful trading relationships.• Performed credit analysis based on balance sheets, cash flow statements, income statements, and quarterly filings to build modeling tools used in desk trading strategy. • Marketed trade ideas and opportunities to be delivered to clients.• Evaluated and integrated proprietary and third party electronic trading platforms into existing trading and risk management systems. • Consulted Risk Management group to ensure compliance with trading limits. • Liaised between trading desk management and product controllers for MTM integrity and controls.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with Department of Education staff as well as other contractors to maintain flagship application (FAFSA) and other supporting applications.• Coordinated with DoE stakeholders to created and execute application upgrade project plan.• Designed load and user acceptance tests cases. Authored testing documentation.• Working knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC).• Monitored and supported all production applications for errors. Worked cooperatively with multiple application owners to promptly and efficiently resolve infrastructure issues.