Jessie Richards Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Spectra Group is a Global Financial Technology Consultancy and Capital Markets Firm with its company headquarters in Princeton, NJ and significant presence in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Toronto, India, and the Philippines. Formed in 2009 with a primary focus on supporting the financial industry staffing needs, Spectra and its affiliates have more than 150-200 employees globally. Provides Staff Augmentation as well as turn-key software development/solutions.CAPITAL MARKETS TECHNOLOGY: Trading systems, OMS, Trade capture, FIX, Low latency, High frequency, Front office IT, Quant development, Product Control, Application SupportTRADING /RISK: Broadridge, Murex, Charles River, Loan IQ, Fidessa, Calypso, MisysREGULATORY: CCAR, Basel II/III , Dodd Frank, Volcker Rule, OATS/Bluesheets, EMIR, CFPBMARKET DATA : Reuters, Bloomberg, MDM, FITSPRACTICE AREAS:▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Financial Services:Sales, Trading, Research, Investment Analysis, Strategies, Structuring, Origination,New Business Development, Product Sales, Product Development, Client RelationshipManagement, Accounting and Back Office Operations in Capital Markets, InvestmentBanking, Global Banking, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, Prime Brokerage,Algorithmic Trading, Electronic Trading and Executions Services, AlternativeInvestment Community, and Vendor related Marketplace.Quantitative Analytics and Financial Engineering:Quantitative Analysis, Quantitative Research, Financial Engineering, Modeling, RiskManagement, Strategist, and Structuring in Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Alternative Investments firms. Global Derivatives, Equities, Credit, FX, InterestRates, Fixed Income, Commodities, Regulatory Compliance process, and Algorithmic Trading Tools are among the various asset classes and financial product knowledge.

New York, Us

Joined TechnoSphere in May 2000 as one of the key members of the team and collaborated closely with Senior Management to build the company to a Global Provider/Staffing Solutions Company. Built dedicated recruiting teams in the US and Asia (Philippines) focused on industry and functional areas expertise.Trained the recruiters in the strategy/techniques of recruitment and establish the operations in Asia to support our US ClientsWhile leading a team as VP of Strategic Staffing/Business Development, I remained hands-on and continued to recruit for our clients’ positions providing full-time,"right-to-hire"/"temp-to-perm," and consulting, top-tier, technical/IT talent to Wall St. Investment Banks, a number of the world's leading Hedge Funds, Money Market Firms, Media, Pharmaceutical and Government Clients.Role/Responsibilities:• Overseeing all recruiting initiatives including sourcing and selection standards, vendor management, recruiting technology and operational management of recruiting functions.• Led a team of 6-8 onshore/offshore technical recruiters including: hiring, training, mentoring and day-to-day management. Provide continuous training, coaching skills and strategy development in closing deals to recruiting team. • Successfully running a RPO Service Delivery Business Model. Travelled to the Philippines to train the recruiters on full-life cycle recruitment as well as assisting in setting the logistics and operation of the offshore office.• Primary liason for all MSP/VMS program. Successful collaboration and Contract Extension (SOW) with Tier 1 internal VMO/Supply Management like Ajilon, Ciber, Beeline, Fieldglass, Taleo, Alexander Mann Solutions and Adecco USA.• Awarded as a Prime Vendor for clients due to consistent performance• Effectively grew company revenue year over year to averaging between $6-8 Million in annual sales• Led business development efforts and worked closely with business development executives to achieve their target goals.

Part of the Recruiting and Marketing Department; was trained as a Technical Recruiter to specifically to identify prospective consultants in the IT industry and qualify them for respective job opportunities and requirements that companies and clients have with the specialization in the Software industry. • Because of the great demand for Computer Consultants, the company has also embraced other areas of software development and specialization. I have developed successful recruiting strategies with strong sourcing, screening/evaluating and interviewing skills.• Trained also in identifying new businesses for software development and new clients through Direct Marketing and Brochures, attending Internet Conventions and User group Meeting.

• Responsibilities included identifying the best price for purchase of the materials by researching the supplier specifications and checking whether they match with quality requirements. Negotiating the best deal for the company. • Developed and implemented market research program to determine current market demand and new product direction. Programs included focus groups, surveys, and customer interviews. Traveled to Hong-Kong , Japan , S.Korea, Singapore and China, research the quality, price of the materials available in these countries and take decision based on this information at hand for the viability of the Product. Organizing for these materials to be delivered at the Head Office.• Responsible for the Data entry of the stocks, prices, model numbers of the corresponding Frames into the database, so as the deduction of the inventory is done automatically and in doing this lessens the manual labor and by the end of each month, we could generate reports as to what products have a big impact on the market and analyze, how we could go about in formulating marketing strategies to promote this products even more. The Database runs on FoxPro 2.0 and Generates Reports using Microsoft Excel.

• Responsibilities included identifying new market areas for the product as well as expanding the current market. • Developed marketing strategy including new product positioning, research and development plan, new advertising campaign. Implemented market research program to determine current market demand and new product direction. • Programs included focus groups, surveys, and customer interviews. Identifying new product ideas by researching the market demands and conducting the feasibility analysis to check whether the new product will work in the current market.• My other duties included development of a Sales plan, setting targets and leading the marketing and sales team to achieve the targets set. This included recruiting a motivated sales and service team for each area, provided strategic research and life-cycle recruitment from point of candidate identification. • Responsible for all aspects of human resource with specific focus on employee Relations and organizational development. • Implement a broad range of sales and marketing programs including increased focus on Sales training, target/National account management. Setting up a Sales-incentive package to motivate the Sales team to not only achieve targets, but to surpass the target.

Responsibilities included handling the entire administration work for the company – invoicing, accounts receivables, Updating the records on the computer, inventory management, Order Processing, Verifying the different rates on the different models of the glasses, handling the bank related activities, Also scheduling the delivery of the glasses etc.