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San Diego, California, Us

Fixed income portfolio management and trading.

Developed successful technical, short term trading strategy based on supply and demand principles outlined by Richard Wyckoff (1873 - 1934). Practiced highly efficient capital management by executing trades on only the best opportunities offered by the market: open position in alignment with dominant force (accumulation or distribution) when high probability of control and exhaustion of opposing force. Disciplined risk management through stop loss orders and exiting trade on first sign of trend fatigue.• Skills mastered for successful market trading: analysis of market conditions, risk management, discipline/adhering to a process, awareness of self and emotions, ability to maintain focus, decision making, flexibility, ability to work under pressure

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Managed multibillion dollar portfolio of long-term market securities owned by Irvine Company as senior member of newly formed Investment Division, separate from real estate business. Directed all facets of activities associated with market research, portfolio and risk management, performance attribution, and analysis of current holdings and potential new candidates across public equity, fixed income, and alternative asset classes.• Performed fundamental and technical analysis of securities held in the investment portfolio and recommended new candidates for investment in accordance with the firm’s guidelines• Created and maintained detailed financial and valuation models involving estimated intrinsic values based on DCF, relative value, and asset based analysis• Researched, modeled, and evaluated potential corporate acquisition targets• Composed in depth macroeconomic market/sector research reports used by the firm’s investment committee, CIO, and Chairman • Developed portfolio performance, risk management, and analytic reports for BOD and senior executives

Served as senior analyst in small investment team at independent, contrarian investment management firm. Conducted fundamental, bottom-up analysis on domestic and international companies for investment. As a generalist, covered and recommended stocks from all sectors. Top coverage sectors were Technology, Energy, and Materials.• Contributed to growth in firm assets from $500 million in 2005 to over $10 billion in 2008 by demonstrating exceptional portfolio performance• Generated profitable ideas from primary research that included industry specific periodicals and newsletters and analysis of significant cash flows into the stock by insiders, knowledgeable investors, and company share repurchases• Performed detailed financial statement analysis and earnings, cash flow, and balance sheet modeling to determine company’s growth profile and valuation• Created research reports detailing investment thesis and presented ideas to investment team• Produced summaries of quarterly earnings results and significant news for coverage of existing names: updated and maintained financial valuation models, regularly re-examined investment thesis and market’s valuation relative to industry peers and estimated intrinsic value

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance And Quantitative Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering