Exploring topics for two classes: Politics and Law in Cannabis and Intro to Cannabis Business

As General Manager I led of team of two managers and ten patient care associates and several administrative professionals. As Managing Director, I presented at board meetings to the owners and spoke at several engagements in the area.

Providing operations consulting to legal cannabis industry businesses.

Designed the technological architecture and business operations model for a start up post-trade services risk mitigation service in credit derivativesRe-designed the previous credit risk mitigation service (VCM below) to fit all markets and achieve potential growth as an equity member of the boardAs part of a strategy team we effectively cornered the emerging markets credit risk mitigation market from our competitor in our first two years of operationHead of Middle Office and Operations for the group managing four Operations staff and two IT staff

Responsible for client acquisition, maintenance of relationships and trading for the post-trade services risk mitigation product in credit derivatives.Product developer for all technology relating to the service

Presented to potential customers as sales lead with emphasis on credit derivatives functionality, trading and risk managementDeveloped corporate strategies for acquisitions and partnership relationships (i.e. development of an ASP offering)Created and managed new functionality in derivatives on credit, fixed income, equity and FX instruments (Python) with particular emphasis on CDO structures and credit indices

Economic Valuation ExpertServed as an expert on economic valuation and damages assessment for a maritime admiralty law firm. The case centred on Celebrity Cruises v Essef for economic and valuation damages from an outbreak of Legionnaires DiseaseFavourable verdict returned $193mm (before PJ interest)

Increased sales revenue as expert consultant on complex quantitative questions regarding credit derivativesDeveloped new product lines for Equity to Credit relationship strategies (Excel, VBA)

Consultant to Fixed Income Trading Desk through SCIT, related trading in derivatives, cash fixed income and structured products markets (ABS?MBS, default swaps, first to default baskets etc) to institutional investors (Excel, HTML)Manages staff of seven (7); Under Head, Fixed Income Trading

Traded hedging and volatility strategies for $7bn international equity mutual fund group beating my benchmarkCreated profitable derivatives group of five (5) associates, supervised entire process from front to back office