- Execute trades with an extensive network of brokers and dealers based on reputation, product specialty, liquidity and pricing capabilities. - Trade primarily High Yield securities

- Trader for Durham since Inception. Peak assets under management reached in 2007 of $1.5 Billion- Trade primarily Distressed and High Yield securities; Fixed Income, CDS, Equities, Indices (CDX, LCDX, CMBX). Also trade foreign exchange for hedging purposes, options and municipal bonds.- Support the Bank Debt trader in his absence with trading, closings, and confidential agreements.- Conduct daily morning meetings to disclose real time news items on monitored securities and other relevant market information.- Responsible for monitoring trades on TRACE, checking dealer markets and news information on entire portfolio throughout the day and relaying this information to portfolio managers and the appropriate analysts. Inform portfolio managers and analysts on new securities; i.e. Indices, CDS specifications.

- Executed trades for sales traders with brokers in distressed bonds as well as reorganized equities.- Recorded client trades in record books in order to source bonds to coordinate trades for sales force.- Printed trades on TRACE and the FIPS system according to NASD rules and regulations.- Assisted compliance department with SEC audits, compliance manual and trading guidelines. - Successfully managed the transition from one clearing platform to another in a short period of time.- Managed and created a spreadsheet to monitor the purchases and sales of securities of growing asset management business.- Traded for Broker Dealer and the Asset Management Business for 2.5 years.

- Market Maker for a 200 person retail brokerage firm trading primarily OTC securities on the NASDAQ and BRASS system; primarily traded volatile equities through the dot.com era.

Assisted senior trader on approximately 500 orders a day from retail brokers.Confirmed and checked order tickets, managed position sizes, calculated P/L's and solved all trading desk discrepancies.

Execute brokerage orders with a network of OTC dealers. Booked, settled and cleared trades for firm.