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Trade equity options as a Market Marker at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)Provide continuous electronic markets in a portfolio of over 150 names across a broad range of sectorsResponsible for managing pricing inputs, electronic quoting settings, trading strategies, and risk management leading to consistent profitability in trading portfolio Contribute as member of Group One's Designated Primary Market Maker (DPM) group providing research and trading coverage as a specialist in hundreds of namesGenerate remote markets simultaneously at the CBOE, International Securities Exchange (ISE), NYSE Arca, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)Analyze market conditions, trends in institutional and retail order flow, and historical volatility in addition to utilizing option pricing theory in order to disseminate accurate theoretical values and to manage risk effectivelyThrived while trading during the recent global financial crisis, a period of incredible volatility and riskMastered large proprietary suite of trading technology while testing and providing feedback on new features to the developers

Successfully completed comprehensive training program led by senior traders, including extensive instruction in option theory and mock trading, considered one of most rigorous programs in the industryMastered Actant trading platform, Bloomberg, REDI, and Group One's proprietary suite of softwareHeld position as Actant expert providing support and instruction to traders while helping roll out new features of proprietary suite and writing user guides

Worked under guidance of Professor Edrogan Gulari in research and testing of Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) biochipsConducted gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy analysis and provided data for inclusion in scientific journal publication

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Masters Of Science, Engineering; Biomedical Engineering, Research Area; Biotechnology