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Houston, Tx, Us

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Built advanced web scraping and archiving scripts with Powershell• Created flows with Power Automate to populate content in fundamental dashboards• Managed processes and design of Power BI Dashboards• Provided data and analysis for a pipeline rate case• Built and automated an extrinsic optimization model for a storage portfolio utilizing FEA modeling software

Houston, Tx, Us

• Created regional reports from bespoke modeling of raw fundamental data• Advised energy companies on automation and streamlining of fundamental data and price gathering processes• Improved NG fundamental modeling for a commercial data provider including forecasting powerburn utilizing R• Created white-labeled solutions that generated additional revenue streams for related consultancy• Applications/languages used- Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Publisher, Visio, iMacros, VBA, VB, Python, Powershell and SQL

Houston, Texas, Us

• Responsible for a portfolio consisting of natural gas futures, options, Henry Hub swing swaps, and West region basis• Enhanced existing market analysis with further automation utilizing Powershell, VBS, and Python• Upgraded custom web crawlers to include a wider list of pipelines• Improved power burn regression forecasting using R regression replacing Excel’s linear regression tools.• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word, VBA, VB, iMacros, Python, R, Powershell, and SQL

• Managed teams of risk analysts who oversaw BG Group’s Risk Control Framework and later Shell's Canadian Oil Risk exposures.• Ensured the accuracy of daily risk control processes including daily P&L, position tracking, and risk limits reports• Identified and escalated business risks, ensured compliance with BG Group’s Risk policies and procedures• Streamlined BG Group’s business processes and procedures to align with best practices and systems capabilities to ensure commercially sound and effective mitigation of commodity risk while maximizing business growth objectives• Migrated Shell to Zema data collection platform for curve load automation• Managed 5 risk off-shore analysts to ensure accurate risk reporting for the entire U.S. Crude trading business• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Publisher, Visio, VBA, VB, iMacros, Powershell, SQL, Endur 9, Endur 14, Qlikview, Alteryx, and Zema

Houston, Texas, Us

• Traded a successful portfolio including primarily natural gas options and futures• Designed a Fundamentals-based model assessing the natural gas market's near-term and intermediate-term tactical and strategic direction for flat price, curve structure and volatility• Identified opportunities using market view to create asymmetric liability exposure, a limited risk/high reward outcomes• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word, VBA, VB, iMacros, Python and Powershell

• Co-founded hedge fund focused on domestic energy• Traded a profitable personal account holding directional positions in options and futures • Created marketing, risk management and disclosure documentation• Developed a risk analysis suite including options modeling• Built natural gas storage model with multiple inputs to give insight into short term supply/demand balances• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word, VBA, VB and iMacros

• Managed $10-$40 million in client assets, personally returning 83% profit net of fees over 4 years• Generated those returns from fixed price, options and time spreads• Responsible for day-to-day operations and financial performance of $110 million natural gas hedge fund• Managed staff of 6 professionals responsible for Risk Oversight, Accounting, Settlements and Compliance• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word, VBA and VB

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Traded a term financial proprietary natural gas book, which included fixed price, time spreads and options tradingto meet P&L targets• Successfully managed a complex book spanning an 8-year term of futures, swaps, and options• Executed natural gas trades on the NYMEX, electronic trading platforms, and in over the counter markets• Applications/languages used- Excel, Outlook, Word and VBA