Department head responsible for the governance, execution and reporting of the risk appetite and key risk indicator programs for the US region.

Responsible for leading a team of quantitative risk analysts with oversight responsibility for USAA's insurance company and bank investment portfolios. Coverage includes portfolio risk/return analysis, asset liquidity, risk benchmarking, Board of Director reporting, risk exposure measurement and portfolio limit setting.

Responsible for market risk oversight of equity portfolio, alternative investment allocations and P&C investment portfolio.

Responsible for oversight and development of Market Risk and Default Management staff members in Chicago and Texas offices.

Supervised expansion into clearing of overnight trading products and NFX exchange products.Oversaw onboarding of additional staff members as part of department build-out.

Assisted senior management in building out newly created Market Risk & Default Management department.Analyzed trading activity to determine potential risks and completed risk-mitigating activity including exceedance analysis, completion of intra-day margin calls and/or discussion with members on their risk exposure.

Project specialist responsible for preparing and analyzing numerous risk metrics for clearing member portfolios.Worked with clearing members to analyze risk characteristics of option and future portfolios.Risk Management department liaison to Compliance, Internal Audit and regulators.

Account representative for over 30 option trading firms.Assisted Clearing Members and Exchanges with trade validation and help desk requests.Utilized individual research and data trends in order to create presentations for executive level management.

Responsibilities included qualitative and quantitative analysis of portfolio holdings and risk. Supervised a group of interns to ensure client presentations were prepared timely and accurately.

Assisted traders and portfolio managers with research, price discovery and trade validation.