Oversee a small proprietary trading LLC; communicate with vendors directly, securing resources for the best cost. Serve as founding partner of the natural gas trading company.

Established operations required for the successful establishment of a hedge fund within the fundamental-based natural gas sector; the company was launched as a CTA and CPO. Monitor the fund (launched with $10M of founder capital), focusing on possible dislocations within the natural gas market and implemented risk consistent with the company's analysis.• Administered the fund and conducted business with tax, audit, accounting and compliance firms.• Made projections regarding the natural gas market through the use of vendor data; tested data and adjusted hypotheses accordingly.• Supported the business by negotiating contract with vendors and hand-selected key personnel for the fund, including administrators, accountants, compliance, and fundamental information suppliers.• Executed high-level trading, market analysis, vendor negotiations, fundraising, and liaising with outsourced firms, ensuring continuous compliance.

Natural Gas futures Trader

Delivered visionary leadership and guidance for the West Trading team, focusing on speculative trading and optimizing portfolios that were derived from deep fundamental understanding and analytics of prompt, forward markets. Executed trades concentrated on financial and physical prompt and term markets within the West US region and associated trading hubs. Expanded regional business in collaboration with Origination initiatives.• Teamed with regional marketing and origination groups, providing insight, liquidity, and advice on potential deals being examined.• Recognized for individual and team contributions to the financial results meeting; exceeded annual expectations.

Directed a 7-member team of Traders while simultaneously trading an individual book within the portfolio. Focused team efforts on Henry Hub futures, swaps, options, and physical gas, using proprietary trading and market-making activities. Established strategies based on in-depth analysis and intelligence of North American natural gas markets.• Coached, mentored and managed the Trading team, leading the team which was the most financially successful trading team on the Natural Gas and Power trading floor.• Leveraged insights from other regional teams to aid and assist in comprehensive trading strategies.• Provided high-level oversight of traders, focusing on providing encouragement and sustaining team-wide momentum.

Oversaw all activities of the West Trading teams' speculative trading and portfolio optimization efforts. Focused trading initiatives on financial and physical prompt and term markets within Western US and associated trading hubs. Grew regional business by working closely with Origination efforts.• Coached and mentored junior staff, focusing on best practices, trading methods, and skillset development.• Developed and built a successful 15-member Trading team comprised of young traders, focusing on individual and team development; team members were located in Houston and a small team in Canada.• Consistently met and surpassed financial goals established for the Trading team.

Led, developed, and traded alongside a team of traders in the Gulf Coast region, collaborating with the Northeast Trading Manager and accompanying team. Traded an individual book and worked closely with Origination efforts to grow the regional business.• Utilized leadership acumen to oversee trading of the Gulf Coast trading and optimization operations, prompt and term markets.