Managed Risk Operations staff of twelve covering all of trade lifecycle from pricing and confirmation to risk reporting and portfolio analysis for two trade floors.• Implemented cost-saving projects totaling $2MM+, including negotiating new clearinghouse agreements, offshoring & automating routine tasks, and developing self-service risk applications for the front office• Orchestrated deal valuations, risk assessments and transaction approvals, supporting dozens of originators & salespeople with $200MM+ in annual revenue• Developed data visualizations to discern, explain, and highlight risks within the portfolio, creating weekly in-depth market reports for each trade desk, as well as real-time position reporting for desk heads and senior management• Identified, mentored and developed talent within the organization, maintaining high-quality staffing on a feeder group known for advancing the careers of employees into other roles

Managed a team of five quantitative professionals and owned the risk metrics for a trading portfolio with multiple strategies, products, and widely varying risk factors under an $8MM value-at-risk (VaR) limit.• Developed, refined and maintained quantitative models & methodologies for valuation and risk management, improving risk metrics and access to new markets for the firm• Created new “self-service” portal for traders to perform pre-trade risk & credit analytics and scenario analysis, reducing analytical processing time from hours to minutes• Managed a team of five analysts and worked with IT to implement risk-focused technology projects, including a multi-million dollar SAS implementation for Monte Carlo simulations of the portfolio

Accountable for generating incremental P&L on a $500k VaR regional portfolio of physical and financial natural gas instruments through fundamental research, and supply & demand analysis.• Created dynamic delta hedging model for gas transportation contracts in the West, capturing additional extrinsic value on these transactions• Valued and negotiated physical transactions for internal and external counterparties, including firm transportation, park & loans, asset management agreement and term supply deals, increasing Nextera’s footprint in the region• Managed and mentored team of three physical traders and schedulers to support growing gas business

Recruited to acquire and optimize natural gas storage and transportation contracts, both physical and financial, in the US for this quasi-governmental foreign entity seeking to capitalize on significant arbitrage opportunities that existed at the time.• Built out regional trading capability in Texas and the Gulf, becoming one of the top 25 gas marketers in North America• Managed speculative portfolio with $300K VaR, applying fundamental analysis & proprietary research for P&L generation

Optimized, hedged, and managed transportation contracts of physical natural gas totaling 250MM cubic feet per day for this global leader in commodities trading• Initiated and completed national balance model for natural gas supply and demand across regions integrating previously stand-alone models and providing management and other regional traders with new level of actionable analytical data• Developed profitable trading strategies around transport spreads and flow correlations using replicable, flexible, multi-variant models meeting P&L targets for the desk

• Responsible for trading, idea generation and risk management for single-name credit default swaps (CDS), credit indices (CDX & ITRAXX), and standardized & bespoke collateralized debt obligation (CDO) tranches for $1BB hedge fund• Developed first-to-default (FTD) pricing application, based on distance-to-default and compensator algorithms• Architected credit desk's risk management and revaluation tools; used tools to evaluate potential synthetic CDO investments• Designed & implemented many enhancements to the firm's infrastructure, including new Cisco VoIP phone system, network switches, file servers, VPN solution and others

• Designed, architected and led the development of an innovative wireless internet platform, based on the 802.11b (Wi-Fi) standard. The product launched at PCForum in March, 2002• Hired and managed productive technology team of eight with very few financial resources. Successfully managed aggressive schedule and exceeded expectations• Prepared due diligence materials, and met with venture capitalists and other funding sources. Instrumental in helping Joltage raise $800k in financing

• Consulted with entrepreneurs and startups to evaluate business plans and performed technology due diligence for a innovative venture capital firm• Conceived and researched internal business initiatives• Researched and architected knowledge management intranet to facilitate inter-office collaboration

• Architected complex applications for Scient's E-Business clients, including: Museum of Modern Art, SixDegrees, WineShopper.com and Gateway Computers• Focused on data architecture and object oriented design and development. Managed teams as large as twenty

• Led teams of developers through CTP's proprietary RAD methodology to create high-value applications for clients such as Silicon Graphics, Dana Commercial Credit, Boeing, and PacBell