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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Leads MBA’s secondary and capital markets policy and regulatory advocacy program, manages the preparation of comment letters and other regulatory advocacy communications, and develops policy positions and regulatory advocacy strategies.- Actively tracks the activities of FHFA, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, The Federal Home Loan Banks, and Ginnie Mae and is responsible for analysis of regulations, policy changes, and legislation affecting the government-sponsored enterprises, agency securities markets, private-label markets, and U.S. capital markets to assess the impact on MBA members and the housing finance system. - Leads and coordinates activities for the Secondary and Capital Markets Committee and REIT Executive Council. Provides support to other MBA committees and network groups including the Residential Board of Governors and MBA’s business segment-related communities and networks.- Supports the development of content on key housing and secondary and capital markets policy issues for MBA Education and MBA’s conference programs. Work includes webinar development on key policy issues and content development for the Annual Convention, the IMB Conference, the National Advocacy Conference, and the Secondary and Capital Markets Conference.- Engages with key agency officials, regulators, GSE staff, legislative staff, sister trade associations, and other housing finance policy stakeholders.- Regularly speaks at public events on issues related to secondary and capital markets policy and housing finance.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Baltimore, Maryland

- Provides risk coverage and oversight of metrics functions in North America and Chennai, India. Manages multiple projects and deadlines, builds and maintains key relationships, and builds effective teams. - Minimizes operational risk across multiple asset classes by proactively monitoring and tracking critical risk areas including process, people, regulatory, and technology. - Serves as a first point of contact for incidents. Guides teams through the incident reporting process and reviews timelines, impacts and action plans. - Establishes risk frameworks and applicable metrics in collaboration with senior management. Leads RCSA reviews and partners with teams to accurately identify risks and establish effective controls. Guides teams through internal and external audits. - Consistently seeks opportunities to improve efficiency, streamline processes, and solve problems. Collaborates with IT teams to implement solutions that reduce or eliminate manual processes. - Presents weekly KRI metrics and monthly risk analysis and reporting to Senior Executives. Tracks trends and analyzes risk metrics to help teams reach goals and benchmarks. - Maintains currency in policies and regulations. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to prepare responses to regulatory inquiries. - Recruits talent, trains and develops staff, leads goal setting and career planning discussions.

Arlington, Virginia

- A consultant to Fannie Mae, provided support and guidance to the Bond Administration and Securities Management Departments. Enabled a smooth transition to a new Oracle based platform that houses all security data, and facilitated all daily baseline processes.- Assisted in the redesign of the client’s monthly trading factor process, including creating and streamlining reports, reconciliations, SQL queries, and process documentation. - Supported system testing to prepare for transition to new single security issued by CSS. - Created multiple tools to automate processes and/or reduce risk which resulted in increased operational efficiency for the client.- Stayed abreast of policies and regulations impacting GSE’s and mortgage finance.

Mclean, Virginia

- Managed day to day investment operations activities including trade support, confirmation, clearance, settlement, collateral management, fail management, cash projections, and incoming/outgoing wires. Also responsible for portfolio and position reconciliation and reporting. - Provided direct support to multiple investment desks including Pass Through, Mortgage Investment and Structuring, Early Funding, and Treasury. - Participated in daily risk management as a process owner. Worked to identify gaps in processes and strengthen controls. Led internal and external audits. - Served as a liaison for traders, counterparties, custodians, brokers, clearing agents and other Freddie Mac business areas. - Supported development and deployment of new financial products - Trained and developed new staff.

Mclean, Va

- Managed risk across product lines by examining and reporting exposures daily and ensured that exposure limits were not exceeded. Investigated variances/discrepancies and ensured accuracy of data. - Provided all trading desks with information on trading availability for various lines of business including derivatives, repurchase agreements, asset backed commercial paper, and asset-backed securities. - Tracked and reported pre-settlement risk and provided aggregate exposure reports to senior management. - Created and tested new exposure reports as Freddie Mac transitioned from deterministic to stochastic methodology for derivative exposure.

- Minimized market risk and protected the value of Over the Counter (OTC) derivatives in Freddie Mac’s portfolio by accurately and efficiently calculating margin requirements and moving cash and securities collateral daily. Also managed two party repo and reverse repo collateral. - Worked with over 20 international and domestic dealers, and managed over $10 billion in posted collateral. Collaborated with traders and members of the legal team, to resolve disputes surrounding OTC derivatives pricing, trade life cycle events and timing, Credit Support Annex (CSA) interpretations, and other portfolio issues affecting collateral valuation. - Maintained currency in policies and regulations (such as Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes –Oxley (SOX), International Swap Derivatives Association (ISDA). - Results included: Improved organizational effectiveness, full compliance with key standards and process controls, implementation of a paperless process that greatly increased efficiency, accuracy, and minimized costs to the Collateral Management group.

Bs, Finance

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