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• Developed a robust loan-level hedging program for Wintrust Commercial Banking; utilized interest rate derivatives, including interest rate swaps and caps, to structure and market hedging solutions to middle-market.
• Realized exponential growth of hedging program; delivered strong revenue growth (+285% 2011 vs. 2010, +36% 2012 vs. 2011) and surpassed all annual budget targets; generated over $8.6 million in net revenue in 2012.
• Served as the product expert for the relationship managers; developed strong communication skills and exhibited the ability to convey complex concepts in simple, easy to understand language.
• Assisted with development of a balance-sheet hedging program for the holding company; Wintrust now hedges well over $1 billion of its debt obligations, resulting in greater balance sheet rate neutrality.
• Developed a marketing program to educate bank employees and promote the use of hedging solutions; program included a product pamphlet, monthly newsletters, quarterly presentations at each bank and the materials for a.
• Created and implemented standardized product procedures to be used by all 15 Wintrust-chartered banks; managed the transition for each bank’s operations department.

• Developed a successful trading style to take advantage of short-term volatility in the markets; generated nearly $1.2 million in gross trading revenues for the firm.
• Allocated firm capital to a wide variety of futures markets, including natural gas, crude oil, heating oil, coffee, cotton, sugar, cocoa, corn, soybeans, wheat and the calendar and crack spreads on the following.
• Consistently achieved or surpassed monthly financial results each year from 2006 to 2010.
• Combined technical analysis with an understanding of market fundamentals to gain an evolving market bias.
• Maintained a significant role on the Market Discovery team, tasked with identifying and analyzing new trading opportunities for the firm.
• Selected to serve as a mentor to new and Junior traders; trained and developed several Junior traders.

• Collaborated with the Training Manager to prepare, distribute and evaluate training material for Junior Traders.
• Observed traders in order to gain a deeper understanding of such concepts as fundamental and technical analysis and proper risk management procedures.

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