Thomas Burke Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Senior Business Analyst in the Model Validation Group

Plymouth, Minnesota

* Proprietary equity volatility trader* Developed Systematic strategies in the equity derivatives space

Chicago

Proprietary equity volatility trader implementing various option trading strategies

Wayzata, Mn.

Partner in a business with focus on remote market making of equity options on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange

Minnetonka

Knight Financial Products was acquired by Citigroup in December, 2004Specialist / Market maker for equity optionsResponsibilities included managing 125 products as an options specialist/market maker on five exchanges in the industrial, oils, retail, drugs and financials.Recognized as major income producer for the firmManaged trading activity of twenty specialist and market makers on various floorsMy direct responsibility was trading; however, I have served as a consultant when risk management issues have arisen. I think that both areas of competence complement each other.

London, United Kingdom

Reported to both the Managing Directors of Foreign currencies and I.T.Business lead of a group that built and implemented a global front to back office system which replaced eight existing legacy production applications. I was able to implement a back office/middle-office system within nine months. The end resultant application supported all of the requirements for front, middle, back office, FX sales department, regulatory reporting, credit reporting and margin trading.Member of steering committee which determined future strategic business requirements. • Planning, tracking, and testing of deliverables • Supported and coordinated team members in the delivery of projects• Supported business development efforts with research and planning.• Planned and managed the delivery of multiple, concurrent projects.• Insured clear communication regarding requests which impacted both scope and schedule.• Insured quality delivery of required work projects and deliverables through prescribed methodology.• Highly organized with the ability to be flexible and creative.• Project management experience with a successful track record of delivery.• Demonstrated leadership skills.• Related effectively and worked respectfully with diverse work groups.Directed a client team comprised of up to 11 employeesDeveloped and Risk managed the FX exotic option book

Chicago, Illinois

Represented the firm as OTC market maker and risk managerResponsible for managing the FX exotic derivative trading businessRedesigned and completely restructured the FX risk control system

Greater Chicago Area

Orginally O'Connor & Associates which was acquired by Swiss Bank Corp (later merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS)Exotic Risk manager and FX OTC market makerReported to Managing Director of FX Options. Responsibilities included risk management of FX exotic desk ( complex derivatives).Supervised 2 client teams.Developed hedging and valuation pricing policies for FX exotic options.I drove the reengineering of the exotic risk control package so it could generate reports that would allow management and portfolio managers to better interpret the risk data.Participated in the analysis of the business case in order to expand and develop the complex derivative desk.Primarily traded in the equity index area from 1984 to 1989