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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Extremely motivated and results-driven sales and trading professional with exceptional risk analysis skills and an extensive background in the following broad-based competencies:
EQUITY TRADING
DESK MANAGEMENT
OPTIONS & DERIVATIVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
MARKET TREND ANALYSIS
NYSE TRADING PRACTICES
TRADER TRAINING
RULES & REGULATIONS
PROFIT & LOSS REPORTING
 Demonstrated ability to streamline operations to increase productivity and company profit.
 Strategic and analytical; able to make quick decisions while maintaining professional composure and position.
 Proven ability to utilize continually upgraded technological tools; able to perform analysis, obtain and interpret market data and rapidly facilitate trades. Proficiency using Bloomberg, RediPlus/Classic, Carlin Trading System, Reuters Quotation Monitor industry specific systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MOG CAPITAL LLC, A DIVISION OF MADISON TRADING – New York, New York 2005 - Present
Derivative Trading Liason
 Joined this start-up branch of Madison Trading handling derivatives trading, working as a clerk and gaining experience with this product.
 Responsibilities include serving as a liaison between traders and brokers, relaying orders and reporting fills, entering orders into risk analyzer to verify accuracy of positions, distributing risk analysis reports to traders, checking trades with clearing firm and creating daily profit and loss summary.
 Created Delta risk spreadsheet that tracks basket weightings and delta’s, monitoring potential risk dilemmas.
MADISON TRADING – New York, New York 1999 - 2005
Head Equity Trader/ Desk Manager 2002 - 2005
 Won repeated promotion with this small day trading firm with 80 traders to head up a newly established desk.
 Generated $600,000 profit in first year, setting the new standard for start up desks within the company.
 Provided hands-on leadership, negotiating highest pay out and commission rates and insurance benefits with management that established desk as front-runner for proprietary traders.
 Maintained responsibility for setting appropriate share size allocation and buying power for individual traders, monitoring risk using Excel that provided efficient risk gauging parameters.
 Facilitated weekly professional development classes that maintained teams competitive edge and profitability.
Trader 2000 - 2002
 Received advancement opportunity as a result of exemplary performance as a clerk, gaining an opportunity to work as a Proprietary Trader trading arbitrage, equities and Forex.
 Achieved outstanding success and profitability with 42 out of 44 months of profitability.
Trader
 Developed a detailed spreadsheet template adopted by the desk that recorded trades and profit and loss on all positions in an easily analyzed format.
Clerk to President & CEO 1999 - 2000
 Recruited to provide operational support for the President and CEO of this company.
 Duties included preparation of market summaries for his review, monitoring the market for additional opportunities, processing option orders, performing risk management assessments on traders and processing daily Profit and Loss report for President’s review.
 Identified need and successfully proposed creation of Chief Operating Officer position that improved executive structure of company and provided additional executive support.
 Initiated Risk Management system using RediPlus that provided a structured format for management to monitor trader transactions and reduce financial risk.
LYNCH, JONES & RYAN – New York, New York 1998 - 1999
International Account Manager
 Joined this institutional financial management firm to serve as an account manager for one of their largest accounts.
 Job entailed analyzing client buy-ins and liquidations prior to execution, booking and processing international trades, retrieving trades from database, reviewing trades for errors, updating customer and completing monthly reconciliation statement.
 Transitioned database system information to spreadsheet, streamlining order processing and decreasing processing time.
 Exhibited professionalism and strong organizational skills while successfully managing this multi-billion dollar corporate account.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON – New Brunswick, New Jersey 1996 - 1997
Expense Report Analyst
 Selected by one of the most influential companies in America and a world leader in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to record and process sales force expense reports.
 Daily responsibilities included reviewing expense reports for discrepancies, investigating discrepancies and processing special requests for allowable expenses.
 Developed and implemented use of spreadsheet format that tracked trends in spending within the sales force and improved managerial review procedures.
 Designed customized database for International Development Program participants that allowed for comprehensive management of sales force training.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Series 7 General Securities Representative
Series 55 Registered Equity Trader
Series 63 Uniform State Agent
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – New Brunswick, New Jersey 1997
Bachelor of Arts in History
Extremely motivated and results-driven sales and trading professional with exceptional risk analysis skills and an extensive background in the following broad-based competencies:
EQUITY TRADING
DESK MANAGEMENT
OPTIONS & DERIVATIVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
MARKET TREND ANALYSIS
NYSE TRADING PRACTICES
TRADER TRAINING
RULES & REGULATIONS
PROFIT & LOSS REPORTING
 Demonstrated ability to streamline operations to increase productivity and company profit.
 Strategic and analytical; able to make quick decisions while maintaining professional composure and position.
 Proven ability to utilize continually upgraded technological tools; able to perform analysis, obtain and interpret market data and rapidly facilitate trades. Proficiency using Bloomberg, RediPlus/Classic, Carlin Trading System, Reuters Quotation Monitor industry specific systems.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MOG CAPITAL LLC, A DIVISION OF MADISON TRADING – New York, New York 2005 - Present
Derivative Trading Liason
 Joined this start-up branch of Madison Trading handling derivatives trading, working as a clerk and gaining experience with this product.
 Responsibilities include serving as a liaison between traders and brokers, relaying orders and reporting fills, entering orders into risk analyzer to verify accuracy of positions, distributing risk analysis reports to traders, checking trades with clearing firm and creating daily profit and loss summary.
 Created Delta risk spreadsheet that tracks basket weightings and delta’s, monitoring potential risk dilemmas.
MADISON TRADING – New York, New York 1999 - 2005
Head Equity Trader/ Desk Manager 2002 - 2005
 Won repeated promotion with this small day trading firm with 80 traders to head up a newly established desk.
 Generated $600,000 profit in first year, setting the new standard for start up desks within the company.
 Provided hands-on leadership, negotiating highest pay out and commission rates and insurance benefits with management that established desk as front-runner for proprietary traders.
 Maintained responsibility for setting appropriate share size allocation and buying power for individual traders, monitoring risk using Excel that provided efficient risk gauging parameters.
 Facilitated weekly professional development classes that maintained teams competitive edge and profitability.
Trader 2000 - 2002
 Received advancement opportunity as a result of exemplary performance as a clerk, gaining an opportunity to work as a Proprietary Trader trading arbitrage, equities and Forex.
 Achieved outstanding success and profitability with 42 out of 44 months of profitability.
Trader
 Developed a detailed spreadsheet template adopted by the desk that recorded trades and profit and loss on all positions in an easily analyzed format.
Clerk to President & CEO 1999 - 2000
 Recruited to provide operational support for the President and CEO of this company.
 Duties included preparation of market summaries for his review, monitoring the market for additional opportunities, processing option orders, performing risk management assessments on traders and processing daily Profit and Loss report for President’s review.
 Identified need and successfully proposed creation of Chief Operating Officer position that improved executive structure of company and provided additional executive support.
 Initiated Risk Management system using RediPlus that provided a structured format for management to monitor trader transactions and reduce financial risk.
LYNCH, JONES & RYAN – New York, New York 1998 - 1999
International Account Manager
 Joined this institutional financial management firm to serve as an account manager for one of their largest accounts.
 Job entailed analyzing client buy-ins and liquidations prior to execution, booking and processing international trades, retrieving trades from database, reviewing trades for errors, updating customer and completing monthly reconciliation statement.
 Transitioned database system information to spreadsheet, streamlining order processing and decreasing processing time.
 Exhibited professionalism and strong organizational skills while successfully managing this multi-billion dollar corporate account.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON – New Brunswick, New Jersey 1996 - 1997
Expense Report Analyst
 Selected by one of the most influential companies in America and a world leader in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to record and process sales force expense reports.
 Daily responsibilities included reviewing expense reports for discrepancies, investigating discrepancies and processing special requests for allowable expenses.
 Developed and implemented use of spreadsheet format that tracked trends in spending within the sales force and improved managerial review procedures.
 Designed customized database for International Development Program participants that allowed for comprehensive management of sales force training.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Series 7 General Securities Representative
Series 55 Registered Equity Trader
Series 63 Uniform State Agent
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – New Brunswick, New Jersey 1997
Bachelor of Arts in History