Investment manager Resume Bethesda, MD - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

A success - driven, analytical and focused financial professional with 18 years of experience in financial services and investments.
Expertise in equities, derivatives sales and trading, market making, quantitative trading methodologies and hedging strategies.
Highly motivated with fluent knowledge of financial markets, excellent analytical skills and ability in capturing and managing key accounts.
Highly collaborative, with outstanding ability to perform under pressure in a rapid - paced, high pressured environment.
A dynamic leader with strengths in employee management, client oversight and training traders.
Currently working towards the Confidential designation.

One of the first 5 Options Markets Makers when options were introduced for the first time to the Greek capital market by the Athens Derivatives Exchange.
Options book managed in year 2000, accounted for 33% of the total Greek options market volume for 2 consecutive quarters.
Frequent guest commentator on derivatives for a Greek TV station.
Designed tested and evaluated options trading systems for equities and futures using data and statistical analysis
Consulted the Athens Derivatives Exchange for the development and improvement of the first derivatives trading used by the members of the exchange. Participated in weekly meetings with the Exchange’s management to solve problems such as liquidity and low volume for the newly introduced index options market in Greece.

ADDITIONAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

SQL, SAS, Netezza, MS Office, Instinet, Autex, Microhedge, Bloomberg, RTD trader Telerate ILX, AT Financial, Reuters

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Investment manager, Bethesda, MD

Responsibilities:

Lead analyst responsible for the investigation of large complex data sets related to derivatives and supported on state-of-the-art big data platforms.
Conducted in-depth analysis of data integrity, and historical trends, performed data modeling and developed analytic algorithms.

Confidential

Private Wealth Manager

Responsibilities:

Developed portfolios weighted mostly in the healthcare sector along with tailor made hedging strategies using derivatives.
Series 7 and Series 66 licensed

Confidential

Private Wealth Manager

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Confidential

Private Wealth Manager

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Confidential

Manager / Energy Trader

Responsibilities:

Confidential

Head of Confidential Derivatives

Responsibilities:

Conceptualized and adopted innovative ideas in implementing hedging and
Developed the Confidential Index Arbitrage program for the proprietary trading desk.
Organized Road shows and derivatives seminars increase accounts and sales.
Performed risk management duties and run the project of incorporating the derivatives desk risk management program in to the Bank s risk program
Consulted financial software companies on developing trading platforms for the Greek futures and options market
Trained new derivatives traders and sales employees.

Confidential

Options Market Maker

Responsibilities:

Executed high volume Confidential -Futures- Options Index Arbitrage trades.
Developed strong working relationships with brokers and increased trading volume by providing superior pricing and greater efficiency.
Consultant to the Athens Derivatives Exchange for the development and improvement of the first derivatives trading platform used by the members of the exchange.