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PRIVATE INVESTOR/PROPRIETARY TRADER
Professional Summary

Enthusiastic Finance Professional eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of accounting, finance and operations as well as expert-level computer and programming skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in a financial role.

Core Competencies
  • FINRA Licensed - Currently
    Series 57 - Securities Trader
  • Computer Programming/Web Development
  • Marketing/Sales
  • Relationship Building/Interpersonal Communication
  • Exemplary Reading/Writing/Editing/Computer Skills
  • Operations/Personnel/Project Management
  • Exceptional Problem Solving/Decision Making Capabilities
  • Passion for Excellence
Recent Employment History
Private Investor/Proprietary Trader, 07/2015 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Develop sophisticated trading strategies in both equities and options utilizing charts and other technical indicators as well as analysis of corporate financial performance in a fast-paced and energetic trading desk environment.
  • Execute trading strategy through direct-access electronic trading network.
  • Required to make constant, consistent and immediate trading decisions in a highly chaotic environment with imperfect and often incomplete information.
  • Responsible for quantifying and maintaining strict risk parameters.
  • Manage a trading account for T3 Trading Group valued in excess of 20 times initial capital investment.
  • Cultivate and sustain expert-level product knowledge of equities and options trading mechanics as well as all the macro-economic, political, social, and financial drivers of the securities markets.
Web Programmer and Developer , 01/2009 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Develop and maintain expert-level knowledge base of key web programming technologies, such as Linux, Ajax, HTML, PHP, Javascript, MySQL and CSS. Fully self-taught.
  • Translate clients' business processes and expectations into robust, standards-based applications and websites.
  • All code personally written in native languages for maximum efficiency and interoperability across multiple devices and web browsers.
  • Created a custom built, comprehensive web application for a client that completely automated their calendar printing business. Functionality included, web security, private customer profiles, image manipulation, back-end company control panel, sophisticated checkout screens incorporating a multitude of features and options, messaging system, templating and free-style calendar creation and workflow manager.
  • Currently volunteer webmaster for neighborhood HOA.
Area Director/Publisher, 03/2013 to 07/2015
Company Name – City, State
  • Successfully shepherded hyper-local publication in Millburn, NJ from planning stage through initial advertising sales, content generation, neighborhood introduction, layout finalization, printing/distribution and monthly issue followthrough.
  • Grew publication roster from initial territory in Millburn to include monthly magazines in Short Hills, NJ and Fayson Lakes (Kinnelon), NJ.
  • Elevated each publication into key neighborhood resource recognized by residents, business owners, neighborhood leaders, schools, and local elected officials.
  • Overall responsibility for generating operating revenue through direct advertising sales to local business owners.
  • Managed staff of writers, editors, photographers, graphic designers and interns, along with a team of local residents, to ensure adequate, appropriate and individualized content for 3 monthly magazines, delivered on-time to accommodate very strict printing deadlines.
  • Organized periodic events to highlight local advertisers, showcase magazine content, and bring together the various constituencies of the publication. Event examples include a fashion show featuring local moms on the runway in Millburn, a group restaurant review and night on the town in Short Hills, and a Lifeguard Olympics in Fayson Lakes against a neighboring lake with a similar hyper-local publication.
Chief Operating Officer, 09/1999 to 09/2010
Company Name – City, State
  • Hired initially as Head Trader, promoted to Options Principal and then to Chief Operating Officer/Co-Chief Compliance Officer.
  • Key liaison for outside vendors, clearing firm, regulatory agencies and firm's legal council.
  • Coached and mentored firm's brokers and staff on all financial, operations and compliance matters.
  • Resolved customer issues and complaints.
  • Edited and approved weekly research notes distributed to clients.
  • Interpreted regulatory rules to determine policies/procedures and handled all regulatory and compliance issues.
  • Performed periodic examinations of operational policies and procedures, including updates to firm's Compliance Manual and Written Supervisory Procedures.
  • Prepared and signed off on all regulatory filings and responses to FINRA/SEC.
  • Recruited and managed a Frankfurt, Germany-based branch office.
Education
MBA: Accounting, 02/1997
Baruch College of The City University of New York - City, State
  • Earned BBA/Finance from Baruch College with a Masters Thesis in Securitization of Tax Liabilities.
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Resume Overview

School Attended

  • Baruch College of The City University of New York

Job Titles Held:

  • Private Investor/Proprietary Trader
  • Web Programmer and Developer
  • Area Director/Publisher
  • Chief Operating Officer

Degrees

  • MBA : Accounting , 02/1997

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