Scott Bushman

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SKILLS

. 13 Years Financial Services

. 14 Years Equities Trading Experience

. 10 Years' Experience Mentoring/Tutoring Jr. Traders

. Excellent Networking Abilities

. Strong Work Ethic

. Business Start-up Experience

. Experienced with Making Presentations to Clients

. Consistently Performed within the top 10-15% of Co

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. 10 Years' Experience Building a Book of Business

. 4 Years Inside/Outside Sales Experience

. Experienced with Business Plan Development

. Have built a Sales Team from Ground Up

. Skilled in Accounting, Profitability and Increasing Profits

. Extremely Disciplined and Focused on Results

. Systematic; Persistent Attention to Detail

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Practice Development/Financial Sales

2012 - 2013

. Developing a book of business in order to meet and exceed the required

performance hurdles

. Effectively sourcing prospective clients, capitalizing on referrals,

assessing customer needs, referring customers to the

appropriate service provider, and executing highly customized solutions

to meet the customer needs

. Recommending investment products and services that are suitable for

prospects and clients based on their objectives,

resources, time horizon, risk profile and preferences

Schonfeld Securities / Opus Trading Fund, Equities Trader

1994-2003 & 2006-2011

. Recipient of the Windy City Trader Award for being one of the top two

traders in an office of over 100 people

. Built share size from 100 shares to over 250,000 shares per trade

. Increased revenues from $100,000 to over 4.5 million dollars

. Integral part of developing an office of 10 traders and growing it to

over 125. Involved in training, hiring and development

. Ran a profitable trading desk consisting of ten trader who acted as a

team

. Achieved partnership status in 5 years

. Over 14 years of discretionary proprietary equities trading experience

involving every aspect of both trader and trading

system modeling, implementation, and improvement; Worked with management

to improve profitability and techniques

. Managed multi-million dollar capital accounts for a large equity trading

firm; Employed statistical methods and risk

management to identify trading opportunities in the equity markets;

Achieved partnership status in five years

. Strong work ethic committed to increasing the bottom line at all times;

Tutored Jr. traders to increase their performance

Aspire Trading Company, Derivatives Trader

2003-2006

. Managed personal capital for trading equity and financial futures

contracts (part and full time activity)

. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of accounting and profitability

and designed and implemented strategies to minimize cost while showing

increasing profits each year

Universal Medical Solutions, LLC, Founder and Sales Executive

2004-2006

. Started medical supply distribution business and established a presence

in the surgery center market and prospered

. Networked extensively with existing clients; Developed new clients

through cold calling, email campaigns, direct mail, and various web

promotions; Responsible for all aspects of business including DEA

licensing, pharmaceutical distribution permits, state and federal

procedures and documentation, accounting, financial analysis, sales

forecasting, and marketing

. Developed an employee team that included sales staff, inside sales,

representatives and commissioned outside vendors

McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Bond Broker

1993-1994

. Developed a book of business in municipal, government and CMO securities;

Employed a variety of sales techniques (cold calling, networking and

referrals) to grow business for clients (individuals, institutions, and

other organizations)

Goldenberg, Hehmeyer, and Co., Chicago Board Of Trade Five-Year Notes

Trader 1991-1993

. Obtained membership in CBOT and traded five-year treasury notes for

profits in the pits; Responsible for all profit and

losses in proprietary account and developed own trading

methodologies under the tutelage of veteran CBOT traders

Education

University of Wisconsin - Madison B.S. in Financial Economics

May 1991

Dean's List /

Letter of recommendation from the Chair of the Department of Economics,

Donald D. Hester

NASD/SEC Series 7 and Series 66

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