David Cook

**** **** ******* ******, **** *, Chicago, IL 60618

773-***-**** ( abiamy@r.postjobfree.com

Business Analyst

Project Management ( Requirements Gathering ( Financial Analysis

IT professional with seven years of experience in high-growth trading and

financial services as an operations supervisor, project manager, business

analyst and trader. Ability to transform corporate vision and strategy

into profitable reality, driving projects from conception to launch. My

unique skill set allows me to operate as the liaison between the business

and technical sides of the company, using my extensive knowledge of

financial markets and technical skills to drive profitability and complete

large scale IT projects. Graduating August 2010 with a Masters degree in

Information Systems from DePaul

Requirements Writing ( Software Development Life Cycle ( FIX Protocol (SQL

( HTML( Java (C# ( UML ( Oracle ( Microsoft Project ( Needs Assessment (

Manager ( Client Relationships ( Team Leadership ( Mentoring Training and

Development ( Investment Modeling ( Equities ( Fixed Income( Commodities (

Risk Management

EDUCATION

DE PAUL UNIVERSITY - Chicago, Illinois January 2009 - August, 2010

M.S. Information Systems

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY - Milwaukee, Wisconsin August, 2001

B.A. Business Administration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Leap Real Estate Systems - Chicago, Illinois March, 2009 - Present

Business Analyst

Created functional requirements as an input to application design for

software developers. Managed projects directed towards strategic business

and other organizational objectives. Worked with development team

investigating and correcting software bugs and deficiencies based on the

testing results. Defined and achieved client needs through one-on-one

session and ongoing communication.

. Co-created and implemented listings program that syndicated realtor's

properties. The program increased productivity by 45% and netted

10,000/year contract.

. Responsible for the project management of the UI improvements to

PeekaCity.com. The project improved customer navigation and drove web

traffic up by 20%.

Privateer Trading - Charlotte, North Carolina July, 2004

-October, 2008

Head Trader

Actively recruited by management to open a new trading floor based on the

ability to develop and manage traders. Served as the primary contact with

technical support in troubleshooting and resolving FIX messaging issues

affecting NYSE Equities platforms with ARCA, AMEX, ISLD, and NASDAQ.

Managed all operations and finances, including accounting, P&L, risk

management, and compliance. Analyzed and traded the S&P/NASDAQ futures,

equities, and options markets.

. Worked in partnership with programmers to integrate a java based volume

trading system that increased profits and trader productivity. This

software provided a 30% increase in the firm's profit.

. Worked with broker dealer's developers to improve the integration of

Bloomberg market data. Improvements decreased the screen space by 10%

and made the software more efficient for the end users.

. Managed the sponsorship, planning implementation of technology and

trading systems for the project to deliver final systems two months ahead

of schedule and reduced project overhead by 15%.

. Elicited functional requirements as an input to application design for

software developers

. Improved the firm's existing trading model to produce a higher percentage

of success among traders by implementing tighter risk parameters and

trading style. Decreased commissions payout by 15% to improve

profitability by 25% overall.

Spike Trading - Chicago, Illinois

Head Trader September,

2003 - July, 2004

Selected from 90 traders by the Director of Trading to train and manage new

trading staff. Recruited, interviewed, evaluated and hired team of 25,

identified new markets for team, trained and brought team to active trading

level, evaluated and managed trading strategy, managed groups daily P&L and

risk.

. Coached and mentored five entry-level traders to top money producers in

their trading class.

Equity Trader August,2002 -

September,2003

Effectively executed firm's trading style and consistently generated

profits in the NYSE and NASDQ markets. Demonstrated high-level performance

and job competence in just thirteen months; efforts led to recognition as

the top trader out of sixty peers.

. Analyzed and traded the NYSE and NASDQ. Obtained highest commission

payout based on gross money made in the market, averaging almost $2,500

per month in profits.

C&B Trading - Chicago, Illinois April, 2001- August, 2002

Trader Trainee

Recruited out of college as trainee with focus on learning to trade various

futures markets. Successfully learned futures trading strategies and risk

management.

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