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November 02, 2010

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Greg Barrato

* ********* *****

Westport, CT ****0

860-***-****

abic7k@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lucerne Capital Management, LLC (spinoff of ReachCapital), Harrison, NY

February 2004-September 2010

Head International Equity Trader

January 2009-September 2010

Assistant Trader/Operations Manager

January 2008-January 2009

Responsible for trading equities across Europe for a long/short

international equity Hedge Fund ($1.5B peak AUM) in addition performed the

following duties:

. Implemented DMA/Algorithmic trading systems to reduce trading costs

. Interacted with local brokers in foreign markets in order to source

liquidity and gain insight

. Discussed trading ideas, fund exposure, market risks and market moving

headlines with portfolio managers on a daily basis

. Traded U.S. ETF's in order to hedge market risk to the fund

. Supervised "Best Execution" monthly meetings to review commissions

paid and soft-dollar budget with portfolio managers, CFO and trading

desk

. Calculated and executed FX spot trades, currency hedges and monthly

program trades across multiple portfolios with different currency base

. Developed and implemented a more efficient system to calculate program

trades

. Responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of EzeCastle OMS and

worked with EzeCastle to create custom reports for fund managers

. Trained and managed trading desk and operations employees.

. Reduced trading cost by negotiating lower commission terms with

brokers as well as lower annual OMS fees

. Setup multiple "FIX" connections between brokers and OMS to reduce

trade errors on desk

ReachCapital Management. LP, Harrison, NY February

2004-January 2008

Assistant Trader/Operations Manager

Responsible for trading U.S. and Canadian equities for a long/short

international equity Hedge Fund ($3B peak AUM) in addition performed the

following duties:

. Researched and converted Hedge Fund to a more efficient OMS

. Implemented and maintained EzeCastle OMS, including educating and

training all employees in multiple branches

. Confirmed and settled trades

. Communicated with multiple prime brokers concerning all trade

settlements and corporate actions

. Performed position, market value, cash, and currency hedge

reconciliations for all portfolios across multiple prime brokers

. Executed FX spot trades and currency hedges

. Responsible for proxy votes and corporate action elections based on

fund guidelines and portfolio manager's preference

. Trained and managed operations employees

SIX Telekurs USA Inc, Stamford,CT

January 2003-February 2004

Data Analyst

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

B.S. in Finance, 2002

SKILLS

EzeCastle OMS-Traders Console, Bloomberg, UBS Pinpoint, REDIPlus, Excel, FX

Hedge Manager and Fix



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