Christopher B. Ruemke (U.S. Citizen)

Email: acbavq@r.postjobfree.com

*** ********* *****, ***** **, Annapolis, MD 21403 H:

410-***-**** C: 201-***-****

Government Merit Award Economist. Statistician. Project & Program Manager. COTR.

National security projects I managed for USCG cited by GAO as important.

Merit award winning economist at USCG. Previously traded billions of dollars for

major banks, programming central bank + other statistics for fiscal and monetary

analysis to position bank assets. Polished commodities and finance lecturer for

executive MBA students, undergraduates, Wall Street professionals, media and

general public. Created numerous innovations in IT, finance, & education.

Researched, analyzed and wrote hundreds of articles on equities, markets and

economics for award winning financial newsletter. Visionary and charismatic

leader, effective with all organization levels, skilled at creating an extremely

loyal and top performing diverse workforce. Skilled in working with attorneys on

regulations. My USCG projects cited by GAO in May 2013 as important: GAO-13-198.

Professional Background

Morgan Stanley. Annapolis. Financial Advisor.

July 2012 to June 2013

86% on the Series 7 exam with "90%+"on "provides information on investments"

section of that exam.

83% on the Series 66, with 93% on "investment vehicle characteristics" in that

exam.

Passed the life, health, LTC + variable annuities exams for state and federal

insurance registration.

Series 3 transferred over from my own commodities trading advisory firm (CTA).

Correctly warned prospects of fixed income, FX, metals risk in early 2013, prices

plunged through June.

Organized and staffed 1st M.S. display booth at the Bay Bridge Boat show (2013),

gained 350 contacts.

U.S. Coast Guard. Washington D.C. Economist, Project Manager, COTR.

2008 to 2011

Economist on key maritime rulemaking projects of international importance, billion

dollar + impacts.

Technical Project Manager (TPM) on two independent projects cited by GAO May 2013

GAO-13-198

Fed COTR (contracting designation), responsible for financial management of large

projects.

Work effectively with senior managers/directors of the FBI, TSA, NIST and Naval

SPAWAR centers.

Travel/work with senior Port management for economic/security/labor measurement

and analysis.

Merit award winner. Annual job performance rated as "exceeds" and bonus eligible,

entire time.

Current member of two Area Maritime Security Committees. TPM of biometric TWIC IT

studies.

Knowledgeable about the FAR, OMB, Executive Order and other Government

requirements.

Conceived major research projects, wrote their Statements of Work (SOW) also wrote

statement of work for another government agency to be sure of getting good results

for USCG.

Projects were completed on time and on budget, incorporating statistical analysis

of data collected.

Passed the following courses: Defense Acquisition University CLE003, CLM003,

CLM024, FAC033, CLC007, CLM012, CLC011, CLC013, CLM013, USDA Graduate School

Contracting Basics for COTRS. 34 hours of National Sherriff's Association (NSA)

First Responder Program Training AWR-198. The following FEMA courses: IS-00100,

IS-00860, IS-00800.B. Passed the National Domestic Preparedness Coalition

Operational Value of Threat, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessment Training as well

as INFOSEC, OPSEC, Security Awareness, Antiterrorism Force Protection, Information

Systems Security, and the ABS Maritime RCA/Incident Investigation Course.

For computer, IT and economics classes: passed MS Outlook 2003 Tips and Tricks,

New Features of VISTA and Office 2007, the NIST SP 800-53 R3 Workshop, plus

Econometrics Analysis Using E-Views. For environmental studies, passed the

Sydney's Group's "How to Manage the NEPA Process." SharePoint power user

Licensed Captain, 50 Ton Master Mariner, Offshore Mate, with Assistance Towing

Endorsement. Familiar with Transportation Worker Identification Security

procedures and possesses a TWIC card.

Wrote RFPs, reviewed submissions, carefully managed contractor Milestones, and

dramatically improved one contractor's sub par performance to excellent. As COTR,

reviewed monthly CLINs, catching and correcting contractor billing errors.

Proficient with Time and Material contracts, Firm Fixed Price, and Sole Source

contracts. DoD 5000 knowledgeable, a stickler for accurate CE's.

Developed excellent relations with LANTAREA and PACAREA, as well as industry

facilities in ports around the nation, smoothing RFI requests and contractor data

collection trips.

A very fast reader, writer, processor of information and logical courses of

action, I was frequently asked to read, analyze and write analysis or logical

courses of action in response to time sensitive ad hoc requests from higher

management, industry or congressional requests.

Proficient in creating and analyzing large databases with standard IT tools as

well as creating custom formulas and macros to speed custom processing of data

requests, or data modeling simulations.

Stickler for accurate, time sensitive data, as well as logical procedures to

address data gaps.

Entrepreneur. New Jersey and Maryland. President and Owner.

2005 to July 2012

Series 3 registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). Expert commodities,

options, FX trader.

Member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), and InfraGard with

the FBI.

Consultant to colleges on how to set up trading floors. Wrote high frequency

trading macros.

Owner of registered CTA firm. ZERO customer or regulatory issues since Series 3

registered in 1982.

Owner of custom ocean racing speed boat, licensed 50 ton Master Captain:

www.hyperfishing.com.

Wasserman Financial Trading Floor. Baruch, CUNY. New York. Associate Director.

2001 to 2005

Micro and Macro Economics lecturer. Initiated, developed and taught ALL the

advanced financial workshops on commodities, options, equities, bonds, FX using

Reuters, Bloomberg, TradeStation, ThomsonOne Analytics, plus 80% of graduate and

undergraduate classes on trading floor, as well as my regular economics classes.

Promoted from Manager to Associate Director within two years, at the largest

business school in U.S.

Hired 6 students per term to constantly improve New York's largest and best

academic trading floor.

Maintained excellent relations with all Baruch support staff and outside IT

contractors to maximize uptime, expertly handled all operational and billing

issues, scheduled special events and classes.

Personally initiated and implemented $2,000,000 + worth of donated improvements

to the Trading Floor such as exchange data feeds from CME, NYBOT, NYMEX, CBOT,

EUREX, NASDAQ Level II, live trading squawk boxes, help screens, new software

donations from a variety of donors.

Increased corporate users and fees paid to Baruch for Trading Floor rentals by

over 400%.

Set up Internship on the NYBOT exchange for Baruch students.

Conducted more than 500 tours of facility for visiting dignitaries, faculty and

students.

Starred in NY Emmy Award nominated film about the trading floor, frequently shown

on PBS in NY.

Entrepreneur. Toronto, New York and New Jersey. President and Owner.

1986 to 2001

Registered as a U.S. Commodity Trading Advisor, 1992 to 2001, NO regulatory

issues.

Owner, Capilano International Ltd., traded client funds in futures options,

prepared regulatory filings.

Analyzed and wrote weekly articles on stocks/economy (1986 - 1989) for Canada's

largest and award winning newsletters Personal Wealth Reporter, The Investment

Reporter. Moved to U.S. in 1989.

Traded positions via various trading platforms; wrote custom macros in Excel, C+,

VB and JAVA.

Authored newspaper and press releases as well as television and other

advertisements.

Invented and copyrighted Investor Graph Pac, a charting and investment computer

program.

Ranked 11th in the U.S. Real Money Trading Championship, commodities division.

Taught economics classes at Centennial College in Toronto, CUNY in New York

Bank of Nova Scotia. Toronto. Intermediate FX Trader.

1984 to 1986

Started as junior trader in 1984, promoted to Intermediate FX trader within one

year.

Daily trading volume of $400 million+, traded and quoted FX/forwards/options to

customers, banks and institutional brokers.

Managed bank's nationwide Yen and Swiss Franc exposure 24/7 as well as other

currencies.

Attained 2nd highest global spot trading limit.

Merrill Lynch. Toronto. Futures and Commodities Broker.

1982 to 1984

Traded client funds in futures markets during the day. Developed spot and forward

foreign exchange FOREX product. Traded ALL Merrill Lynch Canadian overnight

retail FX spot, forward orders. Also conducted exchange for physicals in overseas

gold futures markets, and traded other commodities.

Residence registered as Merrill Lynch sub branch to book overnight FX and metals

trades.

Worked with top regulatory and corporate officers, firm legal counsel to align

Canadian/U.S. trading issues.

Developed and presented foreign exchange trading seminars to major Canadian firms.

Won new account opening contests several times.

CIBC. Vancouver. Foreign Exchange and Precious Metals Trader.

1980 to 1982

Promoted to trading desk after six months on main branch FX counter.

Traded bullion, spot and forward foreign exchange with $1 million shared limit.

Developed first TI-59 card reader calculator FX forward calculation program.

Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC). Acting Harbor Master.

1977 to 1980

Supervised 12+ employee's summers/weekends while attending college.

Promoted from dock worker, to Acting Harbor Master of Western Canada's premier

yacht club.

Education

Baruch, Zicklin School of Business. New York. MBA Studies, 3.4 GPA - Statistics,

Management.

New York University - Foreign Exchange Studies.

Adjunct Economics lecturer at three colleges: Baruch, CUNY, Centennial College

(Ontario).

Simon Fraser University. Vancouver, B.C. BBA - Double Major, Economics and

Commerce.

USCG licensed Master Mariner, 50 Ton Captain, assistance towing, and offshore mate

endorsement.

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