Christopher D’Ambrosio

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New York, NY 10280

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acolj4@r.postjobfree.com

Current Experience

QuantX Management, New York, NY

Managing Director, Head of Risk and Trading Operations October 2013 – July 2014

• Daily risk appraisal and management of approximately seventy five Portfolio Managers

• Implementation of ERM framework in order to assess, control, and monitor risks to overall

portfolio mix of equities and derivatives

• Hedging assessment, execution and supervision of overall portfolio risk with gross exposure of

approximately $100MM

• Administration and direction of team of four with duties including all stock loan, trade break

reconciliation, corporate actions, and Prime Broker communication

• Head of portfolio manager Due Diligence and manager selection, with task of identifying target

allocations and performance fees

Daman Quattro New York, NY

Energy Derivatives Execution and Brokerage Analyst September 2010 – February 2013

• Started US-based desk for execution trading and brokerage of WTI and Brent crude oil, RBOB

gasoline, heating oil, gasoil and natural gas futures and swaps via TradingTechnologies and ICE

electronic platforms

• Accurate execution of up to 10K lots daily in a fast-paced, high pressure environment

• Grew desk from no US revenue to nearly $400K year over year

• Use of structured spread and arbitrage energy products in order to ensure customer price

optimization

• Maintenance and growth of global client list of hedge funds, international banks, oil producers and

refiners, and international energy trading houses

Valence Energy New York, NY

Energy Derivatives Execution and Brokerage Analyst August 2009 – September 2010

• Established crude oil, RBOB, heating oil and gasoil futures and swaps execution desk, servicing

banks, hedge funds, refiners and market making firms

• Grew desk from no revenue to 200K

1.618 Group New York, NY

Director, Crude Oil Trading April 2008 – November 2008

• Co-creator of crude oil and petroleum products futures arbitrage desk at $100MM hedge fund

• Crude oil and product market analysis through the use of proprietary internal data sets as well as external tools

• Leveraged the firm’s technology and connectivity to CME and ICE to exploit short term and relatively risk free

arbitrage opportunities within the energy futures markets

• Co-developed spread arbitrage model (both inter and intra commodity) and managed risk free positions between

exchanges

NRG Energy Princeton, NJ

Power Trader June 2007 – March 2008

• Managed the operation of the Company’s assets to meet load and reserve requirements in real-time

by dispatching of units in PJM, NYISO, and ISONE and bidding of units into Day-Ahead and

Hour-Ahead markets

• Traded short-term power within the guidelines of the risk and credit policies via ICE trading

platform

Kempler & Company New York, NY

Energy Trader November 2005 – May 2007

• Proprietary trading of crude oil, natural gas, RBOB and heating oil spread and outright NYMEX

and ICE listed futures contracts via Globex and ICE electronic platforms

• Reconciliation of daily P&L versus clearing house statements

Additional Experience

Bear Stearns & Co. New York, NY

Relationship Manager September 2002 – November 2005

• Assisted in developing hedge fund client solutions by working with trading, securities lending and

financing, risk management, restricted securities and structured products

• Generation of Excel spreadsheet detailing monthly fluctuations of cash, equity and fixed income, as

well as short/long term realized/unrealized P&L, income and expenses

IntercontinentalExchange New York, NY

Sales/Marketing Manager September 2000 – August 2002

• Product development - instrumental in the development and implementation of two distinct

financial swaps actively traded on the platform

• Sole representative of IntercontinentalExchange at the International Energy Trade Show held in

Milan, Italy in November of 2001

Cantor Fitzgerald, LLC New York, NY

Power Brokerage Services September 1999 – September 2000

• OTC brokering of 50 MW blocks of energy in the day-ahead spot market, forward contracts and

electricity options

• Maintained list of large utilities and power marketers throughout the Mid West and Southern

United States

Education

New York University New York, NY

Leonard N. Stern School of Business, MBA August 2013

University of Rochester Rochester, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Economics May 1999

• Dean’s List; Vice President of Psi Upsilon Fraternity

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration

Certificate of Management - Finance/Accounting May 1999

American University of Rome

Semester Abroad / International Business Program Fall 1998

Certifications & Skills

Series 7 (2000), Series 3 (2009)

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