ROB GILLIN

*** *. **** **. ***.*D New York, NY **028

acsytm@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Technical Recruiter with strong knowledge of financial services operations and financial markets. Experienced in agency recruiting as well as internal corporate recruiting. Full IT project life cycle experience from initial SME’s to final UATesters in environments as diverse as legacy mainframe projects to cutting edge architectures and languages.

EXPERIENCE

6/12-Present MNK Group NY, NY

Virtual Technical Recruiter

Full life cycle recruiting as needed

Search/source exceptional talent for senior level positions, as well as for more junior roles, including consultants, analysts and numerous associated positions using a variety of job boards, social media, direct sourcing, etc., and utilizing the JobDiva ATS.

3/09-Present Independent Swing Trader NY, NY

Utilized a catalyst driven approach, combined with fundamental and technical analysis to deliver superior risk adjusted returns.

Implemented a top-down/bottoms-up (macro/micro) approach to identify long and short opportunities.

Executed trading strategies using equities, equity and fixed income ETF's, and options.

Applied hedging strategies against long positions with offsetting shorts in comparable companies or relevant indices.

7/04-3/09

Scene Interactive Inc.*

http://bit.ly/1ksvGu7

NY, NY

Principal (Recruiter, Accountant, Marketer)

*Scene Interactive provided an intranet streaming service within our studios for casting directors to allow their clients to view auditions remotely as well as a video database of performers.

Recruited developers and managed the analysis, technical development, and administration of the site built using PHP/JavaScript/MySQL

Developed accounting and financial reporting systems in conjunction with the firm's CPA.

Established firm's digital marketing strategy including SEO, social networks, PPC advertising, and industry partnerships.

Coordinated efforts for client projects outside of our core studio offerings.

3/04-7/04 Deutsche Bank NY, NY

Financial Recruiter

Developed relationships with top tier universities to recruit candidates for the banks fixed income trading desk.

12/00-6/02 TMP Worldwide (Monster, Hudson Global) NY, NY

Technical Recruiter

Successfully executed retained searches for senior technical and technology oriented business professionals up to the C-level.

Consistently met or exceeded internal target of 5 permanent placements per quarter.

Participated in consultative meetings with client representatives to determine business needs.

Developed and implemented team strategies for meeting client expectations.

Assisted business development efforts by presenting firm’s execution strategies and capabilities.

Recruited for internal TMP Worldwide positions for a global Oracle Applications roll-out as well as Network Infrastructure professionals.

4/95-11/00

Helene Miller Associates, Inc.

NY, NY

Technical Recruiter

Lead recruiting division during a period of 200% growth in firm's contract placements.

Successfully recruited for a wide variety of technical disciplines.

Analyzed firm's marketing techniques and launched a web-based strategy that increased the firm's candidate base by 150% while reducing advertising expenses by 75%.

Researched numerous industry specific document imaging/workflow systems and implemented a solution that lessened administrative costs while increasing productivity.

Surveyed the firm's purchasing options for obtaining computer hardware and established a leasing program that generated substantial savings.

Analyzed processes to assess technical talent and instituted procedures to ensure competence of candidates prior to meeting with clients, resulting in a 50% greater placement to interview ratio.

Evaluated firm's hardware and software needs; provided installation and training on all systems to achieve a paperless office.

Coordinated responses to Requests for Proposal that were instrumental in developing new business by firm's inclusion on Preferred Vendors lists.

Implemented the CPAS Applicant Tracking System (Lotus Notes based ATS running on a Unix server) and performed training for colleagues.

EDUCATION

2004

NYU Stern School of Business

MBA Finance

1994

University of Southern California

BA Political Science

WORK TRAINING/SEMINARS

2001

Monster Master Internet Mining

2000

TMP Worldwide’s Web Mining

1998

CPAS: System Administration and Train the Trainer (ATS)

1997

New York University School of Continuing Education

Creating, Publishing, and Maintaining a World Wide Web Server on the Internet

1995

Computers: Systems, Terms, and Acronyms by SemCo Enterprises, Inc.

ADDENDUM

RELEVANT MBA COURSEWORK

Equity Instruments and Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Managing Financial Businesses, Investment Banking, International Financial Management, Applications of Portfolio Analysis: Arbitrage, Corporate Finance, Emerging Financial Markets, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Current Economic and Financial Problems, Global Business: Macroeconomics and Finance, Global Business: Trade and Investment, Statistics and Data Analysis

SELECT ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Produced buy/hold/sell recommendations for Merck and Pfizer. Detailed all assumptions in determining future growth rates, interest rates/cost of capital, R&D efficiency, dividend changes, etc. Specific tasks included:

1. DCF analysis with multiple stage growth rate models and numerous Relative Valuation measures.

2. Regression of price movements to determine beta.

3. Capitalization of R&D expenses.

• Calculated the expected return, volatility, and VaR levels for several domestic and international equity portfolios.

• Recommended an optimum capital structure for UST.

• Applied NPV and option pricing models to determine the value of film sequel rights to Arundel Partners.

• Analyzed the financial value of a specific cash tender offer by Kennecott Corporation for Carborundum Company.

• Determined the maximum price Dixon Corporation should be willing to pay for a forced plant divestiture by American Chemical given competitors’ potential synergies.

• Performed a SWOT analysis of Citigroup.

• Developed an acquisition strategy for Cooper Industries takeover attempt of Nicholson File Company regarding price, structure, and various shareholder guarantees in a hostile bidding environment.

• Competed in a semester-long foreign exchange trading simulation.

• Analyzed the market research that led to the flawed lifetime subscription model at TiVo.

• Evaluated impact of product pricing changes for Beauregard Textile Company.

• Presented a PowerPoint based discussion of Time Warner’s strategic options.

• Evaluated risks and returns and recommended a syndication strategy for Chase concerning Hong Kong Disneyland loans.

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