RASHED B ALAM

***** ******** ****** *** **, Flushing, NY 11355

347-***-**** acvxyq@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashedalam1979

EDUCATION

New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York May 2016

Master of Science in Financial Risk Engineering

Course topics includes Quantitative Methods in Finance, Financial Risk Management and Asset Pricing, Financial Computing using C++, Corporate Finance, Economics, BASEL 3 and Banking Assets Management, Derivative Algorithms, Derivative Strategies, Dynamic Assets and Options pricing, Big Data. Stochastic Calculus and Options pricing, Financial Accounting, Interest rate Derivatives, and Capstone project

Projects: Priced exotic options such as Barrier options, Binary options, Geometric Asian options using C++. Formulated trading strategies using daily returns of S & P 500 to calculate abnormal returns and thus classifying the entire index into beat, meet and miss categories using threshold of five percent. The examples are listed at the Linked page.

St. John’s University, Queens, New York May 2002

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

FRM part 1 Candidate November 2016

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer Languages: C++(expert), Matlab (Expert), R (intermediate), VBA, PHP(intermediate), Python

RELEVENT EXPERIENCES

Ops/Error Control Specialist Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, New Jersey August 2006 to March 2007

Ensured all error accounts are balanced by T+1 by offsetting liquidating transactions

Researched corporate actions and dividend related error items

Calculated and processed journal entries to adjust client accounts

Allocated trading losses to the related offices in the month-end processing cycle

Processed appropriate entries to specific types of error accounts (e.g. relinquished accounts)

SROP/CROP First Midwest Securities, Bloomington, Illinois August 2005 to March 2006

Conducted and supervised all options transactions in the brokerage firm compliant to NASD, SEC, and other regulatory agencies' rules and regulations

Approved all relevant trades on the blotter and ledger

Conducted meetings and training classes, reviews and approval of outside business activities and brokerage accounts and other various compliance responsibilities

Managed and supervised 80 employees

Registered Options Principal J P Turner & Co, New York, New York February 2005 to August 2005

Supervised all options transactions in the brokerage firm compliant to NASD, SEC, and other regulatory agencies' rules and regulations

Reviewed and approved daily trading activity

Approved trades on the blotter and ledger

Conducted meetings and training classes, reviews and approval of outside business activities and brokerage accounts and other various compliance responsibilities

Managed a team of 10 employees (brokers and broker trainees)

Registered Representative New York Life, New York February 2004 to May 2004

Prospected and sold whole, term, and universal life insurances and various insurance related products

Account Executive Continental Broker Dealer, Mineola, New York July 2003 to December 2003

Helped individuals and clients identify their financial objectives and recommended and provided investment

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Graduate Assistant, NYU Tandon School of Engineering February 2016 to Present

Teaching Assistant for Foundations of Financial Technology

Substitute Teacher, NYCBOE September 2007 to Present

Special Education in district 75 schools and general branches

Instructed Special-Ed students intermittently when called upon by the school authorities and other schools

Permanent Social Studies Teacher P169M Robert F. Kennedy Middle School October 2013 to August 2014

Instructed Social Studies for two terms to students with high needs and emotional disorder

Permanent Substitute Mathematics Teacher P35M Manhattan High School February 2012 to June 2012

Instructed mathematics for two terms to students with high needs and emotional disorders

Used SESIS to write IEPs for students as well conducting bi-annual, annual IEP meetings with students, teachers, and faculty members

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITION:

Certified New York State Mathematics Teacher for grades 5-9 and 7-12.

LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Bengali

INTERESTS: Enjoy traveling around Asia, Europe and the Americas and playing guitar.

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