Sales Representative
Resume:
Arthur Roth
www.linkedin.com/in/arthurroth/
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SUMMARY Accomplished professional with over 10 years in the derivative markets. Experienced in both
domestic and international markets. Dealing with business development-sales, trading and
back office. and floor operations.
Firm memberships at both the Chicago Board of Trade and Matif Exchange in Paris, France.
Presided over start-up and management operations in France for Merrill Lynch for 5 years.
Maintained a consistent track record of building revenues and maintaining a loyal account
base. A proven leadership with a leave the ego at the door attitude and cross-training to keep
head count down and further drive revenue
Specialties: Bloomberg, Derivatives, Options, Trading and Risk Management. Cross-Training
Personnel Excel, Power Point. Technical Analysis, Compliance Sales, & Strong Relationship
Management.
EXPERIENCE Work Source Oregon 09 / 2012 - 12 / 2012
Business Employment Specialist
Hired by the state of Oregon to prepare unemployed applicants to guide them how to
proceed in re-entering the workforce. Helped them to prepare a resume, cover letter, and to
teach them how to use their transferable skills, to utilize the internet and to social network.
Easter Seals, Inc. 04 / 2012 - 09 / 2012
Resource Center Associate
Dealt with 100 unemployment applicants on a daily basis and help them prepare their
iMatch skills to meet unemployment requirements. Thus resulting in interviews and
employment,
Western & Southern Financial Group 08 / 2006 - 01 / 2008
Sales Representative
• Drove revenue through new business development and account management for sales of
policies and related products to private individuals and business owners.
• Responsible for generating new weekly applications and customer referrals.
• Provided in-person consultations, i.e., needs assessment and information/recommendation
for financial services and insurance plans.
• Worked closely with banks, universities and other large organizations to implement
employee benefit deductions.
Peregrine Financial Group 11 / 2003 - 03 / 2004
Market Maker/Trader
• Market Maker/Trader in Light Crude Oil.
• Utilized the Merchants Exchange Platform making over 2,000 bid/ask markets on a daily
basis.
• Made more than 2,000 markets a day resulting in profitable trades .Utilized Merchants-
Exchange trading platform with GLOBEX and NYMEX to hedge exposure.
• Monitored trading volumes and directions, identified opportunities and executed profitable
trades.
Barclays Capital Markets 08 / 2001 - 05 / 2003
Broker
• Worked as a contract broker for Barclay’s dealing London’s Sales Desk, New York
proprietary traders, as well as banks and customers.
• Brought clients to trade and managed exchange for physicals that encompassed 27% of
desk volume.
Merrill Lynch 09 / 1993 - 10 / 2000
Vice-President/Internaional Trading Desk
• Generated new business through cross marketing exchange traded products to European
contacts.
• Supervised floor personnel and directly coordinated floor operations in all financial
derivatives.
• Involved in the start-up of International Desk, including employee training and
implementation of efficient operational procedures.
• Developed and emerging market business that increased desk volume by 17%. Dealt with
hedge funds, banks, proprietary traders and business development.
Merrill Lynch 08 / 1988 - 09 / 1993
Vice President in charge of Matif Exchange Operations.
• Started Matif Operations for Merrill Lynch in Paris, France from the ground up. Trained
personnel on floor execution and back office procedures.
• Grew trading from zero to 2 million contracts a year.in the first year.
• Worked with Merrill Lynch budget committee to organize contingency plans for disasters
and terrorism.
• Trained and cross-trained personnel to keep head count down. Worked on the trading
floor with my own staff of brokers which were trained by me.
• Grew trading from zero to 2 million contracts a year.
• Hedged million dollars a day in risk exposure.
• Endorsed the development of test to pre-qualify brokers on the floor.
• Recommended changes in floor design to improve execution.
EDUCATION Illinois Institute of Technology 1998 - 2000
Continuing studies on financial markets
The University of New Mexico 1974 - 1979
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
LANGUAGES English ( Full professional proficiency ) French
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