Arthur Roth

www.linkedin.com/in/arthurroth/

ab9nml@r.postjobfree.com

971-***-****

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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