Customer Management

Christopher

C.

Russo

•

Scarsdale,

NY

*****

•

(914)

819

8790

•

********@*****.***

Trader/Salesperson

Profile

NYSE

Floor

Broker

Trader/Salesperson:

Resourceful

professional

with

15

years’

financial

market

and

investment

strategy

experience,

supporting

top

tier

broker/dealers

and

money

managers.

During

this

time

my

work

on

the

NYSE

included

multidisciplinary

experience

in:

•Equity

Trading

•Convertible

Brokering

•Trading

Strategies

•Trend

Analysis

•Risk

Assessment

•SEC/FINRA

compliance

•Operations/Settlement

•Business

Growth

•Multi

Tasking

Ability

Trader/Salesperson

Experience:

Trader/Floor

Broker

MND

Partners,

New

York,

NY

2/10

8/12

Trader/Floor

Broker

Farina

&

Associates,

New

York,

NY

3/04

2/10

NYSE

Clerk

Cuttone

&

Company,

New

York,

NY

1/98

3/04

Highlights:

An

integral

member

equity

trading,

convertible

brokering

and

compliance

team.

Accountable

for

maintaining

a

40+

customer

base

in

an

order

execution,

trade

clearing,

and

compliance

capacity

with

special

attention

to

trade

analytics

and

surveillance.

• Actively

manage

10

15

convertible

swap

orders

daily

in

an

execution

and

brokering

capacity.

• Execute

high

touch

institutional

equity

order

flow

utilizing

automated

algorithms,

adjust

trading

strategies

to

market

conditions.

• Formulate

trading

strategies

seeking

to

get

best

price

while

mitigating

cost

of

trade

for

customer.

• Design

and

deliver

a

system

to

track

and

record

daily

trades

in

an

effort

to

answer

any

questions

regarding

convertible

swap

prices,

hedge

and

volume.

• Spearheaded

concept

to

use

email/IM

to

disseminate

market

information:

broadcasting

trades

and

market

changes

to

growing

client

base.

• Reinvigorated

under

represented,

under

achieving

account;

igniting

daily

calls

to

these

accounts

resulting

in

increased

revenue

streams.

• Ability

to

multi

task;

working

several

different

customer

orders

with

extreme

accuracy

&

professionalism.

• Constantly

monitored

markets

in

the

convertible

and

equity

markets

in

an

effort

to

create

investment/trading

opportunities

for

client

base.

• Led

the

effort

to

trade

OTC

preferreds

and

warrants

during

tenure

on

floor.

• Deep

understanding

of

settlement,

compliance

issues,

billing,

and

vendor

management.

• Maintain

SEC/NYSE

compliance

guidelines

throughout

trading

day.

• Took

initiative

to

ensure

post

trade

risk

is

mitigated,

by

processing

trades

accurately

&

in

a

timely

manner.

Education

&

Certifications

•BA,

Economics,

University

of

Pittsburgh

1995

•FINRA

Series

7,55,63

•Bloomberg

•Fidessa

•MS

Office

Suite

•CAMS

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