Manager Vice President
Resume:
NABEEL AZAR New York, NY ****6
******.****@*****.***
Summary Product manager experienced in quantitative analytics, electronic and algorithmic trading,
and pre/post trade analytics, with strong technical and implementation skills.
Experience Manager and Partner, ILATIVE LLC
July 2010 to ILATIVE is a digital marketing and data mining firm that provides quantitative analytical
present methods for improving the marketing process of its clients, typically sell-side financial firms.
ILATIVE also provides tools for analytics and data management for broader markets.
Dec 2008 to July Vice President, Liquid Markets Analytics, Nomura Securities International
2010 Head of US Quantitative Analytics for Algorithmic and Electronic Trading (DMA, Smart
Order Routing, and DTM). Led creation of new analytics to increase size and retention of
Nomura’s US client base.
• Created new, differentiating products and formalized development and roll-out plans
• Wrote global product platform vision and product specifications/requirements
• Managed local and offshore teams of quantitative researchers and developers
• Interacted with clients as well as sales trading and quantitative consulting teams
• Bootstrapped development effort through hands-on work as needed
Key products deployed include Single Order Execution Review (for analyzing algorithmic
and electronic orders), US Portfolio Execution Review (for portfolio level analytics),
Automated Post Trade Reporting System (for end-of-day reporting to clients) and Analytics
Toolkit (tools to facilitate research and application development).
May 2007 Vice President of Equity Quantitative Analytics, Lehman Brothers
to Dec 2008 Product Manager for Equity Analytical Products, Modeling, and Research applications and
services. Focused on optimization and pre/post trade reporting.
• Created product plans, defined requirements and outlined product architecture and
APIs for portfolio and trading analytics
• Introduced applications for real-time monitoring and studying algorithmic trading
• Served as a domain expert for the design of Lehman Brothers’ high performance grid
computing platform for quantitative research and application development
• Led team of ~25 engineers at various levels of seniority across many departments.
• Able to motivate individual contributors across various teams
December 2005 to Chief Technology Officer, Board Member, Consumer Finance Advisor, Inc.
May 2007 One of first employees at venture backed mortgage lead generation business. Used state-of-
the-art Search Engine Marketing (SEM) technology to manage a large-scale marketing
campaign of >300K keyword across multiple search engines. Highlights:
• Grew revenues to $1M during first year
• Created best-in-class optimization-based inventory routing system.
• Designed real-time A/B testing and dynamic website reconfiguration system, real-
time data/click stream monitoring tools, ROI integration toosls for automated SEM
350 West 42, #10A
NABEEL AZAR New York, NY 10036
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processes, B2B web services integration systems
July 2002 to Assistant Vice President of Portfolio Analytics, ITG, Inc.
December 2005 Product Manager for ITG Opt Portfolio Optimizer, a quantitative tool that uses mixed integer
quadratically constrained programming (MIQCP) to solve equity investment management
problems. Also worked with equity risk and fair value models.
• Managed product line used by quantitative researchers, hedge fund managers,
separately managed and wrap managers, institutional money managers
• Worked with software development to specify features and functionality
• Gave presentations with sales team at client sites
• Developed client services support strategy
• Applied optimization knowledge to portfolio construction process, formulated
portfolio design problems, developed backtesting tools, techniques for automated
portfolio construction, programmed customized applications
July 1997 to Lead Developer and Technical Manager, The MathWorks, Inc.
July 2002 Responsible for technical projects including the creation of a distributed computing extension
of The MathWorks’ software. Direct manager for engineers in the Engineering Development
Group.
• Developed business plans and proposals, presented our work to various teams within
The MathWorks, and met with customers and potential clients in various industries
• Responsible for hiring, writing performance reviews, developing department policies
and guidelines
• Managed and mentored over 20 engineers during my tenure.
• Active as an individual contributor to many advisory boards and technical areas.
• Acted as the primary point of representation for The MathWorks in public forums,
especially during times of pressure or in negative publicity.
Computer Skills Flex, PHP, JavaScript, Apache, Web Services, Python, MATLAB, Perl, Java, C/C++, MPI,
AMPL, XML, SOAP, MySQL, Linux/Unix, MS apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Project, Visio.
Education The Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1997
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Mathematical Sciences.
Series 7 and Series 63
Publications Published in various journals including Physics Letters A, Nonlinear Dynamics in
Physiology, and Computational Neuroscience Trends in Research. Reprints available upon
request.
Citizenship United States of America
350 West 42, #10A
NABEEL AZAR New York, NY 10036
******.****@*****.***
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