Romina Naomi Kawahira
**** * ******* ***, *******, Illinois, 60622 • 330-***-**** • ********@****.***
CAREER PROFILE
Trading Technologies International, Inc.
Trading Intern Summer 2010
• Traded energy, wheat and currency markets for a ten-week summer internship using X_Trader platform
• Learnt about Market Profile analysis applied to the futures’ markets
Banco Itaú Argentina S.A.
Semi Senior Market Risk Modelling Analyst 2008 – 2009
Modelled and programmed (FoxPro, VBA) risk measures and models for the Market Risk Control Area
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Modelled and programmed new models for the Pricing Division
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Developed pricing models and processes for Investment Funds Company
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Semi Senior Market Risk Analyst of Investment Funds Company and Itaú BBA Desk 2007 – 2008
Controlled incurred market risk of Equity and Fixed Income Funds, reporting daily to Capital Markets, Brazil
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Developed risk and results reporting systems for the Fixed Income Funds
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Controlled market and liquidity risk, reporting daily to Itaú BBA, Brazil
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Junior Market Risk Analyst for the Treasury Desk 2006 – 2007
Ran the Market Risk Management System, capturing information from the market and front desk systems
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Performed pricing duties (yield curve construction and asset valuation)
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Participated in the start-up of the risk area that designed and programmed the market risk system
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EDUCATION
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
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• Master of Science in Financial Engineering, 2010
GPA: 3.56
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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• Masters in Business Administration of Financial Institutions, 2007
GPA: 7
• Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Sciences, 2005
GPA: 7
SKILLS
Computer expertise:
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• Developed pricing and risk management calculators in Visual Basic for Applications
• Programmed risk management software in FoxPro
• Experience using Matlab for several projects in Fixed Income course.
• Trained in X_Trader Pro, Bloomberg and Reuters.
Languages: Fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese, basic Japanese.
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Exam P (Probability): certificate issued by the Society of Actuaries (www.soa.org), United States, 2007.
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FRM (Financial Risk Manager) Exam: Level 1 passed, Level 2 candidate November 2011.
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