Software Engineering
Resume:
Devin Gala
Email: *********@*****.*** **** Kennedy Blvd E #2A, West New York, NJ
Summary:
o 2 years of rich experience in analyzing and designing financial
applications for Fixed Income, Equities and Portfolio Management
o Proficiency to develop Excel spreadsheet for Bond Pricing, Option Pricing
models such as Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo, VaR model and also create Add-
In functions using VBA
o Well versed in performing analysis and data search using Bloomberg, Yield
Book
o A fast learner with sharp problem solving skills and a good team player
o Authorized to work in U.S. and would not require sponsorship in future.
Related Experience:
Database Analyst/Assistant, Poly Inst. of NYU, Brooklyn, NY (Feb 08 - Jan
10)
o Maintaining 25 year old Alumni and Donors database on SQL database
software, 'The Raiser's Edge' by reorganizing Tables, Views, Reports,
Permissions, creating Actions, etc
o Deleting duplicate entries and performing address updates by running
various queries, QAS software. etc
o Working as a team in organizing special events and performing various
administrative responsibilities
Professional Experience:
Trader Associate, Rhea Traders, Mumbai, India (Jan 07 - Jun 07)
o Created an automated trading system with various technical indicators and
strategies using Excel-VBA and also providing Pivot table report based on
front office requirement to carry 10,000-20,000 trades daily.
o Assisted in buy/sell decisions by making various calculations such as
Bond Duration, Yield, and Price using Excel-VBA programs which drove to a
profit of $0.7 million
o Designed database which involved creating tables, functions, and stored
procedures to produce daily records of all trades, open positions, P&L,
and Risk
Jr. Finance Analyst, Sethia Audio Video Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India (Jan 06 -
Dec 06)
o Performed hedging of a portfolio of 10-15 viable bonds by evaluating its
Duration, Convexity, ARR, IRR, NPV, and implemented different trading
strategies using Yield-Book software and reduced the risk by 2.57%
o Interpreted data from the past financial performance and projected a
financial probability by making use of various software applications such
as spreadsheets, relational databases, and statistical packages
o Deciphered the trend of Equity Market and was also Involved in
forecasting Short Term Interest Rates using Vasicek Model
Education:
Poly Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY (June 2009)
Major: Masters of Science - Finance & Risk Engineering GPA: 3.5
Research Project: Anonymous Trading and Liquidation of dark pools
Atharva College of Engineering, Mumbai (University of Mumbai, India) (June
2007)
Major: Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication
Certification:
o NSE Certification for Financial Markets (2007)
NCFM is a highly reputed course organized by National Stock Exchange, the
major index of India
Technical Proficiency:
o Languages: C, S-Plus, MATLAB, GAMS, VBA, SQL
o Application Skills: MS Office (Proficiency in Excel), Yield Book,
Bloomberg, Raiser's Edge
Extra Curricular Activities:
o Campaign: Actively participated in Fund Raising Campaign by INFOB
o Awards: Lead a team as a captain to achieve victory in several Cricket
tournaments
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