Project Engineering

John Giagnorio

** ***** ** ***** *** **** ? Jersey City, NJ 07310? 650-***-**** ?

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

Education

*/** - */** ******** University, Stanford CA

- Master of Science, Management Science & Engineering, GPA:

3.81/4.0

- Coursework: Quantitative Finance, Decision Analysis,

Probability, Computer Science.

9/04 - 6/08 Stanford University, Stanford CA

- Bachelor of Arts, Economics, GPA: 3.65/4.0

- Stanford-in-Florence, Stanford Overseas Studies, Florence,

Italy

Work Experience

7/08 - 7/09 Equity Options Trader, Cutler Group LP, San Francisco CA

- Market maker on major US options exchanges (PCX, CBOE) in

over 70 stocks

- Generated $250K revenue, $125K profit in 9 months, finishing

at top of training class

- Performed analysis on volatility, dividends, interest rates,

and options portfolio risk

- Managed personal options portfolio risk and created hedges

to reduce volatility

- Completed company's training program in options theory

1/10 - 5/10 Business Intern, Medallia, Menlo Park CA

- Performed data analysis using Excel to quantify

effectiveness of company's services

- Wrote documentation to explain statistical software to

prospective clients

- Updated databases with new information and corrected coding

errors

6/07 - 9/07 Automotive Operations Intern, Littelfuse Inc, Des Plaines IL

- Directed a global team to design interior of new

manufacturing facility in Mexico

- Supervised meetings, assigned tasks and communicated

responsibilities to co-workers

- Saved $200K through project to optimize plant layout and

reduce plant size - Created Excel models to simulate

production capacity in new facility

5/06 - 4/07 Domain Acquisitions Specialist, Internet Landrush, Redwood City

CA

- Negotiated purchases of twelve high-value Internet domain

names

- Collaborated with company founder to improve proprietary

valuation software

- Trained three new team members in valuation and negotiation

techniques

Academic Experience

9/09 - 6/10 Teaching Assistant, Stanford University Economics Dept.,

Stanford CA

- Taught weekly 20 student review sessions for introductory

Economics course

- Held office hours and individual meetings to discuss course

concepts with students

- Balanced 20+ hour/week commitment with full-time graduate

student coursework

4/08 - 6/08 Financial Engineering Team, Quantitative Finance Project Class,

Stanford CA

- Worked in six member team to predict security price using

changes in its volatility

- Modeled relationship between a security's price (SPX) and

its volatility (VIX)

- Strategy generated 7.86% annual return and 14% standard

deviation in 7 year sample

2/05 - 12/07 Associate Director, Charles R. Blyth Fund, Stanford CA

- Part of leadership team of non-profit student run stock

portfolio worth over $180K

- Promoted group to Stanford community and mentored new

members

- Performed fundamental analysis on stocks in the fund's

portfolio

Skills ? MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Outlook, STATA,

AutoCAD, Java, C++

? Passed NASD Series 7 and 44 exams

Activities ? Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity ? Business Assn. of Stanford

Engineering Students ? Stanford Psychology Dept.

Research ? North American Assn. of Sports Economists

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