Engineering Quality Control

MISAEL T NEGASH

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OBJECTIVE

A full-time position as an investment professional and utilize my

strong analytical, quantitative, financial, and interpersonal skills.

EDUCATION

University Of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Charlottesville, VA B.S. Engineering and Applied

Sciences Cumulative GPA: 3.1

May 2008

Major 1 - Engineering Science - Financial Engineering (B.S.)

Major GPA: 3.4

Major 2 - Mathematics - Finance (B.S.)

Major GPA: 3.5

Major 3 - Astronomy - Physics

Major GPA: 3.4

Major 4 - Statistics Major

GPA: 3.4

New River Community College

Dublin, VA

General Engineering Cumulative GPA: 3.9 August

2003 - 2005

Total Combined GPA: 3.6

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Published - An academic paper on the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (I.E.E.E) Magazine.

Article

An investigation of log-optimization and stock allocation strategy on

large cap U.S. equities

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2008. SIEDS

2008. IEEE Volume, Issue, 25-25 April 2008 Page(s):195 - 199 Digital

Object Identifier 10.1109/SIEDS.2008.4559710

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Rainbow Ethiopia Party - Economic and Foreign Policy Group

Washington, DC and New York, NY

Junior Political Strategist for the United States - For May 2010

Elections October 2009 - Present

. Helping two of my family members who are running for parliamentary

seats and one running to be a mayor of the capital city of

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa as well as several party members running for

parliamentary seat.

. Working with Senior Campaign Managers in campaign strategies and

several domestic and foreign policy issues.

. Work with major lobby firms to get recognition of the party by the

United States and other governments around the world. Participated

in most of the meetings held with congressmen, ambassadors from

the UN as well as other countries.

. Educate Ethiopians in the US about The Rainbow Ethiopia Party and

its policies regarding the economy and political future of

Ethiopia as well as our relationship with other countries.

. Make sure all documents and presentations used by lobbyists and

senior party representatives contain all the necessary information

whenever we meet with Congressmen and ambassadors of other

countries.

. Analyzed and understood several types of foreign policy strategies

that will be helpful for Ethiopia to prosper economically and

expand democratic governance as well as strategic alliance with

several nations around the world.

. Learned on how to have negotiations regarding treaties and foreign

policy issues with other country policy makers and acquired strong

knowledge regarding the making of foreign, political and economic

policies and treaty negotiations.

BlackRock, INC - Portfolio Analytics Group New York, NY

Portfolio Analyst July 2008 - October 2009

. Worked as a primary risk analyst with BlackRock Equities and Multi-

Asset Portfolio Strategies (MAPS) Portfolio Management Group (PMG)

- Responsible for over-seeing the investment risks of over

~$450Billion worth of client assets

. Worked and developed strong risk management skills and

understanding of various asset classes ranging from Stocks, Bonds,

Commodities, Derivatives, and various types of Over-The-Counter

(OTC) instruments.

. Helped to develop the risk analytics for most of the equity as

well as MAPS portfolios at BlackRock.

. Worked on development and testing of several risk management tools

for equities as well as MAPS

. Participated actively in the various high-level investment

meetings with the MAPS PMG team

. Worked on the daily/weekly reports that were used for investment

decision making by the CIO of BlackRock (Bob Doll)

. Worked as a primary risk analyst for one of the biggest and most

prominent funds at BlackRock - Global Allocation Fund managed by

Dennis Stattman

. Worked with senior portfolio managers at BlackRock in terms of

daily reporting and investment quality control process.

. Prepared daily trade summaries, verified trades are executed

correctly, reconciled positions and reported daily profit and

losses (P&L) of a trade as well as a portfolio.

. Developed a strong investment decision making process skills and

asset allocation decision making skills while working with the

MAPS and Global Allocation Team

. Worked closely with the Financial Modeling Group (FMG) in terms of

developing different in house built risk assessment tools and

participated in testing these new tools to be used by the various

investment teams within BlackRock. Did UAT testing for new equity

analytics applications before they get released for use.

. Worked on developing several analytical tools and methodologies

for Equities and for Multi-Asset portfolios.

. Primarily responsible for measuring the risks of any fund-of-

funds, private equity funds, hedge-funds, etc. held in a

portfolio.

. Responsible for coming up with an appropriate model to measure

risk for new start-up funds

. Met with Portfolio Managers on a daily basis to discuss their risk

on their particular investment and talk about their investment and

asset allocation decisions across the globe.

Algorithmic Trading Group - IPTech, Inc. - University of Virginia

(Consultant) Charlottesville, VA

Research and Trading Associate September 2007 - June 2008

. One of the only five UVA Students chosen to participate in the

project

. Work directly with the President and the Chief Technology Officer

of IPTech

. Main project is creating a superior fund using simulation and

optimization of several investment strategies that go beyond the

market hypotheses

. Structure new instruments or products using for example,

Overlapping-Generation Theory and Econophysics applications. These

products could be sold to the market.

. Identifying and developing superior trading strategies and

investment systems for hedge-funds and asset managers

. Analysis of historical data on the returns on various investment-

grade assets (such as cash, bonds, and stocks) and the modeling of

the distributions of returns for various investment strategies

using Monte-Carlo Simulation and dynamic programming software.

. Held a formal meeting with the client every-week with our trading

strategy developments and worked on a number of presentations

. Met with clients on a bi-weekly dinner held at one of the client's

house and discussed on a number of issues regarding the market,

our trading strategy, and our global market outlook on a number of

asset classes.

BlackRock, Inc. U.S. Private Client Group New York, NY

Business Analytics Executive Intern May - August 2007

. Worked with the Private Client Due-Diligence team in getting

BlackRock's several funds on various national wirehouse brokers

(Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, Wachovia, Bear Stearns, etc.)

platforms

. Participated in some Client Presentations and worked on answering

requests for proposals (RFPs)

. Analyzed and wrote extensive research reports on BlackRock's

Mutual Funds compared to non-BlackRock funds Research includes:

asset allocation, portfolio construction patterns, investment

strategies, etc.

. Assisted in creating optimized portfolios and worked on

restructuring existing Mutual Funds

Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Research Assistant

September 2005 - May 2006

. Worked on biodegradable polymers (plastics) made from specific

compounds that are absorbed into the body as a part of the healing

process in Orthopedic Surgery.

. Analyzed and tested different mixtures of biodegradable polymers

to use as tissue engineered bone substitute

. Developed tabulated data on bone density versus biodegradable

polymers for further research

LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

. National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Member

2005 - 2008

. McIntire Investment Institute - Sector Head

2006 - 2008

. McIntire Sales and Trading Group - Trader

2007 - 2008

. Intramural Soccer Club - Team Leader

2005 - 2008

. University of Virginia - School of Engineering - Fund Raising

(Phonathon) December 2006

. Multi-Cultural Society, President

2003 - 2004

. Tutored students weekly:

2003 - 2005

> Astronomy, Physics, Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Organic

Chemistry, Electric Circuits, Mathematics

SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Linux, UNIX, Apple Operating

Systems

Applications: Simfund MF 4.0, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word,

Excel, Access), PSpice, MultiSym, C++, Java, MathCAD,

MATLAB, AutoCAD, Minitab (Statistics Software), SQL,

Bloomberg, Factset

Languages: English, Amharic

Other: Memory Art (the art of memorizing names, numbers, figures,

dates, etc.), play checkers, poker, blackjack.

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