Management Manager

Shahrooz R. Bhopti "I am a very lucky person, and the harder I work,

the luckier I seem to be." A.M.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Business development manager consultant with 12+ years of professional

experience, primarily with IT & Financial Services. I have consulted as an

independent contractor with Fortune 100 companies including Citigroup,

Merrill Lynch, Pfizer and Price Waterhouse Coopers. I am a proven leader

with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, looking to

contribute authentic value by securing a full time IT / Finance position in

NYC, Philadelphia, NJ, Seattle, San Francisco or DC metro areas.

Professional skills

FINANCIAL - Conversant with Hedge Funds, Managed Futures, Exchange Funds,

High Yield Fixed Income Investment Management and Private Equity products.

Coursework in Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Efficiency of

Capital Markets, Futures & Options, and International Finance.

IT - Data, Process & Network management principles; Object Modeling &

Design; Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher,

Project, Visio); Lotus Notes; Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver; Flash;

Photoshop); @Risk Simulation; HTML; Javascript; PHP; Ruby on Rails; SQL;

Conversant with Windows; Solaris; Red Hat Linux; Apple OSX & Cisco

platforms.

MARTIAL DISCIPLINES - Aikido, Judo, Karate, and T'ai Chi Chuan

LANGUAGE SKILLS - Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi (Persian) and Spanish

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Professional Experience

[pic] Citigroup May 2008 - March 2009

CEP Officer, Operations & Technology - CTI Financial Control: Capital

Planning and Analysis - New York, NY

Ensured capital expenditures and commitments were properly evaluated,

reviewed and approved.

[pic] Merrill Lynch August 2002 - April 2008

Senior Capital Analyst, Retirement Group - Hopewell, NJ 11/07 - 4/08

[pic] Improved business intelligence by developing analytics around asset

retention through overseeing data management, campaign deployment, data

integrity, CRM usage rates.

Produced task integration with Access, Acxiom, Campaign Automation Tool,

Citrix, Excel, Hyperion, Lead Management System, Powerpoint, Word and do

not call / prior relationship scrubbing.

Senior Marketing Analyst, International Wealth Management and Insurance

- New York, NY 9/07 - 11/07

Designed databases, queries and reports in Access to gage print use and

web traffic.

Six Sigma Analyst, Global Support Services - New York, NY 6/07 - 8/07

Communicated with travel partners to reduce employee air, rental and

hotel expenditures. See Elsevier-2006

Client Relationship Management Consultant, Equity Sales CRM - New York,

NY 1/05 - 11/05

Analyzed CRM workflow to convey usability and effectiveness through

focus groups.

Assessed and communicated priorities for portfolio managers, to help

improve productivity.

Sarbanes Oxley Consultant, Global Technology & Services - New York, NY

7/04 - 12/04

Executed relevant document retrieval from divisional managers, to comply

with SOX regulations. Organized this deliverable for Accountants and

Internal Auditors. See Next Wave Network below for PT projects

Global Sales Specialist, Alternative Investments Group - Princeton, NJ

3/03 - 10/03

Clarified financial analysts' inquiries to evaluate multiple investment

vehicles provided by the Alternative Investments Group e.g. Hedge Funds,

Managed Futures, Exchange Funds and Private Equity products.

Reconciliation Analyst, High Yield Fixed Income Investment Management -

Princeton, NJ 8/02 - 3/03

Reconciled fixed income security trades by communicating with analysts

at accommodating banks.

[pic] Reed Elsevier: Electronic Production Engineer, EPD US Periodicals -

Philadelphia, PA Nov 2005 - Jan 2007

Led efforts to establish wiki platform, while communicating with journal

managers to implement quality control of medical journal's online PDF and

XHTML content.

Attended XML-Group discussions, directly related to the work environment.

Next Wave Network: Creative eBrand Officer, Unique Cloud Services -

Princeton, NJ 2003 - PT

Manage integration, stability and security of 20+ open source software

packages on multiple networks.

Optimized real-time lead generation through search engine optimization

and marketing strategies.

Recruited 107 new Life Force International members within 6 months

resulting in over $321,000 revenue for this "Nutraceuticals"

organization.

[pic] UPMC Falk Computing and Media Center: Computer Consultant - Pittsburgh,

PA 2000 - 2001

Problem solved computer hardware & software issues.

[pic] Whiz Bang Labs: Development Tester for Artificial Intelligence Engine -

Pittsburgh, PA 2000

[pic] Big Words: Campus Marketing Consultant - Pittsburgh, PA and San

Francisco, CA 2000

Stimulated brand awareness among campus individuals and organizations

using high-energy marketing.

[pic] The Knowledge Conservancy: Director of Development - Pittsburgh, PA

[pic] 2000

Developed vision with board members & produced informational literature

to target industry administrators.

[pic] Price Waterhouse Coopers: Consultant - New York, NY Summer 1999

Prepared and edited extensive PowerPoint presentations, including linked

charts and graphs.

Data Management on MS-Access and Excel spreadsheets.

[pic] Pfizer: Consultant - New York, NY Summer 1997 & 1998

Updated technical documentation from AS/400 to Lotus Notes database.

Increased global sales and marketing effectiveness for the Pharmaceutical

Development & Training Group.

Educational Experience

B.S.B.A. in Finance (April 2001) from University of Pittsburgh

August 2008

Phi Eta Sigma (National Honors Fraternity)

LEADERSHIP Experience

Student Government Board - 1of 8 board members representing over 14,000

students

. Improved effectiveness of campus organizations by consolidating events

and announcements into a single events.pitt.edu Web Portal.

. Carried out accountability measures to improve board members'

understanding and fulfillment of student needs.

. Member - Information Technology Senate Committee

. Member - Senate Committee on Computer Usage

. Member - Multicultural Council

. Reinitiated Environmental Committee

Business Student Council - Business Manager & Public Relations

. Reengineered constitution of organization and leveraged personal network

to increase event planning involvement.

Asian Students Alliance - President

. Increased membership from 50 to over 800 using multiple marketing

strategies. This expansion fostered amplified financial support as a

governance organization from the University administration.

East Coast Asian Students Union - National Executive Board; Financial &

Communication Coordinator

. Launched national involvement and fostered continued participation

through recruitment of young leaders.

Sound Manifest - Founder / Executive Producer

. Consulted for events around Pittsburgh including production of 3 Fashion

Shows.

Outdoors Club - Public Relations Committee

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