Robert Sottile

Email: abp152@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ******* **

City: Richmond

State: VA

Zip: 23229

Country: USA

Phone: 804-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $60,000

Willing to Relocate

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Summary

Extensive knowledge and expertise in quantitative and qualitative analytics

Proficient in Visual Basic, various aggregate trading systems, SQL, Windows and Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word)

Expertise in Visual Basic for Applications using Excel and Access, including but not limited to automated interfaces, complex analysis of data sets and output manipulation

Designed and created back office software using Access and Excel saving $75,000 per annum

Warehousing, managing and transform data and data types

Performed QA on all trading systems and software guarantee accuracy of all results and minimizing any tracking error

Seven years of experience managing all aspects of Operations, Trading and Risk in Managed Futures

Managed Research Think Tank for quantitative and qualitative assessments for Futures, Foreign Exchange, Derivatives and Securities.

Professional experience in management and marketing

Ability to make sense of large volumes of information in complex situations and explain complex ideas

Technical Skills

Software Languages Visual Basic, SQL, Fortran, C++

Database Management Microsoft Access

Office Productivity / Email Visio, Outlook

Operating Systems / Platforms Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/NT, multiple Java based aggregate trading systems

Data Modeling Process Mapping, Process Flows, Workflow Diagrams, ETL processing

Professional Experience

Technical Writer SunTrust (Contractor) Jul 2012 Oct 2012 Richmond, VA

Worked closely with subject matter experts (SMEs) and strategy team to convert documents into procedures using a corporate style guide and MS Word template.

Utilized knowledge of MS Word and financial terminology to work with numerous approvers to exceed expected number of procedures per week.

Developed and implemented QA procedures that assisted in communicating expectations to new and existing contractors.

Focus on mortgages, mortgage insurance, bankruptcy and mortgage-backed securities.

Senior Vice President - Research, Risk, Trading & Operations Richmond Group Fund Dec 2005 Jul 2012 Richmond, VA

Managed all Back Office and Risk Operations including, but not limited to trade, position, and Profit and Loss (P&L) reconciliation.

Designed, created, and implemented all Back Office programs. Including automated trade and position reconciliation, daily, monthly and yearly P&L and contract attributions.

Designed, created and implemented all client and industry reporting procedures using generally accepted accounting principles.

Ran Beta test for startup of Global Macro (Managed Futures) trading platform and counterparty risk for large international bank.

Created yearly and quarterly audit for regulatory authorities.

Created and maintained all procedural documents including all regulatory disclosure documents.

Designed and setup all computer systems, programs and managed all company computer technology resources.

Assisted in trading, guaranteeing all trades executed properly according to all internal and industry standards. Made sure all trades were executed properly and all limits and/or stop orders were entered in order to manage all aspects of trading risk.

Created and kept all marketing materials current. Chaired marketing meetings with investors relating to Back Office, Risk Operations and Research.

Managed all aspects of quantitative and qualitative Research with respect to Derivatives and Securities. Created both short term and long term models as well as a Risk Overlay thereby increasing Alpha while decreasing downside deviations

Managed all internal models on day to day basis thereby guaranteeing low deviations between research and actual trading

Created Strategic Allocation for a Global Portfolio of Global Macro, Fixed Income, Equity and Currency Managers using statistical analysis and correlation matrices of contracts, sectors and portfolios in order to lower investors downside deviations, smooth out Equity Curve, and alleviate concerns with Modern Portfolio Theory (especially the non-normality of returns)

Along with using well-known statistics (Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar, etc.), created multiple statistics to compare managers using Expected Returns, Correlations, Volatility, and Probability Density Function for accuracy of return

Manager Papa Johns Pizza 2001 May 2005 Charlottesville, VA

Trained employees and managers on day to day and week to week operations

Helped manage day to day operations and control financials

General Manager and Marketing Coordinator Papa Johns Pizza 1997 - 2001 Metro DC Area

Controlled all aspects of daily, weekly and monthly operations.

Trained managers and other general managers.

First manager to achieve 100% growth in comparison sales in a period.

Controlled financials and P&L statements in order to maximize profit.

Designed local marketing to increase the brand.

Education and Professional Certifications

B.A., Financial Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2004

Concentration in probabilistic and statistical analysis

Extensive work towards M.S. in Statistics

Series 3 certification with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 2006

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