Vadim Timkovsky
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ***** ******
City: Boca Raton
State: FL
Zip: 33434
Country: USA
Phone: 561-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: 120
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
See Resume
Educational Background:
See Resume
Job History / Details:
VADIM GEORGE TIMKOVSKY
9011 Tradd Street, Boca Raton, FL 33434
561-***-**** *********@********.***
BUSINESS QUANTITATIVE ANALYST Creating High Level Business and Technology Solutions
SUMMARY
Experienced Business Quantitative Analyst with a record of developing and supporting solutions incorporating a wide range of applications. Consistently recognized and tasked to improve technological and organizational efficiency with comprehensive expertise in strategy, analysis, research, requirements gathering, and operations. A seasoned technology professional who enjoys the synergies of idea exchange, collaboration, and shared learning.
Over 15 years experience in progressive leadership roles in the financial services industry with proven expertise in Quantitative Analysis and Modeling, Trading Strategies, Algorithmic Trading, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Margin Regulations and Margin Methodologies, Analysis, and Regulatory Reporting. Articulate communicator with strong negotiation and presentation talents, skilled in forging strategic professional relationships.A creative problem-solver with a strong interest in new technologies and approaches.
Able to quickly assess and utilize the appropriate response to meet the specific needs of the business requirement at hand. A welcome addition to any team, ready, willing, and able to function in any role necessary to insure project success and on-time project delivery.
Developed risk-free option combinations, an author of effivcent multi-leg option trading strategies for high-frequency trading, P/L portfolio analysis, cross margining, an expert knowledge of quantitative methods, and academic research background. Well versed in all aspects of corporate operations.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Algorithmic Trading, Trading Strategies, Margin Regulations and Calculations, Project Management, Quantitative Analysis, Algorithms Development, Systems Engineering and Upgrades,
Brokerage Operations Management, Stock Option Strategies, Risk Analysis, Team Building, Client Relations, Profit Building, Forecasting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Strategic Commodities Boca Raton, FL 2011 to Present
Director of Electronic Trading
Design and development of the web based electronic system for trading commodities. Analysis of optimal hedging strategies involving future contracts and future options. Implementation of electronic transactions for escrow account operations. Team leadership in system management, maintenance and upgrades.
University of Sydney Sydney, NSW 2007 to 2012
Senior Lecturer Business School, Discipline of Business Analytics
Teach classes and provide lectures on various financial happenings worldwide, focusing on analysis and proactive strategy management. Analyze the strategy-based and risk-based approaches to portfolio margining, utilizing analysis of the United States stock market crash in October 2008 as foundation for course material. Develop quantitative methods and market risk modeling for high-frequency trading.
Private Consultant Various 2003 to 2007
Financial Consultant
Provided high level Business Analysis, Consultancy, and Management services in Financial Service Industry within United States and Canada. Performed analysis, design, and upgrade of Brokerage Information, Securities Trading and Bookkeeping Systems in varying capacities in numerous prestigious institutions.
Key Projects:
CIBC World Markets: Reformat of securities data provided by Bloomberg Enterprise Data Solutions.
IBM, Securities Industry Services: Performed large-scale upgrade of the electronic trading system.
SunGard Financial Systems: Developed margin optimization algorithms by NYSE Rule 431.
FRI Corporation: Designed the clearing system for Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Dynamic Mutual Funds: Designed and developed the fund distribution system.
The Bank of Nova Scotia: Analyzed and modeled interest rate calculations.
CGI Group: Developed and upgraded the bookkeeping system for Fidelity Investments.
CGI Group Toronto, Ontario 2000 to 2003
Team Leader - Brokerage Services, eSettlement Division
Managed and led development team of business analysts, programmers, and testers for maintenance and upgrades of software for brokerage operations and electronic trading. Identified data attributes, relationships, and business rules, analyzing and determining the best approaches to measuring risks of portfolios of equities and equity derivatives. Prepared functional specifications and designed models and liquidation algorithms. Consulted the client, developers, and support staff in applying effective change control policies; and provided project management throughout entire project lifecycle.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE
Star Data SystemsToronto, Ontario 1998 to 2000
Systems Development Manager
Multi-Path Business Systems 1995 to 1998
Senior Business Analyst
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science and Operations Research
Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics Moscow
Master of Science, Applied Mathematics and Systems Engineering
Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics Moscow
CERTIFICATIONS
Comparative Education Service Evaluation Certification University of Toronto
Project Management Certification York University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
V. G. Timkovsky, Margining Accounts with Options: Introduction to Financial Combinatorics (a monograph: a complete draft; will be published in 2011)
E. G. Coffman Jr., D. Matsypura and V. G. Timkovsky, Strategy vs Risk in Margining Portfolios of Options, Quarterly Journal of Operations Research 8 (2010) 375-386