Product Developer - Financial Analytics

ARUN RAM

+1-510-***-****

******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/arun-ram-inc

Versatile analytics product developer seeking to transition to product management. Weds technical acumen and industry expertise with strong sales engineering, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FactSet Research Systems – Dubai, United Arab Emirates Product Developer—Portfolio Analytics and Reporting, Jan 2015 – Feb 2017

• Domain expert for internal & external clients on data visualization, publishing and enterprise automation products

• Designed, coded, tested and supported customized client solutions and enterprise automation processes

• Collected use-case data & authored enhancement requests, functional & design specs and acceptance criteria

• Collaborated with engineering, design, sales, QA & knowledge management teams to implement product enhancements

• Oversaw both internal and client-facing project management Senior Consultant—Investment Management, Oct 2012 – Dec 2014

• Lead consultant for one of company’s largest clients by revenue. Responsible for management of key revenue- generating projects and for identifying new high-value opportunities

• Coordinated implementation and documentation of complex multi-asset class data integration projects involving cross-functional stakeholders, including internal teams, custodians, vendors, and clients.

• Spearheaded the design, delivery and implementation of client-proprietary fund holdings database development, research documentation and reporting workflow valued at $300k

• Worked continuously with end-users to understand their investment processes and methodologies to drive user engagement and consumption of the analytics product suite. Consultant—Investment Management, Sept 2010 – Sept 2012

• Designed and implemented scalable custom solutions such as analytics and performance reports, Excel models and data validation/reconciliation utilities to meet client demands across back, middle and front offices

• Optimized key client workflows with application-based solutions to reduce business processes inefficiencies.

• Conducted product demos and training for a wide range of users, including C-suite leaders, portfolio managers

& analysts

Tasees Capital LLC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Senior Analyst—Investments, May 2009 – Dec 2009

• Developed operating and financial models for transaction pipeline, including firm’s $100M real estate development fund; forecast IRR, earnings and free cash flow growth.

• Authored key transaction materials, including terms sheets, offering memoranda, client and management presentations for transactions spanning residential, hospitality and religious tourism sectors.

• Conducted detailed financial and industry due diligence as well as managed third-party service providers.

• Responsible for all copy writing, content, design and layout of company collateral as well as corporate Web site. Al Mal Capital PSC – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Junior Analyst—Equity Research, July 2007 – Nov 2008 Investment Banking, Dec 2006 – July 2007

• Initiated coverage on five publicly traded companies spanning UAE telecom, oil and gas, and jewelry retail sectors.

• Designated research analyst for multiple maritime shipping investment banking transactions; managed due diligence efforts and authored investment proposals and briefings for senior management and clients.

• Built financial models to generate forecasts, valuations and sensitivity analyses for oil & gas services and real estate cos.

EDUCATION

• Brown University – Providence, RI, U.S.A.

B.A., Philosophy, December 2005

• Coding Dojo – San Jose, CA

Certificate of Completion, Full Stack Web Development, May 2018—Oct 2018 TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Languages: Python, JavaScript ES5/ES6, JAVA, Swift, C#, SQL, CSS

• Frameworks/Libraries: Angular, Socket.io, jQuery, EJS, Express.js, Node.js, Flask, JinJa, Mongoose

• Databases: SQL (MySQL, SQLite), NoSQL (MongoDB)

• Methodologies: MVC, OOP, CRUD, REST, AJAX

• Tools: AWS EC2, GitHub, Xcode, VSCode, InVision, Spring ToolSuite, Postman, Tomcat

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