PERSONAL PROFILE
A confident and focused recent graduate of The Johns Hopkins University,
I have work experience in financial analysis and derivates trading. I
have utilized VBA and R-based programming in order to construct models
and analyze trading patterns. Superb oral and written communication
skills.
EDUCATION
The Johns Hopkins University: Baltimore, MD
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics; Minor, Film & Media Studies
. Applied Statistics & Analysis, Cryptology and Coding, Commodities in
Finance, Modeling & Analysis of Securities of Financial Markets I and
II, Advanced Portfolio & Investment Theory, Differential Equations
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ithaca Partners, LLC
Westport, CT, USA
Quantitative Analyst
2012 - 2013
. Through back-testing historical data, created financial models in R to
focus on certain event-driven ideas such as the Presidential State of
the Union address or the World Cup.
. Utilizing MarketQA, a historical stock-pricing program, analyzed
trends within financial sectors and their relation to the current
market.
Johns Hopkins University Economics Department
Baltimore, MD, USA
Research Analyst
2011
. From an online pharmaceutical database, extracted symptoms and other
qualities of 2,000 different drugs throughout medical history.
. Compiled a manageable list of all the data using VBA to organize it.
Creating this document, it allowed any future drugs to easily be
pulled in using a specified macro. This allowed the non-technical
analysts to easily continue my work once my position had completed.
Mitsui & Co Commodity Risk Management (U.S.A.) Inc.
New York, NY, USA Finance Analyst
2010
. Arranged trading quantities on active Oil and Natural Gas trading
desk, which traded over 100,000 contracts per day.
. Interfaced with traders over the phone to arrange and confirm trades.
Quick calculations were needed if the orders weren't in agreement to
see if a quantity change was needed.
. Developed VBA programs to automate and expedite processes such as
trade quantity checks.
SKILLS & INTERESTS
. Programming: VBA, Bloomberg, R, Java, Matlab
. Languages: French, Hebrew, German
. Interests: Culinary Arts, Film, Fitness, Poker