Alan R. Sweet
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EDUCATION
****-**** ******* **********, ******** SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
New York, NY
Master of Science, Quantitative Finance, Expected Dec. 2015
. Relevant Coursework: Advanced Financial Modeling, Basics of
Derivatives, Equity-Style Derivatives, Advanced Derivative
Pricing, Introduction to Stochastic Calculus, Computational
Finance, Simulation Applications, Financial Econometrics,
Finance Theory, Fixed Income Securities, Risk Management,
Credit Risk Management, Large-Scale Data Modeling
. Fordham Graduate Finance Society, Member
. 2014-2015 All-American Student Analyst Competition,
Participant
2009-2013 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON,
Binghamton, NY
WATSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering
. Relevant Coursework: Calculus I, II, and III, Linear Algebra, Probabilistic Systems, Engineering Computing, Optimization
& Operations Research, Engineering Economics, Modeling &
Simulation
. Dean's List: Fall 2011, Spring 2013
. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
. Teacher's Assistant, Industrial Automation
. Chi Phi Fraternity, Director of New Member Recruitment,
Director of Philanthropy
CORE COMPETENCIES
. Computer Languages: VBA, MATLAB, SQL, SAS, Bloomberg
Essentials, Microsoft Excel, Project, Visio, and Access, SAP,
Minitab, Labview, and Mathematica
. Risk Management: VaR Analysis, GARCH Modeling, Credit Risk
Management
. Derivatives: Options and Futures Pricing, Greeks, Black-
Scholes
. Econometric and Statistical Analysis: Regression, Time-
Series, Hypothesis Testing, MLE, Monte Carlo Simulation
EXPERIENCE
10/13-07/14 QUEST GLOBAL - ENGINEERING SERVICES
East Hartford, CT
Project Engineer
. Worked solely as an engineer for Pratt and Whitney Co., whose
principal product is aircraft engines, to improve project
integration within their design phase of the PW1400G aircraft
engine through the distribution, management, and reporting of
action items to and from Pratt & Whitney and two partner
companies which share in design and production of the engine.
. Contributed within the Hardware Management sub-discipline as
Project Material Control Analyst to track, calculate, and
validate Pratt & Whitney tooling costs and associated data to
allow tool's assets to be transferred between engine
programs.
05/12-08/12 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS
Holtsville, NY
Program Management Intern
. Managed projects to identify and resolve engineering defects
for various critical customer issues.
. Created a Business Continuity Plan to provide communications
mechanisms, initial response, activation, and recovery steps
for Motorola's key critical processes.
PROJECTS
11/2014 Investment Strategy Optimization via Linear Programming
. Solved a real-world problem, using MATLAB and Excel's Solver
tool, of minimizing portfolio risk while meeting a required
return demand and budget constraints.
10/2014 Stock Returns and the Weekend Effect
. Studied and tested the effect of weekends and holidays on
stock returns.
. Performed linear regressions and hypothesis tests for trading
time and calendar time models using historical data to test
the validity of both hypotheses.