Commodities / Futures Professional
Resume:
BILLY CALLOWAY
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Brightwaters, NY *****
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Fora Financial; New York, NY Present
Capital Specialist
Close new business consistently at or above quota level
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Understand & apply proven concepts of deal structure and strategy that are proven models for achievement
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Work phones diligently to generate new business
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Follow up on leads and maintain an active pipeline daily
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Serve as a champion for Fora’s suite of products
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Manage a portfolio of clients and maintain contact with existing customer base
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Expert in Small Business Lending
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Maintain timely & accurate records of all interactions with customers and internal departments via Salesforce
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Allen School of Health Sciences; New York, NY 2012-2014
Executive Enrollment Advisor / Online Recruitment
• Responsible for recruiting qualified applicants for admissions to the Allen School
• Highest retention rate (76%) of all advisors for past two years
• Year to date enrolled 125 students of which 67 made the honor roll, of those 40 made ‘high honors’ (4.00 GPA with
100% attendance)
• Manage inquiries to achieve monthly application, quarterly & annual enrollment goals
• Build relationships with students to generate referral opportunities, further network contacts, and ensure highest level
of customer service
• Participate in forecasting & recruiting efforts by researching, developing, & maintaining enrollment/sales plans
• Team leader and mentor to eight junior advisors
• Strong organizational skills with ability to create effective strategies, the passion to direct, prioritize, and motivate a
team around that strategy and vision
• Display exceptional time management skills
The Art Institute of New York City; New York, NY 2011- 2012
Assistant Director of Admissions
• Responsible for recruiting qualified applicants for admissions to the Art Institute of NYC
• Managed inquiries to achieve monthly application, quarterly & annual enrollment goals
• Prospected phone contacts to secure weekly standard appointment set, interview activity & follow up with
interviewees and future class applicants
• Accurately portray Ai’s educational programs, expected outcomes, student services & financial consideration to
students, parents and educators
• Participated in recruitment & enrollment activities including: open houses, presentations, training sessions &
orientation programs
• Projected new students for Director of Admissions
UBS-Wealth Management; Weehawken, NJ 2008-2009
Associate Director of Futures & Precious Metals Trading
• Desk trader which included execution, monitoring, entry and reporting of futures, futures options, precious metals
& equity options orders.
• Monitored markets, futures & options trades, and ensured accurate quotations and reporting of prices are rendered
to the Financial Advisor.
• Executed orders and report fills for retail and institutional clients on a 24x 5 cycle.
• Reviewed orders and fills to ensure accuracy, proper record keeping, and compliance.
• Responsible for trade capture & breaks
• Sent & maintained all expiry warning notices to clients
• Advised clients of option assignments
• Processed all exercise request
• Assisted in the input, deletion & withdrawing of trades
• Ensured that the various exchange limits (CME/NYMEX-COMEX) were respected and adhered to on a daily basis
and that all positions were correctly reported.
• Reviewed daily pricing exposure reconciliation with traders
• Oversaw compliance of exchange & house position limits defined for customers
Bear Stearns; New York, New York 2006-2008
Senior Trader/Futures Execution
• Executed futures and option orders in Metal, Energy, Grain, Soft, Interest Rate, Currency, Equity Index and Exotic
Commodity markets via electronic trading platform, e-mail or telephone for Institutional clients.
• Developed, build, manage and expanded relationships with Institutional clients for execution and prime brokerage
services.
• Quoted, notified and relayed market information to clients on a daily basis.
• Liaised with domestic/foreign brokers and research departments to provide timely market information to clients.
Monitored and executed trades in Asian, Australian, European and U.S. futures markets.
• Confirmed and validated trade entry and market price verification for clients.
• Coordinated with middle and back office to resolve trade issues and breaks.
• Organized, maintain and transfer order book to subsequent shift.
MF Global; New York, New York 1998-2006
Manager of Online Execution Services
• Managed desk responsible for global order flow in US and international interest rate, equity, and commodity futures.
• Successfully created a trading desk that executed over 800K contracts per month
• Supervised desk staff of six (6) execution professionals
• Worked with sales force in the marketing of all commodity, futures and derivative products.
• Oversaw daily compliance issues in regards to trade execution & pricing
• Conducted day to day trading and execution reviews with traders and management
• Responsible for the maintenance and expansion of client relationships
• Maintained customer P&L positions, margin requirements
• Handled trade capture & settlement issues
• Worked with IT on the development, updating & implementation of trading platforms
Lamonaca Trading; New York, NY 1986-1998
Supervisor of Commodities Trade Support
• Co-managed floor trading operations for four commodities exchanges
• Arbitrage execution for gold contracts for proprietary basis
• Provided market insight and feedback for retail base
• Oversaw order executions on all commodity exchanges
• Product development trainer for all operational aspects on the commodities exchanges
• Responsible for solving all trade reconciliations throughout the day
COLLEGE: Hunter College, New York.
ACTIVITIES: Member of Dave Jordan Coaching Cycling Team
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