Manager Management

GREGORY WASSERMAN

**** * ******* *** *******, IL 60657

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Mobile: 773-***-****

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Experienced Commodity Derivatives Professional and Portfolio Risk Manager with excellent risk management strategies, fundamental and quantitative market analysis, and forecasting. Successful and profitable in a variety of commodity markets for over 15 years. Extensive comprehension of commodity markets’ mechanics and fundamentals. Experience managing portfolios and teams, as well as assisting clients with risk mitigation strategies. Proficient in trading & hedging structured products, futures, options, swaps, and over-the-counter instruments. Innate understanding of commodity risk management. MBA in Finance/Economics with core competencies in strategic planning, financial modeling and risk management.

CAREER HISTORY

Agricultural Commodities Portfolio Manager 2006 to present

Currently managing a portfolio of agriculture futures and options with an emphasis on arbitrage in the soy complex. I have achieved strong, steady gains and income over a period of 10 years.

Evaluate risk with consideration to volatility, timing, spread and hedge adjustments. Utilize research/analytics and sound judgment to take advantage of opportunities based on time to market, pricing and trading options.

Manage the commodity risk exposure associated with these commodities by developing futures/options strategies that effectively limit risk while enhancing return.

Leverage in-depth, accurate analytical, financial and mathematical skills to delineate trade timing, position, volume and value, and directed high-volume trading operations in a fast-paced, high-risk, extremely volatile markets.

Commodity Market Consultant 2014 to present

Advisory role providing arbitrage and hedging strategies to a farm to table restaurant group, as well as a $400 million commodity derivative fund.

Provide volatility management using futures & cross-commodity spreads.

Forecasting of physical and futures markets; fundamental market analysis.

Consolidated Trading LLC 2004 to 2006

Trading Operations Manager / Trader of equity index options (SPX) at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

Proprietary trading with a team of traders using strategies such as volatility arbitrage and directional trading of skew, term structure, and cross-index spreads.

Financial Risk Management / Team Leadership: Our team traded and managed a vast portfolio of options across the board of the S&P 500 index (SPX).

Education and Development of new and existing employees in the area of financial markets and the use and risks of financial derivatives

MDNH Partners 2001 to 2003

Senior Trader, S&P 500 Options (SPX) Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

Equity index arbitrage

Traded the implied call/put volatility of the existing portfolio.

Market Making in most U.S. stock index markets.

Traded proprietary positions in stock indexes, both futures, and options.

DT Trading 1997 to 2001

Trader, Fixed Income Futures and Options

Proprietary Trading of Fixed Income Options, Futures, and OTC products.

Directed upwards of 500 contracts and actively made markets in the bond options in Chicago. My role was evenly split between trading and the management of the portfolio.

Independent Trader / Market Maker 1991 to 1997

Grain Room Chicago Board of Trade

Working with some of the most prominent traders in the world’s oldest futures exchange.

Traded my own account, then after earning a broker license from the NFA, I executed customer orders in various agricultural futures contracts.

Trading Desk Clerk / Broker’s Assistant 1988 to 1991

Chicago Board of Trade

Honed knowledge through mentoring and graduate education, and transitioned into independent trading with concentration on futures in the soybean complex.

Assisted one of the biggest and best agricultural traders in the history of the CBOT. Still a mentor to this day.

EDUCATION

1989-1992 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL

M.B.A., Finance; GPA 3.5/4.0

1984-1988 Indiana University Bloomington, IN

B.S. Finance

Ice Hockey Team

CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Registered NFA Futures Broker

Avid Ice Hockey Player. Coach and Mentor of the Inner City Ice Program in Chicago. (ICE)

Proficient in several risk management systems.

Strong Analytical, Planning and Execution skills.

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