Management Office

Work Experience:

Millennium Management – Treasury / Counterparty Credit Risk April 2012 – Present

Responsible for daily cash management:

Transfer funds between our prime brokerage and segregated cash accounts to mitigate the financing charges

Instruct FX swaps to further reduce the firm’s borrowing costs

Fully implemented a cash management system to assist in these processes

Negotiate rates and terms on our segregated cash accounts in order to comply with Basel III

Submit orders for T-bill purchases

Calculate and monitor the fund’s net exposure to all its counterparties and reconcile to the NAV ($34bn) on a daily basis. Help set exposure limits to all our trading counterparties and ensure they are not being breached; act to remedy if so.

Determine the risk-based capital used by each of the firm’s approximately 185 trading desks each month and distribute this report to senior management.

Main Strategies include: Relative value Equity, Arbitrage (Statistical, Merger, Index), Rates, Credit, & Commodities

Produce a balance sheet usage report for our equity trading subsidiaries to assist in optimizing the fund’s footprint across our providers

Track and report the excess liquidity in the fund’s prime brokerage, custody, and bank accounts

Monitor the baseline and overall margin charges at our 9 prime brokers and assist with the moving of securities to decrease margin add-on charges

Liaise and meet with the credit officers of our counterparties on a continual basis to keep them informed of the performance and makeup of the firm.

Responsible for the credit review of potential new trading partners and assist in approving or rejecting these requests

Fortress Investment Group – Treasury June 2009 – November 2011[1]

Oversaw and projected the short and long term liquidity of multiple private-equity style hedge funds via daily and weekly reports. Created the templates used for these reports. Combined NAV of all funds $6bn.

Managed and tracked our available revolving credit line facilities of $350mm across all eligible funds. Responsible for borrowing and paying down the line and allocating debt to the proper entity.

Created and produced monthly cash projection reports using data from Asset Management to make recommendations for investor distributions

Determined when to invest and redeem cash in and out of treasury fund investments

Tracked and ensured proper funding for a multitude of wholly owned sub-entities within each fund for various asset classes on a daily basis

Assets worked with include: Equities, Corporate Bonds, Repos, ABS, MBS, CDS, IRS, FX Swaps and various Private Investments in industries including Real Estate, Entertainment, and Finance

D.B. Zwirn & Co. L.P. – Treasury March 2006 – June 2009 [2]

Created the formats of and prepared key reporting figures for senior management including Liquidity Projections, Capital allocations utilized by the firm's portfolio managers and strategies, Total Leverage Ratios for Public Trades and Private Financing Vehicles. Total NAV of funds: $5.5bn.

Managed the FX Hedging of the firm's exposure to many foreign currencies

Tracked and oversaw the margin requirements and financing of OTC derivative positions against a multitude of counterparties and efficiently arranged assets held at Prime Brokerage accounts

Respond to and issue collateral calls and verify accurate pricing of all relevant products

GlobeOp Financial Services – OTC Derivatives Operations July 2004 – March 2006

Performed trade support, trade settlements, and collateral management for a variety of hedge fund clients

Resolved trade discrepancies and cash breaks with various counterparties

Worked with a broad range of OTC products including Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps, Total Return Swaps, OTC Options & FX Options

Computer Skills:

Proficient in Bloomberg, Excel, Imagine, Murex, MS Office, VPM, Wall Street Office

Education:

State University of New York at Geneseo BA, Economics May 2003

Major GPA average: 3.5/4.0 – Overall GPA: 3.15/4.0.

Graduated with Honors in Economic

-Activities included:

Geneseo Organization for Leadership and Development

Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity: Vice-President, Secretary, Rush Chair

Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society)

[1] Employment ended due to the position being relocated to California

[2] Fortress Investment Group took over management of the D.B. Zwirn funds in June 2009; employment transferred.

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