RASHED B ALAM
***** ******** ****** *** **, Flushing, NY 11355
347-***-**** acvxyq@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashedalam1979
EDUCATION
New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York May 2016
Master of Science in Financial Risk Engineering
Course topics includes Quantitative Methods in Finance, Financial Risk Management and Asset Pricing, Financial Computing using C++, Corporate Finance, Economics, BASEL 3 and Banking Assets Management, Derivative Algorithms, Derivative Strategies, Dynamic Assets and Options pricing, Big Data. Stochastic Calculus and Options pricing, Financial Accounting, Interest rate Derivatives, and Capstone project
Projects: Priced exotic options such as Barrier options, Binary options, Geometric Asian options using C++. Formulated trading strategies using daily returns of S & P 500 to calculate abnormal returns and thus classifying the entire index into beat, meet and miss categories using threshold of five percent. The examples are listed at the Linked page.
St. John’s University, Queens, New York May 2002
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
FRM part 1 Candidate November 2016
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Computer Languages: C++(expert), Matlab (Expert), R (intermediate), VBA, PHP(intermediate), Python
RELEVENT EXPERIENCES
Ops/Error Control Specialist Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, New Jersey August 2006 to March 2007
Ensured all error accounts are balanced by T+1 by offsetting liquidating transactions
Researched corporate actions and dividend related error items
Calculated and processed journal entries to adjust client accounts
Allocated trading losses to the related offices in the month-end processing cycle
Processed appropriate entries to specific types of error accounts (e.g. relinquished accounts)
SROP/CROP First Midwest Securities, Bloomington, Illinois August 2005 to March 2006
Conducted and supervised all options transactions in the brokerage firm compliant to NASD, SEC, and other regulatory agencies' rules and regulations
Approved all relevant trades on the blotter and ledger
Conducted meetings and training classes, reviews and approval of outside business activities and brokerage accounts and other various compliance responsibilities
Managed and supervised 80 employees
Registered Options Principal J P Turner & Co, New York, New York February 2005 to August 2005
Supervised all options transactions in the brokerage firm compliant to NASD, SEC, and other regulatory agencies' rules and regulations
Reviewed and approved daily trading activity
Approved trades on the blotter and ledger
Conducted meetings and training classes, reviews and approval of outside business activities and brokerage accounts and other various compliance responsibilities
Managed a team of 10 employees (brokers and broker trainees)
Registered Representative New York Life, New York February 2004 to May 2004
Prospected and sold whole, term, and universal life insurances and various insurance related products
Account Executive Continental Broker Dealer, Mineola, New York July 2003 to December 2003
Helped individuals and clients identify their financial objectives and recommended and provided investment
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Graduate Assistant, NYU Tandon School of Engineering February 2016 to Present
Teaching Assistant for Foundations of Financial Technology
Substitute Teacher, NYCBOE September 2007 to Present
Special Education in district 75 schools and general branches
Instructed Special-Ed students intermittently when called upon by the school authorities and other schools
Permanent Social Studies Teacher P169M Robert F. Kennedy Middle School October 2013 to August 2014
Instructed Social Studies for two terms to students with high needs and emotional disorder
Permanent Substitute Mathematics Teacher P35M Manhattan High School February 2012 to June 2012
Instructed mathematics for two terms to students with high needs and emotional disorders
Used SESIS to write IEPs for students as well conducting bi-annual, annual IEP meetings with students, teachers, and faculty members
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITION:
Certified New York State Mathematics Teacher for grades 5-9 and 7-12.
LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Bengali
INTERESTS: Enjoy traveling around Asia, Europe and the Americas and playing guitar.