Developer Engineer

Robert Schade

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Objective

Trading Desk Developer

Education

**** ********** ** ********, *********-Urbana. M.S. in Computer Science.

1994 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. M.S. in Mathematics.

1990 University of Illinois, Chicago. B.S. in Mathematics with Distinction.

Skills

Programming Languages: C++, C#, Python, R

Database Languages: SQL

Trading Platforms: X-Trader, CQG-Trader, NinjaTrader

Experience

NinjaTrader Strategy Programmer for HappyDev (July, 2015 – present)

Wrote NinjaTrader strategies and indicators. Independent traders would send me proposals for custom strategies or indicators that they wanted built and I would code them in C# according to their specifications. I wrote a strategy engine capable of handling several orders per entry, each with individual profit target, profit trigger, and stop loss. The engine was written so I could easily swap out different indicators or use multiple indicators to specify when to enter the orders.

Instructor in Game Programming at Tribeca Flashpoint (Jan., 2015 – June, 2015)

Taught “GAM 140: Introduction to Programming” and “GAM 237: Topics in Game Programming” in the Spring Semester. GAM 140 covered introductory C# programming. GAM 237 covered Unity game scripting and advanced programming topics using C#.

Instructor in Game Programming at DePaul University (Sept., 2013 – June, 2014)

Taught “GAM 350: Physics for Game Developers” and “GAM 226: Fundamentals of Game Design” in the Fall Quarter. Taught “GAM 377: Fundamentals of Game Programming II” and “GAM 226: Fundamentals of Game Design” in the Winter Quarter. Taught “GAM 374: Fundamentals of Game Programming I”, “GAM 340: Practical Scripting for Games”, and “GAM 224: Game Design for Non-Majors” in the Spring Quarter. Programming classes were taught using C++ and C#.

Quantitative Developer for DV Trading (March, 2012 – August, 2012)

Wrote a Price-Yield Display program that displays the price-yield curve for Fed Fund futures in real-time. Built a Blotter GUI application that keeps track of Fed Fund and Eurodollar futures positions and fills. Wrote an Edge Finder program that places and maintains orders on futures calendar spreads where it determines it has an edge in the outright market. All programs were written in C# using WinForms and work on both Trading Technologies and CQG trading platforms. These programs were used daily by the Fed Fund and Eurodollar traders to execute trades and manage their positions.

Quantitative Developer for Traditum Group (May, 2011 – November, 2011)

Worked as quantitative developer for fixed income trading group that later moved to DV Trading. See DV Trading listing above for complete description of relevant work.

Instructor in Game Programming at Columbia College (January, 2011 – May, 2011)

Taught “Introduction to Programming: Theory and Concepts” to undergraduates at Columbia College’s Interactive Arts and Media Program in Chicago. I taught students how to program in C# and used the C# language to introduce them to basic programming concepts.

NinjaTrader Strategy Programmer for HappyDev (May, 2009 – April, 2011)

Wrote NinjaTrader strategies and indicators. Independent traders would send me proposals for custom strategies or indicators that they wanted built and I would code them in C# according to their specifications. I wrote a strategy engine capable of handling several orders per entry, each with individual profit target, profit trigger, and stop loss. The engine was written so I could easily swap out different indicators or use multiple indicators to specify when to enter the orders.

C# Programmer for Superfund Strategies (February, 2008 – April, 2009)

Wrote a broker simulation server to test Superfund’s newly developed in-house order routing pipeline. Wrote a Bloomberg market data broadcast server to build bid-ask price objects from Bloomberg market depth updates and broadcast the price objects on different bid-ask level channels. Wrote SQL queries to retrieve data on Bloomberg-specific instruments.

Contract Programmer for Novint Technologies, Inc. (March, 2007 – April, 2007)

Lead programmer for Feelin’ It: 3-Point Shootout. Wrote the haptics, physics, error correction, and gameplay code for a basketball game in which a player uses the Novint Falcon to feel the sensation of holding and throwing a basketball at a basketball hoop, backboard, and net.

Developer Support Engineer for Ageia Technologies (May, 2004 – December, 2006)

Wrote the PhysX Training Programs to teach the PhysX SDK to game developers. In the tutorials, I instruct new developers on the use of the SDK and explain features of the SDK in clear, simple, and understandable terms. Worked as forum moderator to troubleshoot and resolve any issues the end users had using the SDK. Interacted with engineers and management to address issues and implement new features for the SDK.

AI Programmer for Luxoflux Corp. (October, 2002 – November, 2003)

AI programmer for True Crime: Streets of L.A. Designed and implemented the random crime system. Programmed the random crime enemy AI. Programmed the civil unrest and police chase AI. Designed and implemented the pedestrian system. Programmed the pedestrian AI. True Crime: Streets of L.A. sold over 5 million copies and the random crime missions have been cited as one of the game’s best features.

Programmer for Various Game Companies (January, 1996 – August, 2002)

Wrote tools and gameplay code for various game companies. Tools and game code were written in C and C++.

Interests

Video games (God of War III, Mirror’s Edge, et al.), movies (The Prestige, Sunshine, et al.), improvisational comedy, softball.

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