Christopher Richard Dolan
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Driven self-starter with financial modeling, valuation, and market research experience seeking a quantitative research position
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ExxonMobil, Spring, TX June 2018 - Present
Optimizer – Basestocks & Specialties, March 2019 - Present
• Researched basestock/feedstock market fundamentals to signal paper and physical trades in fuel markets capturing an additional $15M of profits (LTM) above base business margins
• Discovered an opportunity to augment the existing customer-facing assets in the network to extinguish existing inefficiencies and led a cross-functional effort to develop a capital investment proposal with a 14% IRR and $55M NPV
• Performed financial analysis on the business’s operating performance under forecasted market conditions to develop a 3-year business plan and presented the results to senior management Supply Planner – Basestocks & Specialties, June 2018 - March 2019
• Modeled and implemented an enhanced 3P tankage portfolio, across 11 products and 5 terminals yielding a $10M/year savings, which altered the existing approach to inventory management
• Optimized interregional vessel and cross-channel barge movements to fulfill physical trades generating $3M in freight savings
Seven Hills Capital, Chicago, IL September 2017 – April 2018 Research Analyst Intern
• Investigated acquisition targets for a buy-and-build strategy dependent on ability to achieve return hurdles and investment criteria
• Constructed DCF and comps models to value potential investments in the medical staffing vertical
Barclays Investment Bank, New York, NY June 2017 – August 2017 Markets Summer Analyst
• Pitched trade ideas of various financial products to sales and trading teams
• Assisted in closing out trades on the credit derivatives desk at the end of each session Gold Sail Capital, Lafayette, IN January 2017 – May 2017 Private Assets Associate Intern
• Conducted due diligence and industry analysis of start-ups seeking investments to provide investment recommendations to the managing partner and negotiate term sheets EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN August 2014 - May 2018 Major: Mechanical Engineering 3.84/4.0
Minors: Mathematics and Economics
SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES
CFA Level 2 Candidate December 2020
• Financial modeling • Valuation • Market research
• Microsoft Excel • Python • MATLAB
• Equities • Commodities • Bloomberg
• Accounting • Statistical analysis • Problem-solving