DAVID A. NIELSEN

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EXPERIENCE

Niche Development Salt Lake City, UT

Owner/Principal/Developer Nov 2019–Present

Completed full restoration of a 1929 English Tudor in historic Harvard/Yale neighborhood

Built the budget, supervised on-site all trades, solicited bids, negotiated, hired and managed subcontractors directly

Held trades accountable for their work, audited invoices, and paid payables timely Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT

Sr. Portfolio Manager – Fixed Income – Emerging Markets Sep 2010–Oct 2019

Manager: Solely responsible for $800M portfolio benchmarked to CEMBI (Corporate) and EMBIG (Sovereign) indices Grew portfolio from $500M to $800M over a nine-year period

Trader: Executed all trades both in the primary and secondary markets, maintained dozens of sell-side relationships, also FX

Analyst: Scrutinized pitch books on a daily basis, evaluated and tracked “new issue” bonds

Responsible for monthly/quarterly/annual performance, risk analysis, positioning, and outlook calls

Participated in asset allocation discussions firmwide and provided tactical insights over a diversified $80 billion portfolio

Designed a local EM mandate to complement core portfolio, hired DuPont Capital Management and held them accountable

Proficient in BlackRock’s Aladdin suite (Portfolio Construction, Answer, etc.)

First Portfolio Manager to implement electronic trading firmwide, championed OMS integration with all major platforms

(Bloomberg FIT, Market Axess, LiquidNet, TradeWeb and FX Connect) Investment Technology Team Member Apr 2017–Oct 2019

Acquired proficiency in C# (Kata Level 4); as team lead, levered internal technology resources across investment groups Goldman, Sachs & Co. Los Angeles, CA

Associate – Investment Management Division – Private Wealth Summer Intern Jun 2009–Aug 2009

Advised across a broad range of investment products; managed assets for high net-worth individuals and family groups D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. New York, NY

Associate – Private Equity Portfolio Sep 2007-Aug 2008

Designed and implemented forecast models to assess deal performance, manage capital, and mitigate risk for 129 portfolio companies, domestic and international, on a $2B proprietary desk using a progressive return framework

Modeled core private equity, credit opportunity, and direct lending, deals size $50-400M Associate – Loan Finance/Special Projects Jan 2007–Aug 2007

Negotiated CLO facility to lever a $1.6B middle-market loan portfolio, built CLO risk analyzer, increased funding capacity Associate – Finance/Treasury Group Nov 2003–Dec 2006

Monitored capital allocations and short-term liquidity for 7 funds as AUM increased from $4.6B to $35B across multiple trading strategies—both equity and equity-linked (statistical arbitrage, convertible bond arbitrage, long-only, options trading, and REITs)—as well as distressed, volatility, energy, FX, futures and commodities, weather, and direct lending

Analyzed and eliminated boxed currencies and recommended hedging positions in the spot and forward currency markets EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA M.B.A., Finance Sep 2008–Jun 2010

Honors: Commencement Speaker (2010), UCLA Anderson Student Fellowship Recipient, Dean’s List Brigham Young University Provo, UT

B.S., Finance/Chemistry, magna cum laude Sep 1996–Aug 2003

Honors: Full Academic Scholarship (Fall‘00-Sum‘03), Dean’s List, Golden Key Nat’l Honor Society ADDITIONAL

Interests

Motorcycles: Racing with Utah Sport Bike Association, track days, adventure and trail riding, touring

Backpacking: Six 50+ mile hikes including routes in Yosemite, Tetons, Wind Rivers, and local Utah favorites

Languages: Brazilian Portuguese, C#, VBA

Other

Billiards, Teaching/Tutoring, Renovation/Restoration Projects, Eagle Scout

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