Objective
Highly qualified Executive Manager offering over ten years of financial management. Proven delivery of multi-million dollar profit through driving sales, cost management, maximizing productivity and identifying new opportunities.
Professional Experience
July 2011 to Present Managing Director - Coastal Trading Securities, LLC - New York, NY
• Analyze, identify and capture alpha trading in equities, options, FX, futures
• Maintain flexible technology infrastructure in a millisecond environment across multiple asset classes
November 2004 – July 2011 Co-Founder / Managing Partner – On Point Executions, LLC New York Stock Exchange member
• Co-Founder of multi million dollar New York Stock Exchange member broker-dealer; co-creator of business model, developed organizational structure of business, reacted quickly to constantly changing business industry
• Created multi million dollar balance sheet within four years; lead and developed financial team, forecast and budget controls, customer management and strategic planning
• Lead joint business ventures; negotiated splits
• Employed, managed and motivated a team of twenty individuals; responsible for recruiting and hiring, oversee career development, managed communications among business partners and external resources
• Nurtured Business/ IT relationship to produce enriching upgrades for the company and clients, evaluated development/improvements to fit with the company infrastructure,
• Developed pricing platform for clients, brokered trades for 100 plus institutional clients
• Company representative for media relations; panel speaker at industry conferences
January 2003 – October 2004 - Trader / Risk Manager - Easton Trading Group - New York, NY
• Managed an arbitrage portfolio; assisted management with end of quarter portfolio rebalances
• Implemented technology solutions for traders on team
• Managed overall risk exposure for biotechnology portfolio
May 1999 – December 2002 - Tiberius Asset Management, LLC – New York, NY
• Developed infrastructure to streamline trade reporting
• Analyzed and developed strategies to reduce overall risk exposure; prepared risk reports for trading team; managed special situations department, Worked with internal and external parties to confirm and settle trades
Education
St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY September 1997- May 2001
Bachelor of Science, Finance Academic Scholarship, Major GPA 3.0
Skills________________________________________________________________________________
Team Player, Vision, Motivation, Time and Resource Optimization, Strategic Planning, Customer Relations, Vendor Relations, Client Account Management, Business/ IT Liaison, Staff Development, High Energy
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Outlook