Steven Sungho Hong
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OBJECTIVE
Expert in Quantitative financial modeling and research analysis
SKILLS
Futures and Option market analysis for the commodity and currency
Level the loan loss reserve and portfolio segmentation.
Write the monthly economic review on financial area specially futures and real estate markets.
Credit risk control for the vender profitability and loan loss use credit score evaluation.
Detail analysis on financial and mortgage sector – ABS, REIT, risk modeling, REO auction model
Organizes various types of financial data that needed in planning, budgeting and risk control
Proficiency in statistical and econometric modeling using STATA, SPSS, SAS, RATS, EVIEWS
Advanced knowledge of statistics, regression modeling & simulation modeling and survival analysis
Excel, VBA, Access, Business Objects, SQL
Bilingual with working knowledge of English and Korean
EXPERIENCE
November 2006 to June 2009 J&J Futures Group, Los Angeles, CA.
Sr. Analyst and Economist, J&J Futures, Los Angeles, CA.
Futures and Option market analysis for the commodity and currency historical trend using time series analysis
Portfolio strategy for the futures and option trading using excel and statistical program
Wrote the monthly economic review on commodity market
Performed Fund design for the long term investment for large account using Excel program in quantitative simulation
Risk control and management for portfolio position execution for system metric
Advising Partner, Asset Research & Investment Advisor, LLC. Buena Park, CA.
Real estate Fund design and RE Finance and Valuation using Excel/VBA
VIP confidential consulting on investment portfolio
Investment strategy and RE market research consulting
Value approach M&A research
September 2005 to October 2006 Aames Investment Corp, Los Angeles, CA.
Sr. Credit Risk Analyst and VP of Data Management
Quantitative estimate the Mortgage backed Securities portfolio risk
Econometric Modeling using regression and simulation for the credit risk of mortgage loan using migration and delinquency roll rate
Developed risk models and collected historical data using simulation model
Report monthly projected and actual delinquency for Loan Loss allowance of Credit Committee
Analyze the mortgage payment migration metric and REO loss
Summarize the monthly sub-prime mortgage trend and performance activity using logistic model
Designed REO sale Auction model
Reconciled between MBS account and warehouse mortgage pool using for trust report
2003 – 2005 YUIN University, School of Business Administration Compton, CA
Professor/Researcher
Served as the Director of Internet MBA Program, Student Admissions Evaluator
Performed Economic research on forecast trends in industrial, financial and real estate markets
Courses taught Strategic planning, RE Finance, Econometrics, Industrial Organization
2002 – 2003 SH TRADING, Inc. Anaheim, CA
Planning and Financial Analyst
Led all strategic planning activities in organization and budgeting process
Evaluated credit risk level for 120 vendors and distributors and performed collection plan
Performed variance analysis for budget and expenses
1989 – 1993 HwaSeung Corporation, Seoul, KOREA
Strategic Planning and Financial Analyst, International Trade & Overseas
Performed the Company's budgeting and planning, variance analysis
Provided monthly, quarterly and annual financial and operational report
Evaluated credit risk level for 80 vendors and distributors and performed collection plan
Analyzed and reported on economic and financial trends
Monitored trade finance performance and improved performance 20% in two years
Performed market research on world footwear industry and forecasted OEM amount of Nike, Reebok
1987 – 1989 Institute of Industrial Studies at Dankook University, Seoul, KOREA
Research Assistant
Collected data and information, assisted empirical research, helped to edit the Academic Journal
RESEARCH
Economic Analysis on Korean Bankruptcy Law
VAR analysis on Korean Monetary Transmissions
Financial Crisis and Monetary Risk
Protection for trade related Intellectual property rights
EDUCATION
Major Field: Econometrics, Corporate Governance, Industrial Organization, Financial Crisis.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Economics, ABD. 2001
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. MA. Economics. 1995
Dankook University, Seoul, Korea MA. Economics. 1988
Dankook University, Seoul, Korea BA. Economics. 1985