Experience

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  Mirador, Inc.

  • Connecticut, United States

  • AVP

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Connecticut, United States

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  MedStar Health

  • Columbia, Maryland, United States

  • Investment Manager

    • Oct 2019 - Feb 2022
    • Columbia, Maryland, United States

    -Manage the day to day operations of a $4 Billion endowment and pension plan. -Prepare all investment data and other presentations for quarterly investment committee meetings.-Work with custodians and outside vendors to ensure the proper tracking of all investment accounts.-Manage the relationships with 30+ outside investment managers including managing compliance with our Investment Policy Statements. -Organize and maintain all investment data for each SMA, Comingled Fund, Hedge Fund and Private Equity accounts. -Complete all investment related requirements for the annual audit.

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  Adrian Day Asset Management

  • Annapolis, MD

  • Operations Manager

    • Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
    • Annapolis, MD

    -Managed the day to day operations of the investment firm. In a short period of time I was able to analyze and improve the daily operational procedures and drastically reduce the amount of manual work of the entire firm. -Served on the Management Committee and the Investment Committee.-Daily management of all accounts in the Advent Portfolio Accounting and Performance system.-Connected with clients to help them with all account needs.-Worked with Brokers/Custodians to solve any trade or account issues.-Managed and streamlined the new account opening and closing processes.-Ensured that we met all compliance requirements.

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  RNR Wealth Management Solutions

  • Reconciliation and Performance Reporting Consultant

    • Oct 2009 - Oct 2019

    -Assist Advisers with the setup and organization of their performance reporting systems.-Work with clients to create customized performance reports and fee billing reports.-Organize and document all workflow processes from new account creation, security master maintenance, daily reconciliation and monthly reporting to ensure accurate reporting.-Complete all daily, monthly and quarterly duties with regards to portfolio accounting and performance reporting.-Worked with Advisers and Clients on a daily basis to provide the white glove service they need to manage their firm and the client’s needs properly.

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  Fortigent, LLC

  • Director - Operations

    • Sep 2006 - Oct 2009

    Fortigent is a back office outsourcing solution for over 100 Wealth Management firms that tracks over 50 billion in assets- Managed a team of 30 employees and the day to day duties of the Operations Department.- Utilized my experience and knowledge to help both the Manual and Electronic reconciliation analysts solve the most complex reconciliation problems. - Organized the daily workflow to make multiple teams more efficient which made the entire operations department more scalable. After the initiatives were put into place the team was able to handle twice the workload with the same amount of employees.- Created tools to automate the manual processes for portfolio account reconciliation. Including developing a solution to quickly reconcile and correctly report on alternative assets such as Hedge Funds, REITs, Private Equity and Limited Partnerships. - Supported the Sales Dept. by meeting with potential clients and explaining the conversion process.- Dealt directly with new and existing clients to make a smooth transition of accounts onto our system. - Trained employees at the Wealth Management firms on how to effectively and efficiently use our company to make their jobs easier.- Lead multiple conversions of financial data from outside vendors onto the Fortigent Portfolio Accounting platform. - Helped Fortigent to create a new proprietary portfolio accounting system.

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  Financial Concepts Unlimited

  • Portfolio Accounting and Reporting Manager

    • Oct 1996 - Sep 2006

    - Lead the project for the transition to Advent AXYS. Handled many transfers of reps and clients into and out of the Advent system. - Daily tracking of customer assets using Advent Axys 3.6, including daily downloads from ACD, DST and Interactive Data Corp. The information was then translated using Dataport, and transporting the data into each client’s file. - Performed manual and electronic reconciliation for all accounts. Dealt directly with multiple custodians including Charles Schwab, Pershing, Bear Sterns and many others.- Completed all quarterly billing for our managed account