David Bozkurtian
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Louis Menna
I had the unique pleasure of managing David for 8 years. David was always a source of innovation and new ideas. This was evident in all of the projects he worked on. In a highly resource constrained environment, David became the champion of many innovative products or processes that he or senior managers conceived. Without his drive and perseverance these projects would not have survived nor succeeded. David identified the need and sold the idea to senior management and peers, frequently working with external teams who had caught the vision, after hours. Many of these resulted in direct improvements to business profitability and efficiency. In addition to his creativity, David demonstrated excellent analytical and presentation skills. He would frequently and eagerly identify and address issues before they were understood or noticed by clients or colleagues. I was often impressed by his ability to look at a new problem, dissect it, and then build meaningful and complex tools to solve it while retaining an excellent user experience. He continually sought to broaden his horizons and improve his skill set, both technically and interpersonally. I consider David a trusted advisor and found him to be a great partner on any project that came into my department. David is a natural leader who genuinely cared about the people on his team and demonstrated a quiet leadership that didn't require a title. David firmly believed in the concept of building cathedrals versus laying bricks. As part of this conviction, he had a passion for sharing knowledge across teams and disciplines to increase the department's understanding, productivity, and engagement. Without hesitation, having managed him directly for 8 years, I would highly recommend David to anyone interested in adding creativity, depth and loyalty to their IT or Finance organization.
Rik Repak
David (Boz) and I started working on projects in 2018 and he has been my go-to contact and trusted advisor for technology solutions in the treasury space ever since Boz has helped me quickly bring several revenue generating, cost saving, and time saving projects to fruition in that time. His creative approach and attention to detail while understanding the user’s needs are outstanding. He has a great ability to review work flows and routinely take a set of Excel sheets and manual processes and convert them into an intuitive and efficient product. Several examples include but are not limited to: Prime Broker Equity and Wallet Project – developed a proprietary Excel tool which allows treasury to set critical limits to equity and capital distributions in order to minimize counterparty risk and optimize wallet distribution. This tool transformed the process to redirect cures daily, as opposed to weekly, almost overnight, paving the way for superior exposure management. Transactional Transfer Projects – Boz worked on several cross-group projects that eliminated the need for manual intervention and created an automated process which saved countless hours of operational and clerical reliance. These tools were also very adaptable , providing for both singular and bulk cure solutions along multiple product lines. These solutions have saved my team and myself countless hours, giving us time to focus on new financial opportunities. The time saved by being able to act on these solutions has led to a dramatic rise in cost savings and profit to the bottom line. Not only did Boz frequently build the solution himself, or manage a larger development team, most came bundled with the appropriate UI (Excel/Tableau) which provided unprecedented visibility, and the means to quickly find the root cause of most problems. Boz is a true professional who puts his clients first and delivers consistently. He is able to put himself in place of the end user, understand the process, and provide options that the user did not even know they had. Boz is an attentive listener who has been an eager sounding board to my frequent ideas. Boz has my highest degree of respect and overall recommendation.
Louis Menna
I had the unique pleasure of managing David for 8 years. David was always a source of innovation and new ideas. This was evident in all of the projects he worked on. In a highly resource constrained environment, David became the champion of many innovative products or processes that he or senior managers conceived. Without his drive and perseverance these projects would not have survived nor succeeded. David identified the need and sold the idea to senior management and peers, frequently working with external teams who had caught the vision, after hours. Many of these resulted in direct improvements to business profitability and efficiency. In addition to his creativity, David demonstrated excellent analytical and presentation skills. He would frequently and eagerly identify and address issues before they were understood or noticed by clients or colleagues. I was often impressed by his ability to look at a new problem, dissect it, and then build meaningful and complex tools to solve it while retaining an excellent user experience. He continually sought to broaden his horizons and improve his skill set, both technically and interpersonally. I consider David a trusted advisor and found him to be a great partner on any project that came into my department. David is a natural leader who genuinely cared about the people on his team and demonstrated a quiet leadership that didn't require a title. David firmly believed in the concept of building cathedrals versus laying bricks. As part of this conviction, he had a passion for sharing knowledge across teams and disciplines to increase the department's understanding, productivity, and engagement. Without hesitation, having managed him directly for 8 years, I would highly recommend David to anyone interested in adding creativity, depth and loyalty to their IT or Finance organization.
Rik Repak
David (Boz) and I started working on projects in 2018 and he has been my go-to contact and trusted advisor for technology solutions in the treasury space ever since Boz has helped me quickly bring several revenue generating, cost saving, and time saving projects to fruition in that time. His creative approach and attention to detail while understanding the user’s needs are outstanding. He has a great ability to review work flows and routinely take a set of Excel sheets and manual processes and convert them into an intuitive and efficient product. Several examples include but are not limited to: Prime Broker Equity and Wallet Project – developed a proprietary Excel tool which allows treasury to set critical limits to equity and capital distributions in order to minimize counterparty risk and optimize wallet distribution. This tool transformed the process to redirect cures daily, as opposed to weekly, almost overnight, paving the way for superior exposure management. Transactional Transfer Projects – Boz worked on several cross-group projects that eliminated the need for manual intervention and created an automated process which saved countless hours of operational and clerical reliance. These tools were also very adaptable , providing for both singular and bulk cure solutions along multiple product lines. These solutions have saved my team and myself countless hours, giving us time to focus on new financial opportunities. The time saved by being able to act on these solutions has led to a dramatic rise in cost savings and profit to the bottom line. Not only did Boz frequently build the solution himself, or manage a larger development team, most came bundled with the appropriate UI (Excel/Tableau) which provided unprecedented visibility, and the means to quickly find the root cause of most problems. Boz is a true professional who puts his clients first and delivers consistently. He is able to put himself in place of the end user, understand the process, and provide options that the user did not even know they had. Boz is an attentive listener who has been an eager sounding board to my frequent ideas. Boz has my highest degree of respect and overall recommendation.
Louis Menna
I had the unique pleasure of managing David for 8 years. David was always a source of innovation and new ideas. This was evident in all of the projects he worked on. In a highly resource constrained environment, David became the champion of many innovative products or processes that he or senior managers conceived. Without his drive and perseverance these projects would not have survived nor succeeded. David identified the need and sold the idea to senior management and peers, frequently working with external teams who had caught the vision, after hours. Many of these resulted in direct improvements to business profitability and efficiency. In addition to his creativity, David demonstrated excellent analytical and presentation skills. He would frequently and eagerly identify and address issues before they were understood or noticed by clients or colleagues. I was often impressed by his ability to look at a new problem, dissect it, and then build meaningful and complex tools to solve it while retaining an excellent user experience. He continually sought to broaden his horizons and improve his skill set, both technically and interpersonally. I consider David a trusted advisor and found him to be a great partner on any project that came into my department. David is a natural leader who genuinely cared about the people on his team and demonstrated a quiet leadership that didn't require a title. David firmly believed in the concept of building cathedrals versus laying bricks. As part of this conviction, he had a passion for sharing knowledge across teams and disciplines to increase the department's understanding, productivity, and engagement. Without hesitation, having managed him directly for 8 years, I would highly recommend David to anyone interested in adding creativity, depth and loyalty to their IT or Finance organization.
Rik Repak
David (Boz) and I started working on projects in 2018 and he has been my go-to contact and trusted advisor for technology solutions in the treasury space ever since Boz has helped me quickly bring several revenue generating, cost saving, and time saving projects to fruition in that time. His creative approach and attention to detail while understanding the user’s needs are outstanding. He has a great ability to review work flows and routinely take a set of Excel sheets and manual processes and convert them into an intuitive and efficient product. Several examples include but are not limited to: Prime Broker Equity and Wallet Project – developed a proprietary Excel tool which allows treasury to set critical limits to equity and capital distributions in order to minimize counterparty risk and optimize wallet distribution. This tool transformed the process to redirect cures daily, as opposed to weekly, almost overnight, paving the way for superior exposure management. Transactional Transfer Projects – Boz worked on several cross-group projects that eliminated the need for manual intervention and created an automated process which saved countless hours of operational and clerical reliance. These tools were also very adaptable , providing for both singular and bulk cure solutions along multiple product lines. These solutions have saved my team and myself countless hours, giving us time to focus on new financial opportunities. The time saved by being able to act on these solutions has led to a dramatic rise in cost savings and profit to the bottom line. Not only did Boz frequently build the solution himself, or manage a larger development team, most came bundled with the appropriate UI (Excel/Tableau) which provided unprecedented visibility, and the means to quickly find the root cause of most problems. Boz is a true professional who puts his clients first and delivers consistently. He is able to put himself in place of the end user, understand the process, and provide options that the user did not even know they had. Boz is an attentive listener who has been an eager sounding board to my frequent ideas. Boz has my highest degree of respect and overall recommendation.
Louis Menna
I had the unique pleasure of managing David for 8 years. David was always a source of innovation and new ideas. This was evident in all of the projects he worked on. In a highly resource constrained environment, David became the champion of many innovative products or processes that he or senior managers conceived. Without his drive and perseverance these projects would not have survived nor succeeded. David identified the need and sold the idea to senior management and peers, frequently working with external teams who had caught the vision, after hours. Many of these resulted in direct improvements to business profitability and efficiency. In addition to his creativity, David demonstrated excellent analytical and presentation skills. He would frequently and eagerly identify and address issues before they were understood or noticed by clients or colleagues. I was often impressed by his ability to look at a new problem, dissect it, and then build meaningful and complex tools to solve it while retaining an excellent user experience. He continually sought to broaden his horizons and improve his skill set, both technically and interpersonally. I consider David a trusted advisor and found him to be a great partner on any project that came into my department. David is a natural leader who genuinely cared about the people on his team and demonstrated a quiet leadership that didn't require a title. David firmly believed in the concept of building cathedrals versus laying bricks. As part of this conviction, he had a passion for sharing knowledge across teams and disciplines to increase the department's understanding, productivity, and engagement. Without hesitation, having managed him directly for 8 years, I would highly recommend David to anyone interested in adding creativity, depth and loyalty to their IT or Finance organization.
Rik Repak
David (Boz) and I started working on projects in 2018 and he has been my go-to contact and trusted advisor for technology solutions in the treasury space ever since Boz has helped me quickly bring several revenue generating, cost saving, and time saving projects to fruition in that time. His creative approach and attention to detail while understanding the user’s needs are outstanding. He has a great ability to review work flows and routinely take a set of Excel sheets and manual processes and convert them into an intuitive and efficient product. Several examples include but are not limited to: Prime Broker Equity and Wallet Project – developed a proprietary Excel tool which allows treasury to set critical limits to equity and capital distributions in order to minimize counterparty risk and optimize wallet distribution. This tool transformed the process to redirect cures daily, as opposed to weekly, almost overnight, paving the way for superior exposure management. Transactional Transfer Projects – Boz worked on several cross-group projects that eliminated the need for manual intervention and created an automated process which saved countless hours of operational and clerical reliance. These tools were also very adaptable , providing for both singular and bulk cure solutions along multiple product lines. These solutions have saved my team and myself countless hours, giving us time to focus on new financial opportunities. The time saved by being able to act on these solutions has led to a dramatic rise in cost savings and profit to the bottom line. Not only did Boz frequently build the solution himself, or manage a larger development team, most came bundled with the appropriate UI (Excel/Tableau) which provided unprecedented visibility, and the means to quickly find the root cause of most problems. Boz is a true professional who puts his clients first and delivers consistently. He is able to put himself in place of the end user, understand the process, and provide options that the user did not even know they had. Boz is an attentive listener who has been an eager sounding board to my frequent ideas. Boz has my highest degree of respect and overall recommendation.
Credentials
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Microsoft Power BI - The Practical Guide
UdemyAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Get Git Smart Course: Learn Git in Unity, SourceTree, GitHub
UdemyMar, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Data Warehouse - The Ultimate Guide
UdemyJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Become a Product Manager
UdemyDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Python (Basic)
HackerRankDec, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Algorithmic Trading and Stocks Essential Training
Lynda.comDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Complete Python Bootcamp (From Zero to Hero)
UdemyDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
pandas for Data Science
Lynda.comDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
UdemyNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Python for Time Series Data Analysis
UdemyAug, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
pandas Essential Training
Lynda.comMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Coaching and Developing Employees
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Problem Solving Techniques
Lynda.comSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Tableau 10 Essential Training
Lynda.comJul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
The Data Science of Retail, Sales, and Commerce
Lynda.comJul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Creating Interactive Dashboards in Tableau
Lynda.comJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Predictive Customer Analytics
Lynda.comJun, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Business Analytics: Prescriptive Analytics
Lynda.comMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Data Science A-Z™: Real-Life Data Science
UdemyMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
The Essential Elements of Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
Lynda.comMay, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Algorithmic Trading and Stocks Essential Training
Lynda.comApr, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
Lynda.comApr, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Employee Engagement
Lynda.comApr, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Leadership Foundations
Lynda.comMar, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
DevOps: The Big Picture
PluralsightJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Leading Productive Meetings
Lynda.comJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Leadership Blind Spots
Lynda.comOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Lynda.comOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Lean Six Sigma Foundations
Lynda.comJul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Process Improvement Foundations
Lynda.comJul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Six Sigma Foundations
Lynda.comJul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Understanding Algorithms for Recommendation Systems
PluralsightJul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Cloud Computing: The Big Picture
PluralsightJun, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Fundamentals of Cloud Computing
PluralsightJun, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Machine Learning
CourseraSep, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Implementing DevOps in the Real World
PluralsightJan, 2008- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Casdin Capital, LLC
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Technology Consultant
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2022 - Present
Data Warehouse Designed and implemented warehouse for investor level performance, allocations, positions, balances, and capital movements (Python, Sql Server) Business Intelligence: Created Power BI dashboards for: • Marketing team to access historical investor level performance details, reducing inquiry response times by 90%. • Investor relations and senior management to understand projected capital movements to support decision making • Finance team to review daily position reconciliations, monthly investment activity reconciliations, etc. Automation Finance • Developed stored procedures, and SQL connected Excel templates to generate monthly investor performance estimates • Automated monthly investor allocation validations vs fund administrator (SQL Server) • Automated daily position uploads to Bloomberg, and fund status reporting Investor Relations • Automated monthly updates to CRM from Fund Administrator data (Sql Server, Python) Show less
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Carlson Capital, L.P.
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Quantitative Analyst / Product Manager
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2018 - 2022
• Product manager for: real time portfolio management system (replaced vendor application costing over $1MM/year), treasury operations applications, capital financing, Tableau dashboards, MIFID reporting. • Conceived, designed, and created highly responsive, intuitive, near real-time Tableau dashboards to provide: system state, actionable alerts, top 10s, daily and historical trends, and root cause analysis for: real time p&l daily reconciliation, capital financing (saving over $10MM per year), trading metrics, MIFID reporting (reducing error rate and reporting time from weeks to days), data quality management, position fragmentation, risk reporting, ActiveBatch automation (reduced job failures and related production support by 85% within 2 months), and fully paid lending opportunities. • Developed Excel automations integrated with SQL Server, for the Treasurer, to manage: prime brokerage balance allocations (improved ROA by 15%, and gained access to IPO allocations), collateral defragmentation (reduced fragmentation by 70%), transfers (achieved 10X efficiency) and optimization (virtually eliminated boxed positions across prime brokers, and saved 50bps on all boxed cash balances), fund allocations (reduced processing time by 90%), financing rates (reduced manual effort by 95%), performance attribution, and CLO pricing model optimization (reduced runtime by 94%; originally ran 24 hours). • Developed python automation tools in Spyder to significantly reduce ongoing support burden on constrained resources, allowing developers to create value added services and solutions. • Used machine learning, stats models, Python, SQL and Bloomberg APIs in Jupyter to analyze and recommend improved entry/exit rules, sector rotation strategies, and back/forward test various correlation hypotheses on existing trading strategies. • Used agile methods to manage multiple projects. Sprint planning, retrospectives, roadmaps, reviews, scrums, etc. Show less
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Morgan Stanley
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Director - Prime Brokerage Finance Technology
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2010 - 2018
Ran special projects for the Global Head of Prime Brokerage Technology. Implemented innovative revenue generating and cost saving technology and financial solutions. Implemented DevOps and agile migration, financial product management, and project management services for global prime brokerage.Product Owner• Designed and implemented Prime Brokerage’s funding predictor with 99.7% accuracy, saving $85M annually• Conceived and implemented proprietary balance sheet compression models, saving $40M annually• Conceived and leveraged regulatory filings to generate event based and targeted leads for prime brokerage and a $20M secured lending sales campaign• Conceived, designed, and built a cross selling opportunities generator for client service, targeting $10M annually in additional revenueProduct Manager • Global Financing Calculator: Migrated 30 business units (Over $200B in balances) from mainframe to distributed technology (saving $5M annually), and introduced DevOps and Agile platform to a 12 person global teamSpecial Projects • Recruited to successfully rescue a $10M client relationship via rapidly implementing a bespoke technology solutionInnovation • Conceived and piloted proprietary system to facilitate warm calling opportunities across the firm, by mining alternative data from internal and external sourcesEmployee Engagement• Hosted monthly technology boot camps with internal and external SMEs, resulting in relationship building, knowledge and solution sharing across a large and diverse global organization• Coordinated and recruited leaders for monthly team building activities• Mentored current and former colleagues Show less
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Vice President - Prime Brokerage Finance
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2005 - 2010
Recruited by the CFO of Global Prime Brokerage to build the entire suite of Client Analytics models, tools and reports, including: client segmentation model, repricing calculator, broad sheets, balance sheet model, default pricing schedules, and asset owner reporting.Designed and developed• Prime Brokerage’s first balance sheet model and calculator (VBA/Sybase)• Client repricing calculator – used to generate $40M additional revenue annually (Excel/VBA)• Client broadsheets, Normalized pricing model (VBA/Sybase)• Asset owner reporting suite• Revenue and market share data marts. Firm-wide revenue mart Show less
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Business Intelligence Strat - Prime Brokerage
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2000 - 2005
Provided data mining and business analytic services to prime brokerage senior management. Built scalable custom tools and reports for tier one hedge fund clients. Created, owned, and maintained PB’s data mart.• Collaborated with Equity Swaps’ global sales head to launch (multi $B) business using data mining to identify sales leads • Built root cause analysis system for done-with trades. Reduced failure rate from 7% to 2%, saving $5M annually• Conceived, designed, and implemented workflow application to automatically route suspended wire transfers to correct parties, saving $1M annually• Rewrote client position rebalancing tool in a scalable manner, reducing setup time by 80%• Designed and built the first multi-use campaign manager for Sales and Cap Intro teams• Designed and built PB’s generic reconciliation engine’s UI, which generated thousands of client reconciliations daily between disparate systems, and reducing setup and maintenance time by 75%• Built Prime Brokerage's first data mart to support senior management's strategic decision making Show less
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MetLife
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Programmer
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1995 - 2000
Designed, built and supported a nationally distributed budgeting application for MetLife’s $11B real estate portfolio (4th largest in the US). Migrated and integrated Stuyvesant Town’s (110 buildings with 11K units) CMMS system with existing energy management, building automation, and accounting systems. Designed, built and supported a nationally distributed budgeting application for MetLife’s $11B real estate portfolio (4th largest in the US). Migrated and integrated Stuyvesant Town’s (110 buildings with 11K units) CMMS system with existing energy management, building automation, and accounting systems.
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Education
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New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Master of Science (MS), Information Technology -
New York University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics/Statistics