Experience

LSEG Data & Analytics

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Market Analyst, US Municipal Bonds (TM3/MMD)

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  New York, New York, United States



Lumesis, Inc.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 2014 - Apr 2020

  Stamford CT DIVER, by Lumesis, delivers municipal bond compliance and analysis solutions with comprehensive data on more than 54,000 issuers within the Municipal Fixed Income Market. Our suite of solutions provides business efficiencies and regulatory support by focusing on the realities of the municipal marketplace (stale financials, fiscal uncertainty and infrequent ratings) and provides support for new and evolving time-of-trade, suitability and supervisory rules and regulatory needs. The DIVER suite… Show more DIVER, by Lumesis, delivers municipal bond compliance and analysis solutions with comprehensive data on more than 54,000 issuers within the Municipal Fixed Income Market. Our suite of solutions provides business efficiencies and regulatory support by focusing on the realities of the municipal marketplace (stale financials, fiscal uncertainty and infrequent ratings) and provides support for new and evolving time-of-trade, suitability and supervisory rules and regulatory needs. The DIVER suite also supports credit, sales and trading needs by eliminating time-consuming data gathering, providing analytical tools and by offering data feeds or custom data services. Responsibilities include: • Senior sales position targeting North American buy-side and sell-side firms focused on the municipal market. • Develop, enhance, and maintain client relationships through extensive cold call prospecting and pro-active communication.

• Business Development Specialist

  • 2014 - 2016



Ipreo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VP - Capital Markets Sales

  • May 2010 - May 2014

  Greater New York City Area Responsibilities include: • Senior sales position targeting North American sell-side and buy-side firms focused on fixed income. • Successfully enhanced, developed, and maintained client relationships through extensive cold call prospecting and pro-active communication. • Consistently exceeded sales targets and quotas.



Ambac Assurance Corp.

• Vice President

  • Sep 2003 - Jun 2009

  Managed high volume work flow for Surveillance Consents Team to effectively execute clients requests. Implemented various bond refunding discovery processes for the purpose of finding hidden capital in our book of business. Underwote over 500 credits per year during this period for purpose of bond insurance. 28 years experience in Municipal Finance and Trading.



Ambac

• United States
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President

  • Jul 1998 - Jun 2009

• Vice President / Public Finance Surveillance Group

  • Jan 1998 - Jun 2009

  Managed Amendments/Waivers/Consents unit to efficiently and effectively execute Issuer's and Bond Counsel's requests. Managed annual review process of Ambac "Book of Business" for Surveillance purposes. Responsible for analyzing numerous bond types secured by various revenue streams.



Ambac Assurance Corp.

• Vice President / Secondary Market Trading Desk

  • Jul 1998 - Jan 2003

  Provide municipal bond insurance for the secondary market. Experience / knowledge of current market spreads helped maximize insurance premiums received. Enhanced marketing campaign through customer incentive program and name branding.



Thomson Financial Municipals Group

• Regional Sales Manager

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Enhance, develop, and maintain marketing / sales effort for east coast territory (NY to FL) of Internet-based financial information products (TM3 & Municipal Market Data



Cantor Fitzgerald Municipal Brokers Inc

• Vice President

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

  Please contact me for complete resume and references.



J.F. Hartfield and Co. Inc.

• Vice President / Manager

  • Jan 1991 - Jan 1993



Municipal Bond Broker

• Vice President

  • Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Establish, develop and maintain successful business relationships with all major NY brokerage houses and regional firms. General Market Broker's Broker specializing in G.O.'s, serial revenue and pre-refunded bonds; coordinating swaps and executing orders for clients. Completely reorganized Trading Desk operations. Implemented new procedures which resulted in increased efficiency and profitability for this area of the firm.



MKI Securities, Inc

• Vice President / Manager

  • Jan 1983 - Jan 1988

  Hired, developed and supervised activities of General Market brokers. Forecast and monitored Personnel budget.



JF Hartfield

• Vice President / Manager - General Market Desk

  • Jan 1981 - Jan 1983

  Managed all aspects of Trading Desk activities involving coordination of municipal bond swaps for NY brokerage houses and regional firms.