Stephen Freeman
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Brandon Shaw
I worked with Stephen for over a year on several projects. He is highly capable and thorough in his work. He was given several very difficult tasks and always performed admirably. Stephen is genuinely motivated by helping others and the company be successful.
Brandon Shaw
I worked with Stephen for over a year on several projects. He is highly capable and thorough in his work. He was given several very difficult tasks and always performed admirably. Stephen is genuinely motivated by helping others and the company be successful.
Brandon Shaw
I worked with Stephen for over a year on several projects. He is highly capable and thorough in his work. He was given several very difficult tasks and always performed admirably. Stephen is genuinely motivated by helping others and the company be successful.
Brandon Shaw
I worked with Stephen for over a year on several projects. He is highly capable and thorough in his work. He was given several very difficult tasks and always performed admirably. Stephen is genuinely motivated by helping others and the company be successful.
Experience
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JERA Americas
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United States
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Electric Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Risk Officer
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Jun 2020 - Present
• Successfully built risk analytics platform to develop, propose, and implement hedge strategy leading to millions in realized cashflow • Implemented and build from ground-up complete systems infrastructure including ETRM, Curve Tool, database, dispatch and forecasting models, and contracts database • Developed Stochastic Modeling Software for forward margin and analytics (GMaR, VaR, CVaR, PFE) • Developed Risk Management Policy as well as Risk Limit & DOA Framework • Initiated & Chaired Risk Management Committee • Responsible for Acquisition Analysis & Valuation • Forecast/ Modeling of 3-5 year EBITDA including Stress Testing Scenarios • Responsible for Fundamentals, Quantitative Analytics, Market Risk, Credit, Trade Controls, and Settlements
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Talen Energy
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United States
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Electric Power Generation
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700 & Above Employee
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Managing Director Risk & Analytics
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Jul 2017 - Jun 2020
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World Fuel Services
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Director Global Natural Gas & Power
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Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
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North American Middle Office Manager
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Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
Manager MO Liquids, NG, Power, AGs Manager MO Liquids, NG, Power, AGs
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Merrill Lynch Commodities
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Houston Area, Texas
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Vice President Americas Crude/ NG
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Sep 2010 - Aug 2014
· Prepare, analyze, and report natural gas positions and pnl · Model daily spreads as well as pnl predict vs explain · Assisted in structuring of $2.5M short vega exotic option OTC transaction · Co-developed historical producer hedging report for NG desk; Highlighting producer hedge levels, past/ future hedge targets, and instrument type · Provide research and analysis of energy markets for trading POV · Construct bet sheets for trader analysis and discussion · Participate in weekly front office natural gas fundamentals meetings · Developed pnl attribution report for option trading highlighting performance segregated by delta, vega, theta, gamma · Validate all NG curves - price, basis, index, and balmo as well as ATM and basis vols · Specialization in options and exotic products · Manage daily mat-lab storage model determining intrinsic and extrinsic asset valuation
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RRI Energy, Inc.
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Houston Area, Texas
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Commercial Hedging/ Transmission Sr. Analyst
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Apr 2008 - Sep 2010
· Assisted in the execution of over $50M (notional value) in forward asset hedges · Transacted FTRs in both monthly and annual auctions · Prepared and reported hedge effectiveness for RRI hedge portfolio · Analyzed market/ commodity price drivers · Modeled trading/ hedge strategies vs fundamental analysis · Analysis of sources of hedge effectiveness/ ineffectiveness · Developed heatrate/ sparkspread monitoring graphs · Modeled RRI hedge scenarios and instrument implementation · Developed RRI hedge strategy package (cross commodity and regions) · Monitored daily power and gas trading activity, strategy, position, and market prices · Daily price verification on all physical and financial trading activity · Modeled assets / asset management transactions · Analyzed wholesale power, gas, FTR, UCAP, and option contracts · Stress tested commercial operations and trading pnl · Reconciled commercial analytics and hedges · Value at risk analysis, price curve, and volatility assessment and measurement · Managed power, east, west, RA CAP DPR’s and RRI daily transaction report
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Market Analyst
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May 2007 - Apr 2008
• Analysis of Natural Gas/ LNG Markets and Storage • Modeling NG/ LNG seasonal spreads and forecasted curves • Valuation of NG and NG Storage contracts and transactions • Risk Management and Contract Optimization • Enterprise Risk Management working paper and project analysis • Valuation of Natural Gas Assets and new projects • Responsible for presenting information to Lukens Group Management and putting together presentations for clients. • Perform research on various energy related topics such as LNG, Natural Gas, Regulatory matters, etc.
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Education
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Texas McCombs School of Business
BBA, Energy Finance and Investment Banking -
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Energy/ Investment Banking