Experience

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  BNY Mellon

  • New York, N.Y.

  • Senior Strategist

    • Mar 2011 - Present
    • New York, N.Y.

    Developed business components and managed several risk projects for existing and evolving enterprise-wide risk management systems. • Senior Business Analyst for the creation and development of a state-of-the-art Bank-wide Enterprise Risk System.• Integral to the Bank’s compliance effort by:­ Researching new and evolving international and U.S. banking regulations.­ Constructing business and functional requirements documents for Basel and Dodd-Frank. ­ Implementing new requirements with Business and Technology into existing risk management systems. ­ Preparing documents and analysis to satisfy SOX and Federal Reserve Board audits. • Improved technology system efficiency and data accuracy by developing a new database for the processing and storage of a diverse set of market instruments and Bank positions including interest rate, credit, equity and derivative products.• Educated and motivated enterprise risk team members by constructing and delivering unique presentations on the Basel and Dodd-Frank regulations.

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  State Street Associates

  • Senior Research Associate, Vice President

    • 2008 - 2010

    Managed and analyzed State Street Corporation’s trades and holdings information to develop and construct proprietary indicators of asset transactions and inventory turnover by institutional investors.• Received positive feedback from Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and the National Economic Council by producing an in-depth analysis of credit market liquidity post the 2008 crisis.• Increased client interest in the company’s research platform by creating and developing proprietary indicators of trade activity for sovereign, corporate, and mortgage bonds.• Enabled a team of analysts to perform unique financial research by constructing and managing a comprehensive database containing security information, pricing of all asset classes, and proprietary and third-party data.

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  State Street Global Markets

  • Senior Financial Analyst, Vice President

    • 1998 - 2007

    Created and delivered proprietary decision-support platforms used by State Street Corporation analysts, traders, and operations. • Instrumental in the creation of an alternative revenue source for Global Markets by orchestrating the business and technology components associated with a buy-side to buy-side trading platform for fixed income instruments.• Increased client awareness and provided a venue for the generation of soft dollars by working with the head of global fixed income research to develop the infrastructure and platform for credit research publications.• Enhanced operations from the trading desk to the back-office by managing the transition to a new trading system used by the money market, foreign exchange and equity trading desks, and business operations unit. • Created and developed multiple analyses to a variety of stakeholders:­ Analysis of the foreign exchange business delivered in standardized reports and used by senior executives as a decision support tool.­ Analysis of client counterparty and market risk of State Street’s FX trading desk, resulting in the quantification of imposed trader limits and enhanced understanding of portfolio risk.­ Research of the foreign exchange markets to the sales and trading desks.

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  Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Securities Inc.

  • Vice President, Fixed Income Research

    • 1996 - 1998

    Analyzed and researched the U.S. Treasury, agency, and corporate bond markets.• Created the opportunity for increased trading revenue by developing financial models, fixed income analytics, and trading strategies to internal sales and trading staff and firm clients.• Provided a venue for the distribution of proprietary research material by designing and implementing a platform to produce automated financial information packets for HSBC domestic and foreign clients.• Trained and educated the sales force, traders, and firm clients on trading strategies.

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  Salomon Brothers

  • Vice President, Bond Portfolio Research

    • 1993 - 1996

    Created systemic fixes for a critical multi-platform application used daily by traders and portfolio managers.• Significantly improved operational efficiency and reduced technology systems costs by implementing numerous process improvements including program test protocols, software release methodology, and streamlining the technology into a single computer/software platform.• Enhanced client relations and knowledge of the product by assisting a diversified group of traders and portfolio managers with both functionality of the Yield Book and interpretation of results from the fixed income analytics.

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  General Electric

  • Staff Engineer

    • 1979 - 1993

    Responsible for developing simulation models for power plant systems and jet engines.• Replaced a multi-million dollar test system with a $100K platform by programming the first jet engine model on a personal computer for use in an electronic control simulator, incorporating the first PC in the era of mainframes.• Allowed the company to meet several stringent specifications to address the enhanced performance of military jet aircraft – awarded a patent for development of a jet engine inlet temperature control system.• Created and developed a computer simulation for an innovative multi-million dollar power plant design and delivered a two week presentation to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Tokyo, Japan. • Increased user competency by educating internal and external clients with the operation of both jet engine and power plant simulation equipment.