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Resume

Summary
Award-winning leader with renowned capacity for devising elegant solutions to complex problems. Blends mathematical aptitude, MS Excel expertise, strong logical reasoning, and insatiable intellectual curiosity to invent efficient, profit-generating, and cost-saving systems and processes.
Work
Quicken Loans
Detroit
Trader
Dec 2009 - Present
  • Built sophisticated mortgage-trading decision engine in Excel/VBA, adding provisions for stipulated and specified bonds to achieve maximum profitability.
  • Structured and traded more than $25 B in residential mortgage servicing assets and mortgage-backed securities for nation's fourth largest retail mortgage lender.
  • Initiated strategy to broaden liquidity and earn 50-100 bps additional profit on each of one category of trade executed.
  • Developed VBA program to automate tri-party contracts, eliminating 10-15 hours of labor weekly.
  • Represented Quicken Loans at the 2010 and 2011 National Mortgage Bankers Association conferences in New York City.
  • Earned "Consistently Exceeds Expectations" rating on most recent annual performance review.
AJManser Global
Chicago
Vice President
Dec 2007 - Aug 2009
  • Co-founded proprietary equity derivatives trading firm (CBOE market maker AXM).
  • Contributed to $6 MM in gross trading profits for the year 2008 (2,000% return on capital).
  • Designed alert system in Excel VBA for trading opportunities, supplying the majority of stocks in which the firm made markets on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
  • Created Excel-based risk management system for efficient hedging.
Third Millennium Trading
Chicago
Equity Derivatives Clerk
Oct 2007 - Dec 2007
  • Optimized process by which firm evaluated option positions for early exercise.
  • Left amicably to co-found AJManser Global.
Quicken Loans
Detroit
Business Consultant
Jul 2005 - Sep 2007
  • Won prestigious Isms in Action Award in June 2007 for overall job performance and dedication to company"s cultural principles. Nominated by peers, awarded by company executive team.
  • Collaborated with team to design and implement CRM system, significantly raising lead conversion and resulting in firm"s first $2 B origination month in history.
  • Created high-volume recruiting process and supporting software for 250-300 hires per month.
  • Guest-lectured for visiting students on the role of variation in measuring system performance.
Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Master of Arts in Kinesiology
August 2009
Area of focus: statistical methods for evaluation of player talent in professional sports.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: Mathematical Economics
April 2004