PROFILE:
>>Senior-level investment management experience with Fortune 100 companies and top banking institutions; possess an in-depth knowledge of investment options, strategies, and best practices for accomplishing wealth objectives; knowledge of general principles of corporate finance and banking.
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>>Demonstrated leadership abilities with a solid record of contributions resulting in improved financial performance, heightened productivity, strong client relationships, and enhanced internal controls.
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>>Diverse experience in analyzing and actively trading fixed income securities including U.S. Treasury, government agency, asset-backed, corporate, municipal, euro, and money market; knowledgeable in the trade of futures contracts.
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>>Proven abilities in portfolio/investment management, credit analysis, and trading on all money market, as well as short and intermediate duration total rate of return fixed income portfolio products.
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>>Visionary leader with the ability to implement creative business solutions and motivate staff across functional areas.
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>>Demonstrated talent for facilitating change and garnering consensus among staff at all levels, as well as aligning and achieving strategic objectives through open communication, high ethical standards, and a “lead by example” approach.
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>>Technical skills include Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, Factset, YieldBook, CMS BondEdge as well as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
EXPERIENCE:
Mutual Fund Company, Houston, TX 1994 – 04/2006
Vice President / Senior Portfolio Manager, 2000 – 04/2006
Assistant Vice President/Portfolio Manager, 1996 – 2000
Investment Officer/Assistant Portfolio Manager, 1995 – 1996
Portfolio Assistant, 1994 – 1995
Recruited to assist portfolio managers with trade settlement and maintain official portfolio records for select fixed income portfolios. Advanced quickly to role of cash manager and was responsible for managing overnight investments and liquidity, resulting in more than $20 billion in transactions for all portfolios within the AIM family of funds.
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Selected for several broad portfolio teams assignments; provided a diverse range of portfolio, credit and trading strategies while realizing exceptional returns for specific clientele.
--Spearheaded first electronic trading initiative for the firm contributing to growth in assets from $10 billion to approximately $60 billion with more than 75% of current trades occurring electronically. This initiative resulted in reduced operating costs and increased the gross profit margin for the department.
--Designated to manage and trade AIM’s rapidly growing institutional cash management portfolios with asset growth from $10 billion to as high as $75 billion during tenure.
--Consistently outperformed institutional money market peers according to Lipper and IBC’s iMoneynet for the past 10 years.
--Designed and developed enhanced cash portfolio strategies for several institutional clients, which debuted in September of 2005 and have since achieved asset growth of more than $6 billion.
--Featured as one of the three youngest in portfolio managers in the mutual fund business according to Morningstar - August 18, 1999 USA Today Money Section.
--Co-managed an Intermediate Bond Mutual Fund which grew in assets from $500 million to over $1billion due to effective management resulting in increased performance; elevated the fund’s total ranking into the top third of its Lipper category.
--Developed and implemented proprietary analytical tools for constructing and rebalancing portfolios in different interest rate environments.
--Generated architectural ideas for an internal trading and portfolio management system for use with AIM’s cash management and short duration portfolios, including the development and implementation of analytical tools for portfolio creation and rebalancing.
--Served as the lead for portfolio manager teams by researching, analyzing, and recommending investments for inclusion into portfolios, utilized interpersonal networking skills in cultivating strong internal and external relationships; effectively organized team efforts to sustain forward momentum as the business cycle evolves.
--Built and maintained relationships within the dealer community to enhance opportunities in maximizing portfolio returns with greater deal flow as well as creating greater liquidity for AIM portfolios.
--Developed portfolio concepts to maximize AIM’s product line to incorporate diverse investment options for new and existing clientele.
--Worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve investment objectives as well as participated in client presentations; consistently selected by sales team members as the ‘portfolio manager of choice’ in representing the firm to clients.
--Assisted the sales team in creating client communications and high-impact presentations; authored an economics column for a quarterly web-based sales piece for clients; traveled to Fortune 100 companies to present investment updates as well as solicit new products.
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Mutual Fund Company, Houston, TX 1993 – 1994
Service & Marketing Representative
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--Marketed mutual funds to broker dealers and serviced new and existing shareholders.
--Bestowed the DALBAR Awards for ‘Service’ and ‘Excellence in Marketing Support’.
--Assisted in leading the effort in establishing an asset retention group for the family of funds.
EDUCATION:
MBA Degree ~ Phi Kappa Phi Honors Graduate, 2001
BBA Degree in Finance ~ Cum Laude Graduate, 1993
LICENSURE: NASD Series 7, 6 & 63
ACTIVITIES:
Residential Community Association
Board of Directors – Vice President
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--Elected to this volunteer position for a two-year term , which oversees a master planned community of more than 4600 homes with an annual budget of approximately $5 million.
United States Soccer Federation (USSF)
Referee Class I
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--Elevated to class of referee, which includes the top 8% of soccer referees in the United States. |
