Eliot Zalevsky, CFA

Eliot Zalevsky, CFA

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Portfolio Manager and Vice President at Dimensional Fund Advisors

  • Education

    • Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

      2016 - 2018
      Master of Business Administration (MBA)

      Concentrations: Finance, Economics, Quantitative Analysis, Information Systems, Operations Management, AccountingAlpha Asset Management Club (President)Graduate Finance Association (Vice President)Merit ScholarshipUniversity HonorsAcademic Excellence in Finance Award

    • Carnegie Mellon University

      2008 - 2012
      BS Business (Finance); Additional Major in Statistics

      Undergraduate Finance Association (Vice President)Undergraduate Finance Association (Co-Activities Director)Undergraduate Investment Club

  • Experience

    • Invention Home

      Jun 2005 - Aug 2009
      Marketing Assistant
    • Software Engineering Institute

      May 2010 - Aug 2010
      Finance Assistant
    • Freddie Mac

      May 2011 - Aug 2011
      Model Validation Intern

      - Simplified the error tracking process for a new mortgage prepayment model by creating an automation program using SAS and VBA.- Tested for consistency and errors in predictions for key mortgage statistics in new mortgage model by analyzing 25 variables.

    • Freddie Mac

      Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

      Capital Markets Credit Risk Management- As lead analyst for large non-bank servicer sector, led effort to revamp the company-wide crisis management plan and then assisted in the execution of an orderly reduction (50%) of counterparty exposure to a troubled mortgage servicer with over $300B in loans.- Enhanced overall credit review process for mortgage servicers to incorporate advanced financial analysis and information from several internal groups to provide a more holistic view of counterparties representing over $400M in exposure.- Built tools using VBA to analyze exposure and collateral impacts from $75B in loan servicing transfers between counterparties in order to support approval or denial recommendations to senior management and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).- Successfully transitioned a subset of coverage responsibilities including a $3B mortgage revenue bond portfolio, 49 Housing Finance Agency issuers and six bond insurer counterparties to a junior analyst. Show less

      • Professional

        Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
      • Associate

        Mar 2013 - Apr 2014
      • Analyst

        Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Dimensional Fund Advisors

      May 2017 - Jul 2017
      Portfolio Management Intern
    • Dimensional Fund Advisors

      Aug 2018 - now
      • Portfolio Manager and Vice President

        Jan 2023 - now
      • Portfolio Manager

        Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
      • Associate Portfolio Manager

        Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Series 7

      FINRA
      Feb 2021
    • Series 63

      FINRA
      Apr 2021
    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

      CFA Institute
      Jul 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Candidate Outreach Chair

      Issued by CFA Society North Carolina on Jul 2024
      CFA Society North CarolinaAssociated with Eliot Zalevsky, CFA