Nick Wu

Experience

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  Philips

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2006

  Intern, Intellectual Property and Standard

  ● Established royalty forecast models for more than 50 patent clients● Built data mining application and tracked royalty payment history of each account

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  R.O.C (Taiwan) Army

  Oct 2006 - Nov 2007

  Combat Training Officer (Second Lieutenant)

  ● Combat skills training; responsible for training new recruits in hand-to-hand combat and shooting techniques● Earned distinction for implementation of annual maintenance processes for the battalion

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  Watson Bell Co., Ltd.

  May 2008 - Dec 2010

  Sales and Marketing Supervisor

  ● Developed sales models for Asia-Pacific region, closing $4M deals with three major LED enterprises● Created marketing strategy for expansion of Samsung’s Li-ion battery division, increasing client market share by 15% by pre-selling capacity of the new production line still under construction● Assessed energy technologies, including fuel cell and super capacitor, made investment suggestions to CEO, and executed the business expansion plan in ASEAN region

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  Watson Bell Co., Ltd.

  May 2011 - Jul 2013

  Business Development Manager

  ● Sourced lighting acquisition deals; managed 12-person team and oversaw marketing and financial operations● Launched designer luminaire projects for VIP accounts, accounting for 30% of company revenue● Monitored ROI, NPV, and DCFs to manage investment projects and to make following investment suggestions to CEO, accounting for 30% of company profits● Evaluated qualified suppliers and design partners to enhance operational portfolio in greater ASEAN region

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  Omega Airline Software

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Business Analyst Intern

  ● Financial modeling; built excel models to analyze cost, revenue, and profits in various operation scenarios; constructed predictive models to forecast the best and worst P&L scenarios● Using data warehouse tools (e.g. SQL queries) to extract and manipulate historical data to identify cost/revenue drivers and translated insights into viable action items● Visulaized findings from the analysis into business presentations to top executives and gave recommendations for company’s real-world actions Show less

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  OxySure Systems, Inc.

  Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Corporate Development Associate Intern

  ● Designed the sales decision model to identify over 50 potential distributors in foreign markets and signed two new contracts, with another four in negotiation process● Gathered and interpreted market information to negotiate sales contracts with clients resulting in increased sales commitments by 15% on average● Audited supply flow, determined critical cost factors, negotiated with suppliers, and lowered total cost by 20%

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  Southern Methodist University

  Sept 2015 - May 2016

  Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

  ● TA Courses: Predictive Modelling/Business Forecasting, Operation Analytics, Management Decision Analysis, Operation Management● Assisted professor to instruct modeling skills in class using various statistical software tools● Tutored individual students during office hours on required statistic concepts for data modeling● Validated and graded modeling work performed by students and gave detailed suggestion● Research Project: How Patent Quality Affects Sequential Innovation Decision Process● Mapped datasets with 20M+ data points and interpreted findings to support the argument by utilizing Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence tools ● Conducted various analyses of historical U.S. patent data to identify high-quality patents and determine the key metrics of "innovative" patents Show less

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  Mr. Cooper

  Feb 2016 - now

  ● Redesigned daily Origination MSR pricing structure; set up a two-million-loan synthetic pricing grid and its daily pricing process to enable real-time bidding needs for Capital Markets operation● Phased in new prepay/default model and in-house analytical tools to enable efficient model tuning and back-testing practices● Performed due diligence and priced all incoming bulk deals, won over 20% of them, and achieved two major acquisitions in 2018● Monitored current market trends, utilized historical data for backtesting, and developed model tuners/LLPAs to ensure optimal practices in different channels Show less ● Optimized prepayment and credit model to mitigate negative price convexity for loans impacted by interest rates and natural disaster events● Migrated MSR valuation model with a portfolio size of $300bn UPB to the new valuation platform and integrated new Prepayment model to achieve less than ± 1bps error in price● Built and automated Daily Mortgage Rates Forecasting Model for pricing and trade purposes, and optimized it periodically to reduce excess volatility by 35% ● Instructed offshore team members to conduct portfolio analysis; communicated with internal clients on model factors, forecasts, performance, and valuation implications Show less

  • VP - Portfolio Investments

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Assistant Vice President

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2023

  • Principal - Portfolio Investments

    May 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Market Risk

    Feb 2016 - May 2018