Experience

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  Refco, inc.

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Monitored daily market activity, movements, and trends. Provided accurate responses to customer calls. Delivered firm's orders to an appropriate pit and broker. Gathered CBOT/CME market research and enter into Refco system to distribute to all customers.

  • Telephone Clerk/Check Out CBOT Grains

    Jan 1986 - Jan 1987

  • Runner/Market Research CBOT Grains

    Jan 1985 - Jan 1986
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  Refco, inc

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1990

  Arbitrage clerk/t-bond out trader

  Mediator for investors in the T-Bond and T-Bond Options Markets.

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  Refco, inc.

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Assistant manager, cbot financial floor

  Responsible for informing customers on the current status of specific financial markets, fulfilling orders and communicating those orders to a team of professional brokers, utilizing the arbitrage process. Supplied information to customers relating to technical and fundamental analysis. Responsible for the reconciliation of out trades before and after market hours.Directed the activities of a staff of 20 employees responsible for the timely reconciliation of member firm and client activity.Authorized to resolve customer conflicts and errors at the financial desks arising out of the miscommunications between arbitrage clerks and brokers. Supervised the night bond sessionAssigned to the London International Financial Futures Exchange to assist Refco with inordinate volume of business resulting from the possible passage of Maastricht Treaty. Show less

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  Refco, inc.

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2000

  Floor manager, cme equities

  Responsible for the management and training of all Equities personnel, including Arbitrage clerks, retail phone clerks, and runners. Resolved all trading conflicts between employees, filling brokers and customers.Established and serviced 70% of large Equity institutional customer accounts.Created retail desk for non-institutional customers resulting in a volume increase of over 50% in 2 year period.Hired, trained and supervised the division of responsibilities to trade floor staff.Created rotating out trade schedule designed to eliminate overtime and to improve overall accuracy. Show less

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  Refco, inc

  Jan 2000 - Mar 2003

  Vice president cme operations

  Effectively planned business operations and modernized systems to increase efficiency and productivity adapted to rapidly changing business situation while focusing on quality and detail.Successfully managed the consolidation of five Future Clearing Member acquisitions over a three year period.Reduced staff by 52% through improved strategic location of floor operation, technology and telecommunications resulting in a corporate savings of $2 million.Decreased overall brokerage costs by 45% through consolidating number of brokers utilized for trade execution.Contributed to firms profit increase of 30% through recommended staff reductions, operational efficiencies and facility savings.Successful arbitration of several large claims due to extensive market knowledge and experience and understanding of regulatory rules. Show less

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  Cadent financial services llc

  Apr 2003 - Aug 2009

  Senior vice president of trading operations

  Original member of FCM start-upIntegral in developing and implementing vision of boutique service driven firmFormulated and developed firm wide budgets and pro-forma'sImplemented Full CME Clearing Member status with the exchangeSet up omnibus floor relationships for all non-CME productsNegotiated all related contracts relating to floor operations with emphasis on variable cost structureAs a producer contributed to firms 200% growth in four years while carefully maintaining balance of service and overheadIntegrated the consolidation of trading floors due to CME/CBT mergerWorking knowledge of four front end trading systems, CQG, Ran Order, CTS and G/LProficient in placing electronic orders on all global markets Managed 50 firm wide employee vacation schedules Show less

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  Sfr commodities

  May 2010 - now

  Broker/branch manager