
Candidate for Public Advocate; Small business owner, Financial Consultant and Employee of the NYS Senate
Greater New York City Area

Candidate for Public Advocate; Small business owner, Financial Consultant and Employee of the NYS Senate
Greater New York City Area
In Finance:
Assisted in the daily operations of the brokerage office, answered calls and assisting clients with questions.
Created digital copies of client trade sheets and monthly statements using Paper Port.
Obtained Series 7 license, October 2007 (Anti-Money Laundering CE completed)
Manage company website.
Call clients and new prospects; attend client meetings; investigate new products and funds; research companies and evaluate trading opportunities.
Small business owner:
Manage and develop small business, non-profit and campaign websites.
Operate an online used book and video store
Grew revenue and profits annually since inception and managed all bookkeeping using Excel and Quicken.
Used technology to significantly improve productivity of the business as well as sales, such as IR devices and mobile computing.
Business, land use, politics, real estate, trading, investing, options, technical anysis, BlackBerry technology, HTML/XML (limited), banking, Access, Excel, Word, database management
(Financial Services industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Alex Zablocki first joined D.M.F.S. in 1999 as an office assistant and took a leave to attend college full time in 2000. He recently joined D.M.F.S. again in June of 2007. With a Bachelors in Business Administration in Finance and Investments from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, he currently holds a Series 7 and is pursuing a Series 66 license. While at Baruch, Alex was trained to use the Bloomberg Terminal and took advanced courses in technical analysis, options trading and corporate finance. He has been trading in the stock market since he opened up a brokerage account at the age of 13.
Involved in his community, Alex works in government and local politics on Staten Island and is a volunteer in many organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America. He has also managed his own small business since 2001. Being an Eagle Scout, he lives by the scout motto of being prepared.
(Government Administration industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Review legislation regarding local issues for submission to the Senate; successful legislation signed by the Governor include increased penalties for theft within a cemetery and increased penalties to protect the sensitive clam beds in Raritan Bay.
Develop office policy on major issues concerning parks, traffic, land use and economic development.
Assemble and catalog land in and around the Greenbelt, titled the “Greenbelt Preservation Project”.
Furthered negations between the Boy Scouts of America, the State of New York and the New York City Parks Department for an agreement on a conservation easement.
Community Board Three representative for the 24th State Senate district; representative for Senator Lanza on the Mayor’s Traffic and Transportation Task Force.
Handled district office press and responsible for writing media advisories and press releases locally.
Work directly with New York City and New York State agencies to coordinate city and state relations.
(Internet industry)
October 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)
Since its inception in 2001, SG Worldwide (formerly Save Greenbacks) has delivered over 15,000 packages to homes and businesses across the globe. During this time, we also ventured into small business websites, as well as non-profit websites and personal sites also.
The core of our business lies on the sale of used and new books, CD's, video's, DVD's and electronics. We continue to offer the lowest prices and best service on major sites such as Amazon.com and eBay. We also build and host small business, non-profit and political websites.
It takes determination, skill, productivity, ingenuity, motivation and knowledge to grow...it takes SG Worldwide to make it happen.
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)
June 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Project manager of eight major rezoning applications from initiation of study to law; expedited the ULURP process; gathered and analyzed data on over ten thousand zoning lots, build-out of neighborhoods and development trend.
Testified at City Council Land Use committee hearings and City Planning public hearings for new Staten Island landmarks designations and rezoning applications.
Representative for the Councilman on Mayor Bloomberg’s Growth Management Task Force and the Mayor’s Traffic Task Force.
Prepared press releases, letters to agencies and elected officials, organized meetings between agencies and constituents, worked with civic associations to develop strategic plans to better the community, organized newsletters, news clippings and pictures for mailings, prepared PowerPoint presentations for meetings and handled all new legislation.
BA , Finance and Investments , 2000 — 2004
Baruch College Alumni Association member; obtained first level CMT (Chartered Market Technician); Authored an article titled “Riders in a Storm” published in Dollars and Sense, a Reuters and CUNY magazine, 2004 (No. 26)
investing, news, technology, outdoors, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, civic releated events, volunteering, government and politics, travel, boating
Boy Scouts of America, Richmond County Republican Party and County Committee, Richmond County Young Republicans, Baruch College Alumni Assocation, Brookfield CAC, Greenbelt Conservancy, Conference House Assocation, SI Historical Society, NYC Rescue Mission
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America; 20 under 40, SIEDC Leadership Award