
Investment Analyst at BWA LLP
Iowa City, Iowa Area

Investment Analyst at BWA LLP
Iowa City, Iowa Area
Considerable experience in the retail banking space with stints at Shinsei Bank, Tokyo.
I was also part one of the Investment Banking technology team at JP Morgan Chase, with special focus on the Futures and Options world.
I would like to pursue a careerin the financial services industry post my MBA from the Henry B.Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa.
Futures and Options post trade settlements
Retail Banking - interface development
Corporate Banking
Internet and Mobile Banking - technology development
(Research industry)
May 2009 — Present (9 months)
- Utilized scientific amd professional training to determine the patentability and commercial potential for disclosed inventions
- Discussed invention disclosures with inventors and related parties to clearly establish the novelty and value of technologies
- Participated in "special assignments" that increased efficiency or improved the fucntion at the UIRf office.
(Investment Management industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
• Develop portfolio composition and identify key performance indicators for Breneman Winbush’s alternative investment’s portfolio.
• Fundamental analysis on long and short recommendations for BWA LLP’s hedge fund, DR Capital One.
• Design and develop ETF Rotation strategy for Breneman Winbush’s ETF portfolio. Develop platform to perform ETF selection on basis of technical filters and fundamental analytics.
• Refurbish firm’s Web presence by helping re-design existing investor relations web pages and suggesting functional additions with respect to RSS feeds from Bloomberg, Reuters and Thomson.
• Write insightful economic reports on BRIC nations and emerging markets for firm’s investor community.
(Investment Banking industry)
2008 — Present (2 years )
Equity Analyst in the Henry Fund
(Financial Services industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
December 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 1 month)
The Henry Fund, named for its two founding benefactors, Henry Royer and Henry B. Tippie. The Henry Fund is an endowed equity portfolio required to meet the same basic performance guidelines as equity accounts in the University’s long-term investment pool. In keeping with these objectives, fund managers seek to achieve the highest level of return while maintaining a risk profile similar to the S&P 500 index. The Henry Fund team recommends a targeted portfolio of stocks from a broad set of industries, investing in well-managed, profitable businesses without unnecessarily exposing the fund to economic or industry risks.The Henry Fund is managed by select MBA students enrolled in the Applied Securities Management course (class syllabus) at The University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie School of Management. Students apply for the fund at the end of the fall semester by submitting an original research report for an assigned company.
I managed the Technology Sector of the fund. During my tenure as the technology sector equity analyst, the sector in the fund outperformed the S&P 500 in the year 2009. Year to date till December 10th 2009, the NASDAQ Computer index registered a 65.56% appreciation as compared to a 26.19% appreciation by the S&P 500 itself. The technology sector in the outperformed the market generating returns of 49.4%. The current holdings in the fund are as follows: Accenture, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle.
(Financial Services industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
(Public Company; JPM; Banking industry)
February 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Part of JP Morgan's IB Tech team in the Future's and Options world.
Responsibilities included:
1) Maintaining relationship for JP Morgan's technology vendor in India, Accenture.
2) Managing projects in the post-trade applications world for JPMC's F&O business.
3) Developing and executing reports for JP Morgan's business intelligence needs in Futures and Options trading.
4) Led the functional testing team fro JP Morgan's F&O team in India and also worked out of JP Morgan's offices in Wall Street,New York City and Houston,TX.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years )
(Public Company; IFLX; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years )
- Managed development and production support team of 75 engineers across Tokyo and Mumbai at Shinsei Bank, Tokyo. This
was over a course of 2 years earning the organization over $10,000,000 in revenue.
-Introduced open source technologies in internet banking and system integration projects at Shinsei Bank and UFJ Bank in
Tokyo, with projected reduction in maintenance costs of $15,000,000 over 6 years.
-Successfully led the technology teams in Japan, closing orders in excess of $250,000 in 2005-2006.
-Designed the “Flexcube Mobile Banking” product which supported a range of mobile devices for the Japanese market. This led
to a special client satisfaction award from the employer.
-Developed and implemented Credit Risk Rating software for German bank (Bank of Verlag) in line with Basel II guidelines. The
bank awarded a service excellence award for the implementation.
-Implemented AML Solutions for Citibank Chile and Citibank North America.
(Investment Banking industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years )
MBA , Finance , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
1998 — 2002
1982 — 1997
Reading(anything I can lay my hands on - Currently reading "Ahead of the curve" - Philip Delves Broughton) Blogging Movies
GFMA,Net Impact, NSHMBA, MBAA, CFA
Spot award for contribution to Zaikei project at Shinsei Bank, Tokyo(2005)