S Raj Rajagopal

Current

Portfolio Manager at Cayuga MBA Fund, LLC

Past

Senior Financial Analyst at Washington Mutual / JPMorgan Chase
Business Analyst at Capital One

Education

Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
University of Maryland College Park
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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Industry

Investment Management

Websites

www.rajagopal.com

S Raj Rajagopal’s Summary

I'm currently a Portfolio Manager at the Cayuga MBA Fund, LLC, a $12MM long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to this, I worked as a Senior Financial Analyst for more than five years in two Fortune 500 financial companies.

- Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), CAIA Association
- Series 3, National Futures Association (NFA) / FINRA
- Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program, CFA Institute
- Candidate in the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) program, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)

S Raj Rajagopal’s Specialties:

Portfolio Management, Alternative Investments.

S Raj Rajagopal’s Experience

Portfolio Manager

Cayuga MBA Fund, LLC

(Investment Management industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Cayuga MBA Fund, LLC, is a $12MM long/short market neutral hedge fund, and is part of the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Senior Financial Analyst

Washington Mutual / JPMorgan Chase

(Public Company; JPM; Banking industry)

October 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 4 months)

Developed and maintained valuation models (NPV, discounted cash-flow, efficient frontier optimization) to enable investment decisions and determine profitability across multiple portfolios ($150MM asset growth per month from 12 million customers).

Led profitability monitoring and assisted in forecast planning on the aggregate $25B portfolio. Reconciled forecasted targets against actual results monthly from all stakeholders, including senior management.

Conducted cost-benefit analysis on infrastructure investments, new marketing initiatives, partnerships with other companies and operational efficiency improvement projects. Projects typically had around $2-5MM initial investment with higher returns over the life of the project.

Assisted allied teams (Operations, Underwriting and Marketing) to determine financial viability of various projects such as new revenue and risk segmentation, market expansion and testing strategies.
Business Analyst

Capital One

(Public Company; COF; Financial Services industry)

February 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 9 months)

Devised and formulated pricing strategies on a subset of the $3B portfolio.

Determined and implemented credit policy changes that minimized risk and mitigated negative impact on the portfolio of approximately $10MM per year.

Developed product and pricing innovations to improve product economics.

Conducted competitive analyses and market testing to evaluate product offerings and pricing.

S Raj Rajagopal’s Education

Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management

MBA , Asset Management, Finance , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

Representing Cornell University in the Investment Research Challenge sponsored by New York Society of Security Analysts. This is a six-month educational initiative in which leading industry professionals teach business and finance students how to research and report on a publicly traded company.

Activities and Societies:

Old Ezra Finance Club, Investment Management Club, Portfolio Manager in the Cayuga MBA Fund, LLC, a $14MM market neutral hedge fund.
University of Maryland College Park

MS , Mechanical Engineering , 2001 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Graduate Student Council, Teaching Assistant, Research in military electronics and space avionics supply chain.
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

BS , Mechanical Engineering , 1996 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

National Talent scholarship, Head of student council, Editor of campus newspaper