Resume

Nomura Securities International

New York, USA (December 2022 – Present)

Vice President – Middle Office (Independent Price Verification)

·      Helped develop a valuation framework for illiquid loans and moved out of the untested reporting a material number of positions

·      Re-engineered and replaced several reporting processes by leveraging data, technology, and cross-functional expertise to minimize operational errors and cut delivery time by more than 50%

·      Oversaw credit valuation including bonds, derivatives, illiquid credit curves, and valuation approximations

Nomura Securities

Tokyo, Japan (July 2013 – December 2022)

Vice President – Middle Office (Independent Price Verification)

·      Led Japan Credit valuation team and worked with the business to expand new investment solutions

·      Leveraged people intelligence for team-building, empowering, mitigating conflict resolution

·      Guided Japan’s Digital Transformation projects to digitize, automate, and ensure global consistency

·      Identified opportunities to improve business performance, cut costs, and re-engineer processes

Markit Group Japan K.K.

Tokyo, Japan (July 2010 – July 2013)

Vice President – Portfolio Valuations and Presales

·      Led Tokyo valuation team; solved client challenges and educated sales team on product and methodologies

·      Halved client incident rate, reduced problem resolution turnaround, and cut operational risks

Markit North America

New York, USA (June 2008 – July 2010)

Associate – Portfolio Valuations

Integrated and automated tools, reduced operational risk and increased productivity by more than 500%

StoneWater Capital (Hedge Fund)

New York, USA (Summer 2007)

Quantitative Analyst (Internship)

Analyzed Financial Statements to help identify investment opportunities for Fund of Funds (FOF)

Synopsys (RSoft.) (Photonic Circuit design and simulation)

Ossining, USA (August 2001 – August 2006)

Engineer

Designed and modeled Integrated Photonic Circuits; supported Sales and lectured clients globally

Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business – MBA in Finance & Investments

New York, USA (June 2008)

Columbia University, Electrical Engineering – Visiting Scholar

New York, USA (June 2001)

Universita’ di Palermo, Electrical Engineering – MS, Microelectronics

Palermo, Italy (June 2000)

Italy Airforce – First Airman

Viterbo, Italy (May 2000)

·      Several engineering publications and awards for excellence in technical communication

·      Language skills: English, Italian, Japanese (intermediate), Spanish (basic)

·      Finance Expertise and Interests: Credit, Securitization, Digitization,

·      Technical Expertise and Developing Areas: VBA, VPS, Python, PowerBi, Machine Learning, Linux