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Charles G. Penna |
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200 N.
Dearborn #1403 |
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Chicago,
IL 60601 |
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(312)
593-4887 |
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Professional |
Great
Point Capital, 1/02 to 3/04 |
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Independent Contractor |
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Designed and
programmed “Black Box” computerized trading models. This involved database
creation, programming in Microsoft Excel VBA and VBA 6.0, and coordinating
with API programmers that created a “front end” to execute trades on the
NASDAQ Stock Exchange according to pre-modeled parameters without human
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Maverick Trading, 6/00 to
1/02 |
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Proprietary
Trader |
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Day-traded NASDAQ stocks
electronically for the firm’s proprietary account. |
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Deutsche
Bank Securities, 6/98 to present |
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Presentation
Specialist |
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Work with
the firm’s investment bankers editing “pitch books” in Microsoft Word and
Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for the Chicago branch. |
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Clear
Point Capital Management, Inc., 9/97 to 12/99 |
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President
and Chief Executive Officer With two
partners, created a Commodity Trading Advisor firm that was registered with
the CFTC and NFA. The firm raised over
$1 million in client funds for its programs.
Duties included program testing and evaluation, portfolio design and
execution, website development and maintenance, marketing, accounting, client
relations and handling compliance/regulatory issues. |
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Credit
Agricole Futures, Inc., 3/96 to 1/97 |
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Assistant
Vice President, Eurodollar Options Marketing |
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Was
responsible for the design and execution of Eurodollar Options strategies for
customers as a member of the Index and Option division of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange. Also, produced a
daily option market report that was distributed to customers. |
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First Boston Futures, Inc.
10/91 to 3/96 |
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Interest
Rate Options Analyst |
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Covered the firm’s
proprietary traders that were involved with interest rate futures and
options. Worked at the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. While at the CBOT, produced a daily
treasury bond option summary that was distributed throughout the firm. |
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Dellsher
Investments, 4/91 to 9/91 |
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Worked as a
phone clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Covered the currency and interest rate
futures and options markets. |
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BBB
Investments, 8/90 to 4/91 |
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Assisted
floor traders in tracking and controlling risk at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange in the Equity Index Option area. |
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Index
& Option Member, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 9/86 to
5/90 |
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Traded as an
independent market maker in the Currency, Eurodollar and S&P 500 option
pits. |
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OConnor
& Associates, 11/85 - 5/86 |
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As a
market-maker clerk, was involved with assisting the firm’s floor traders with
proprietary option positions at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the
foreign exchange and interest rate markets. |
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Shatkin
Trading Company, 2/85 to 9/85 |
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As a staff
accountant, was involved with the preparation of monthly financial
statements. |
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Education |
University of Notre Dame |
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Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556 |
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B.B.A Accounting May, 1984 |
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Passed Illinois C.P.A
Examination |
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November, 1984 |
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IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law |
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Completed one year of evening law
classes. August 1985 to May 1986 |
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Software |
MS Excel and Excel VBA, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, MS FrontPage, |
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Personal |
Age: 41 Marital Status: Single Hobbies: Golf, Ice Hockey |
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References: |
Available upon request |