Areas of Expertise
Structured financial products specialist offering advisory and consulting services designed to meet the balance sheet management needs of public funds issuers.
Profile
§ 26 years structured finance experience.
§ Leads a four person team of municipal structured finance specialists
§ Manages the structured finance desk on the trading floor of the firm’s Dallas Headquarters
§ Responsibilities have included trading government guaranteed loans and pools; structuring refunding issues for outstanding municipal debt, engineering single family mortgage revenue issues; and designing/selling various municipal asset backed securities
§ Provides on-going analytical expertise and development support for the firm's in-house software and proprietary trading models
§ Manages portfolio performance and designs various hedging products for public funds issuers
§ Previously at Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas for eight years where he was responsible for:
o Trading and hedging portions of the bank’s mortgage backed securities portfolio;
o Measuring and adjusting the bank’s interest rate swap portfolio with respect to hedge relationships and potential counterparty risk exposure;
o Implementing and maintaining hedging strategies using swaps, futures, and forward rate agreements.
Education
§ M.B.A., Texas Christian University
§ B.B.A., Texas Christian University
Licenses Held
§ Registered Representative of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
o General Securities Representative, Series 7
o General Securities Principal, Series 24
o Municipal Securities Principal, Series 53
o Municipal Advisor Representative, Series 50
o Uniform Securities Agent, Series 63
o Investment Advisor Representative, Series 66
o Limited Representative - Investment Banker, Series 79
Current Affiliations
§ National Federation of Municipal Analysts
§ Southern Municipal Finance Society
§ Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Candidate