Investing Guide

Loi Tran
demasoni(at)gmail(dot)com

CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS
•Passed CFA level 3, Series 6, 63 and Life insurance exams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Account Analyst August 2006 – Present
The Bank of New York Mellon

•Maintain daily accounts in fixed income, which holds swaps, repos, collaterized debt obligations (CDO), credit default swaps (CDS), asset backed securities (ABS) and mortgage back securities (MBS).
•Perform daily cash reconciliation and cash projections
•Calculate, prepare, and distribute quarterly billing invoices per portfolio as agreed on each client contract for investment advisory, custody, and incentive fees
•Discuss with custodians and traders to resolve trading, operational and accounting issues
•Prepare monthly Market Reconciliation, Asset Reconciliation, Turnover, and Holding Reports
•Calculate performance through MS Excel for many diverse accounts as part of the month-end closing processes.

Project Analyst Sept 2005 – August 2006
The Bank of New York Mellon

•Assisted in the design and execution of testing for validation checks and workflow, which are integral to the product design.
•Supported the successful deployment of a strategic business product, the Redi2 fee billing platform
•Performed parallel testing procedures on investment manager invoices across various calculation methodologies.  This included issue identification, research, resolution and related documentation of known errors.
•Analyzed client contracts and fee schedules against current day practice to identify known gaps in application of calculation methodology.
•Improved in the design and execution of regression testing for new software releases.

Financial Service Specialist Mar 2005 – July 2005
Independent Capital Management

•Responsible for independently selling a wide variety of investment products to retail clients.
•Obtained a detailed knowledge of different investment products and compliance protocols to facilitate suitability reviews and one on one client presentations.
•Responsible for procuring new clients and maintaining most aspects of client service, including cross-sell opportunities as well as on-going client interaction.
•Responsible for the production of weekly management reporting surrounding new client solicitations, sales and referral opportunities.
•Made investment recommendations to clients based on analysis of their risk profile, income, age, and investment objectives.

Quality Assurance Tester July 2004 – Feb 2005
Vivendi Universal

•Performed QA testing on educational and other software to verify proper function, data content, performance, usability/playability, and hardware/software compatibility.
•Isolated anomalies and technical issues a consumer might encounter in the product
•Performed functional reviews to identify possible enhancements to the software

EDUCATION
•California State University Fullerton
January 2004
•BS Computer Science , Emphasis – Information Systems

HONORS
•Deans List Cal State University Fullerton
•Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
•Golden Key Life Time Member

INTERESTS
•Cycling, photography, fish enthusiast, bowling, zen meditation, investing blog,