EDWARD DOCKERY

23 Vaughn Drive
Middletown, NJ 07748
732-673-0021
edfc2fda@westpost.net

SUMMARY
A financial professional with over 13 years experience in the electronic trading
of equities, options and FX from within trading, research and technology groups
. A client service focused team player with an eye for innovation, automation an
d analysis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NASDAQ OMX EUROPE, London, 2008-2010
Trade Desk Manager, Market Operations
* Set up Market Operations functionality for an on time product launch.
* Supervised and trained five desk personnel to carry out first line trading and
technical customer support.
* Established and maintained proper desk controls and process improvements.
* Identified customer trading behavior to assist sales and better serve our clie
nt base.
* Discovered trading opportunities which led to increased market share.
* Created monitoring tools to ensure systems were up to date with corporate acti
ons, index changes, tick sizes, LIS values and clearable/tradable securities.
* Analyzed market and firm trading metrics to inform management of trends and ge
neral trading status.
NASDAQ OMX, New York, 2007-2008
Operations Specialist, Market Operations
* Researched and responded to client trade and technical support issues for the
equity and options platforms.
* Created macros to process breaks, adjustments and the delivery of customer exe
cution reports in a uniform manner.
* Produced tools to monitor the P&L of customer baskets sent in error.
* Represented Market Operations as the product expert in dark pool space.
* Compiled and distributed examples of unique support cases to assist other desk
personnel with resolving client queries.
* Prepared and executed crossing test cases for the User Acceptance Testing of t
he options platform.
INSTINET, New York, 1996-2006
Sales Trader, The Crossing Network, 2003-2006
* Communicated with financial institutions to encourage participation in firm tr
ading products.
* Accepted and confirmed client equity and currency orders via multiple entry me
ans.
* Monitored the market environment to protect clients from rapid price changes a
nd other issues in the marketplace that could adversely affect clients.
* Developed and utilized software to identify sales trading opportunities that r
esulted in increased group and firm trading volume.
* Automated a trading product dealing with the Bermuda Stock Exchange that strea
mlined trade confirmations, billing and communications between participant firms
.
* Created reports to analyze client trading activity to better direct the crossi
ng sales effort.
Sr. Research Analyst/Sr. Programmer, Trading Research Group, 2000-2003
* Researched and developed software and was responsible for assigning projects,
monitoring progress and providing technical support.
* Consulted with clients to help decrease their transaction costs and improve pe
rformance.
* Designed and implemented software that allowed financial institutions to slice
orders to optimally trade versus liquidity in the market.
* Managed and coordinated the testing of an FX trading system prior to launch.
* Developed applications and reports to quantify firm liquidity in various equit
y indices and sectors to encourage client trading.
* Demonstrated to clients the ability to create trading models in a spreadsheet
environment via an interface available in the execution management system.
Programmer, Trading Research Group, 1996-2000
* Researched and developed software to analyze pre and post trade transaction co
sts against various benchmarks in the marketplace.
* Produced research to investigate issues affecting the business.
* Delivered data to firm business segments by interfacing with multiple data rep
ositories.
AT&T, Morristown, NJ, 1995-1996
Programmer/Analyst (Consultant)
* Designed and implemented software that reduced costs and maximized customer sa
tisfaction in connection with the sale of telecommunications services.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
BS, Computer Science, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
Professional Certifications: Series 4, Series 7, Series 55, Series 63.
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft Office, VBA, Visual Basic, SQL, Databases (Access, SQL Server, Oracle)
, Reuters, Bloomberg.