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Valuation and Risk Management Team. Mission Statement. Create tools and valuation models for traders and originators Provide education and consulting on derivative valuation, hedging, and product development
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Mission Statement • Create tools and valuation models for traders and originators • Provide education and consulting on derivative valuation, hedging, and product development • Build real option models and forecasting tools to help maximize value of assets and operations
Team Members • Stinson Gibner • PhD, Physics • Prior experience: Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Joe Hrgovcic • PhD, Physics • Zimin Lu • PhD, Physics • Prior experience: Enserch Energy Services • Paulo Issler, Associate • BS, Mechanical Engineering; MBA • Prior experience: Unibanco Asset Management, Unisys Corp. • Samer Takriti, Azurix • PhD, Industrial and Operations Engineering • Prior experience: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center • Anjam Ahmad (London) • ME, Engineering and Materials • Prior experience: Cargill Financial Markets, and LG Securities Int’l.
Recent Projects • Options Library support • Maintenance/Enhancement of structuring and trading swap models • Trading support & option modeling • - Structured credit valuation and hedging (Gary Hickerson) • - Convertible debt valuation (Gary Hickerson) • - Pet-coke option valuation (Brian Spector) • - Basis option valuation (Kayvan Malek) • - Asian option improvements (Pavel Zadorozhny) • - Asian spread option improvements (Rajib Saha) • Origination support • - Gas demand forecast modeling (Aruba) • - Quanto swap valuation and hedging (Mexican power swap) • - CES emissions option valuation (Scott Affelt) • - E&P real option analysis (Jempy Neyman) • - Equity option with discrete exercise (Ben Glisan) • - Salt dome storage valuation (GPG) • Weather products and risk management (Lynda Clemmons) • Analysis of Azurix transactions (Chris Wasden) • Insurance initiative support (Brad Blesie) • Bandwidth valuation review (Tom Gros)