BRIAN MARK KAPLAN

bk6098ea@westpost.net
Cell: 860-983-9269
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE
Obtain a position that will hone and strengthen the skills that I have gained in
my recent professional experience.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1997 - 1999 University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Management, Aust
in, Texas
MBA. Concentration: International Marketing/Finance GPA 3.67/4.00
Additional Courses: Graduate-level Neurochemistry
Spring, 1999 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Graduate Overseas Program. Concentration: International Marketing/Finance
GPA 4.00/4.00
Summer, 1998 Fuji Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Department of Currency Derivatives Trading/Project Financing, MBA Internship
1987 - 1991 University of Vermont, School of Business, Burlington, Vermont
BS. Business Administration. Concentration: International Finance and Economics
GPA 3.40/3.40
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 - 2010 Trade, FXL LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus - Senior Foreign Currency/Commoditi
es/CFD Dealer
' Established Cyprus dealing office for new online trading product, WWW.GFCMAR
KETS.COM.
' Created and Implemented dealing guidelines and procedures; troubleshot softw
are glitches and client trading errors.
' Wrote economic news articles and personal strategic commentary for the websit
e and other marketing mediums.
' Trained 3 new locally-based employees.
2008 - 2009 AVA Financial (CLAL Corp.), Tel Aviv, Israel - Foreign Currency/Com
modities Consultant
' Applied economics and statistics knowledge to develop on-line currency tradi
ng strategies.
' Prepared and delivered daily presentations on economics, world events and tra
ding strategies to internal staff.
' Organized consultations with sales managers and traders to address internal s
trategy and to provide external consul.
2005 - 2007 United Healthcare Corporation - Senior Finance Project Manager
' Managed projects to automate the analysis and the manipulation of financial d
ata.
' Used Microsoft Access to create programs capable of analyzing large amounts o
f financial data quickly and precisely.
2000 - 2005 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - Senior Examiner/Division
of Investment Management
' Investigated breaches of SEC regulations by brokerage firms.
' Worked on "special projects" using direct communication with brokers and deta
iled, extensive documents analysis.
1996 - 1998 Aetna Life and Casualty Corp. - Investment/Marketing Project Manager
' Led the development of Investment Planning (new product) project; software an
d marketing initiatives.
' Trained sales staff and new employees.
1995 - 1996 PaineWebber, Inc., - Investment Consultant/Marketing/Sales
' Obtained Federal NYSE securities sales licenses: Series 7, 6, 63, 65
' Marketed, sold and managed investment portfolios for high net-worth clients.
1991 - 1995 Aetna Life and Casualty Corp. - Project Manager
' Promoted from entry-level to management, responsible for developing a new fin
ancial department.
' Hired, trained and managed several employees.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
All Microsoft Office, Reuters, ACT Forex, Meta Trader, Saxo Trader, Training and
support in various other software applications.
LANGUAGES:
English (Mother Tongue), French (Fluent), Hebrew (Conversational)