David L. Neubert

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

2006 – Present                    ThePanelist                                                                                              New York, NY

                                                Founder/Publisher

Website and Magazine focused on socially responsible investing and corporate responsibility.

 

Undermountain LLC                                                     Chatham, NY; New York, NY

                                                Managing Member/CIO

                                                Investment Company specializing in media properties and real estate

 

2003 – 2005                         LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC                                 New York, NY; London, England

 

Managing Director – Head of Equity Trading Strategy and Technology

Responsible for the following projects: London quantitative proprietary trading, Automated Electronic Trading, Automated  NASDAQ market making, equity IT, proprietary index arbitrage models, proprietary internalization of client orders, real-time risk management technology,

 

 

1993 – 2003                         MORGAN STANLEY & CO                   New York, NY; Sao Paolo, Brazil; London, England

 

Managing Director – Macro Equity Proprietary Trading (2002 – 2003)

Co-managed group of 11 traders/analysts.  Strategies included: Long term volatility positioning (dispersion, relative volatility, special situations volatility), risk and alpha model for forward relative volatility, Sector based asset allocation model, beta similar sector specific valuation models (brokers/banks/utilities)

 

Managing Director – Global Head, Equity Portfolio Trading (1998 – 2002)

Located in New York from 1998 to 2000.  Located in London from 2001 to 2002 Managed and coordinated all risk, proprietary and agency program transactions, ETF trading, index arbitrage, and electronic execution for the following trading locations: New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.  Trading Manager for TradeXL.

 

Combined responsibilities:

European Equity Electronic Trade Flows Coordinator (2001-2002 London)

Responsible for trading flows for external retail, institution and broker sourced transactions.

 

Southeast Asian Equity Derivatives Trading Manager (2000-2001 short term position in Hong Kong and London)

Filled in during transition of local head traders.

 

Head of Equity Trading for Latin America.  (1998-2001)

First product experiment to combine derivatives and cash trading.  Management responsibility equity division in the Sao Paolo, Brazil office.

 

Principal – Head Trader: Americas Portfolio Trading Department (1996-1998)

Business Units managed include: largest customer program trading business in U.S, Canada and Latin America.  Areas included:  index arbitrage, blind-risk programs, statistical arbitrage, ETFs, equity swaps and synthetic financing products.  Started and designed first modules of TradeXL (customer site trading tool).

 

Vice-President – Head Trader Latin American Equity Derivatives (1993-1996)

Responsible for proprietary risk management and trading of Latin American equity derivative products. 
 

1990 - 1993                          CHEMICAL BANK (Now JPMorgan Chase)                                     New York, NY

 

Associate – Emerging Markets Trading Group

Fixed income derivatives trader

 

Associate – Developing Country Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Analyzed debt for equity swap transactions for the Bank’s portfolio.

Completed MBA credit training program

 

 

 Summer 1988                     MEIJI LIFE INSURANCE                                                                        Tokyo Japan

Summer Associate – Investment Department

 

1987 - 1988                          BATES ENGINEERING                                                                            Glendale, CA

Worked with optimization software for electric power line construction

 

EDUCATION

 

1988 – 1990                         HARVARD UNIVERSITY                                                                   Cambridge MA

John Kennedy School of Government

Degree: Master in Public Policy

Concentration:  International Trade and Finance

Extensive coursework in econometrics and natural resource economics

Project Client: United States Securities Exchange Commission

Title: Effects of Highly Leveraged Takeover Financing on Target Bondholders

 

1984 – 1988                         PITZER COLLEGE                                                                                Claremont, CA

Degree: Bachelors of Arts with Honors in Economics

Concentration:  Economics (sub concentration in Mathematics)

Honors Thesis Title: Fairness in Community Park Benefits: East and West Los Angeles Compared

Class Rank 6/210                                                                                                               

 

1985 - 1986                          UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK                                                       Coventry, England

                                                Visiting Student

                                                Department Coursework: Economics, Theatre Criticism                                             

 

1982 - 1984                          INSTITUTO DANTE ALIGHIERI                                                Rosario, Argentina

American Field Service (AFS) High School Exchange Student

 

LANGUAGES                       In order of Fluency: English, Spanish, and Portuguese 

Basic knowledge: Italian, Japanese and German

 

ASSOCIATIONS and         Speaker at several conferences on emerging market investing

ACTIVITIES                         Speaker/educator conferences on derivatives trading and usage

                                                Volunteers for Children of New York, Volunteer

                                                Student/Sponsor Partners: sponsor and mentor

                                                Bronx Preparatory Charter School, Advisory Council Member and volunteer teacher

                                                Threshold Foundation

                                                New World Foundation: Board Member/Finance Committee

                                                Harvard Club of New York

Organizer: Pitzer College New York Alumni Association

Financial and Mentor Sponsor – Student Sponsor Partnership (1998-2003)

Part time director and advisor to Coutts-Moriarty 4-H camp in rural Vermont

 

Hometown:                            Pacific Grove, California

Hobbies:                                Road Cycling, Skiing, Travel

Citizenship:                           USA