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  • Claudius L. Todor - introducing myself.

    Hello everybody.

    I want to introduce myself and my products. You will find that these products can be usefull, if you read my hype-free 3 blogs, and my Profile Information - these products are short encounters at very competitive prices.

    Briefly about myself at www.beyond.com/todorc and www.linkedin.com/in/claudiustodor.  I am a mathematics graduate at McGill. I have also been a tutor at McGill for long time. My experience is parallel to SAS.

    Recently I started my own consultancy - www.beyond.com/todorc

    My ambition is to recense data support, and reduce dimensions of data.

    I am intersted in discussing business opportunities, consulatncy assignement, exchanging knowledge and potential partnerships.

    Data Risk explained in 3 blogs under my name are:

    1.Metric Stream for Data in my Workshops.

    2.How can data appear in the Project.

    Through file transfer on email. These files are in ASCII. They are used by WordPad. They are registred as private, public or hybrid (with pictures). Through visualization one may see parts of data. Data comes in, volume, variety and velocity. My workshops may introduce you in Storing and Querying Big Data in Hadoop Distributed File Systems.

    3.Soviet research in Sleep for Creative Problem Solving

    Use of subconscious mind and how to use dreams for being astray with overwhelming data.

    Using night for insight.

    Easy data insight at www.beyond.com/todorc

    My ateliers (workshops) are about the application of probabilitiy theory in brand new calculation re-education.

    Also, improving measures of dimension from quality time and cost, to other dimensions.

    These workshops concentrate on a calculator reintroduced as a new mean of approximation and data therapy.

    I saw many similar data, on different supports, yet you must have a clue where your data is.

    SAS SQL and Oracle reduce dimensions. (other also).

    In my workshops we concentrate in data highlights, getting data ready for Business Intelligence.

    Doing nothing may not be an option, but doing something good at a good time, is what the explanation is about.

    Please relate to: todorf@videotron.ca for me.

  • Hello Everyone,

    Pamela Pinkard -

    It's great to be about of this new discussion forum I look forward to learning and giving advice. 

    About me: 15+ years in Credit and Collections world with a special interest in recovery.  President of Spotters, Inc. in Alabama my career started in banking and for more than 10 years in Automobile collections specializing in Human Skip Tracing for large independant dealers.   I love what I do and we are always looking for a challenge if I can help you let me know!

     

     

     

  • Hi there,


    I am an experienced Search Consultant within the Risk Management sector, specializing in the recruitment of mid to senior level Market Risk positions across Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Investment / Wealth Managers, Risk System Vendors and Consultancies. As part of the wider Risk Recruitment Team at Eames Consulting, I am responsible for developing our presence in the Risk space across these sectors.

    If you are interested in understanding more about how we operate and our ability to deliver on specialist mandates, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at alex.cosgrove@eamesconsulting.com or 0207 092 3233.

    Specialties

    Risk Management; Market Risk positions across Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Investment / Wealth Managers, Energy Trading Houses, Risk System Vendors and Consultancies:

    Heads of Market Risk
    Market Risk Managers
    Heads of Market Risk IT
    Risk COO / CRO positions
    Strategic Market Risk positions
    Chief Risk Officers
    Market Risk Project Managers / Business Analysts
    Market Risk IT Programme Managers
    Senior Market Risk Analysts
    Liquidity Risk Managers
    Regulatory Reporting Managers

    More than happy to discuss my clients with anyone on here. I specialise in roles in London, but I do have a global network and a colleague who covers Market Risk in APAC.


    The wider Risk team at Eames Consultant has specialists in Credit Risk (3ppl), Quant Risk (1 person), Retail and Private Banking Risk (1 person) and a Contracts Specialist who works on interim Risk roles in Finance. I am happy to provide intro's to any of my team that may be able to assist you.

    Thanks


    Alex Cosgrove

  • David,

    I'm new to this Community also.  No point in not breaking the ice with another new member.  My view of the Risk Management realm is that it is very broad and very deep.  And, each one of us can define our own space in those two dimensions.  Of course, those dimensions may be changed as we find the path we want to follow.

    Personally, I prefer to comprehend the forest before I get lost in the trees.  And, I never want to lose sight of that big picture.  I've found that many folks who are already far down in the depths lose their ability to communicate with real people at the top who are managing the big picture.

    As for additional studies, I'm not the person to collaborate with on that topic.  I'm a firm believer in getting out there and doing it.  And, if that means thinking outside of the box conventional wisdom, so much the better.

    If you would like to continue this discussion, just let me know.

    Tom O'Connor

    David McCormack said:

    Greetings,

    I am currently at the US Department of Commerce. I am a graduate of the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations, having earned my MA there. I am interested in developing political risk analysis skills to further my career. I am interested in what skills sets are necessary to break into the political risk field, and what course of study I should pursue, if I could pursue another degree. I hope to work in political risk for the oil and gas industry. Specifically, I will work for an oil and gas company(ies) seeking to enter the new market in Israel, and the East Mediterranean.

    LinkedIn: 
    http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=hb_tab_home_top

    -David

  • http://cyberintegrity.wordpress.com/ is my blog for those that are non technical but have an interest in cyber. 

  • Greetings,

    I am currently at the US Department of Commerce. I am a graduate of the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations, having earned my MA there. I am interested in developing political risk analysis skills to further my career. I am interested in what skills sets are necessary to break into the political risk field, and what course of study I should pursue, if I could pursue another degree. I hope to work in political risk for the oil and gas industry. Specifically, I will work for an oil and gas company(ies) seeking to enter the new market in Israel, and the East Mediterranean.

    LinkedIn: 
    http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=hb_tab_home_top

    -David

  • Hello to my new-found colleagues.  My name is Tom O'Connor, and I am the CEO and Principal Consultant for Salt Marsh Solutions, Inc. of Georgia in the US.  My career spans many years of IT and management consulting.  My approach to risk management was forged while I helped US and international clients prepare for Y2K - a circumstance when nothing was permitted to interrupt progress toward an immovable deadline. 

    My unique Protect-Biz process has served multi-national as well as very small companies.  I offer this service in a workshop format and also in a do-it-yourself format on the Internet.  I believe I can help bring the power of risk management to entrepreneurs and executives who may be intimidated by the more complex end of the risk management approach spectrum.  This process has been designed for people who have other things to do besides risk management.  Additionally, Protect-Biz leads to independence and self-sufficiency rather than ongoing dependence upon additional products and services to maintain the risk management perspective in one's management toolkit.

    I look forward to participating in this forum.

  • Hello Marcus,

    I would like to stay in touch with you. Your opinion would be of value to me.

    I have just started publishing in stages my papers on subjects that are close to your heart. In 2008 a letter was written by an actuarial analyst on the letterhead of one of the world's top consultancies advocating that people should look at my work. She wrote that it is academically sound and can resolve a number of financial crises.

    So here it now is. It took long to write mostly because I had to close a huge credibility gap in order to get attention from the World Bank and others.

    http://macro-economic-design.blogspot.com

    Synopsis:

    MANAGING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

    There is a well known method used by engineers, doctors, and social scientists when they are confronted with a complex system that is not working well, or looks sick:

     

    “First, check whether everything is being done by the book. If not, then everything that is not so accounts for a whole list of symptoms that have been bothering everyone. So go to the source of the problems and resolve many. Everything simplifies.”

     

    So in this series of papers we will be looking at Adam Smith’s book, often referred to as ‘The Wealth of Nations’. In particular we will look at his ‘pricing principle’, and how it is so often obstructed by the structures of debt, taxation, and interventions. We will see exactly how this behaviour disrupts interest rates, wealth, and spending patterns, making everything many times more complex than necessary.

     

    And we will look at the ‘book of engineering control systems’ when looking at management of the currency and the business cycle.

     

    Too much complexity is in itself a risk that can make a system fragile and unsafe.

     

    By going by the book, and redesigning the wayward elements listed below accordingly, the paper shows how we make practical and ‘profitable and/or beneficial –to-all-concerned’, design changes that can resolve dozens, or even scores of problems that are all sourced from a handful of design and management errors.

     

    I might add that I put a strong emphasis on the words 'practical' and 'profitable', which as a businessman and retired financial adviser I know a great deal about.



    Markus Krebsz said:

    Hi,
    My name is Markus Krebsz, Author, SME and consultant.

    I'm best know for my book "Securitisation and Structured Finance Post Credit Crunch", Wiley 2011 (www.structuredfinanceguide.com), but most recently have published a new book chapter on "Product Taxonomy", out this month and printed in QFinance's new ALM bible.

    I sit on both, the CISI's Risk and IT Forum in London and also am an active book reviewer for several of the Institute's work books.

    Whilst I much enjoy 'writing' and related activities, unfortunately it does not pay the bills, hence I am currently working as a consultant at a Swiss Investment bank on a project I cannot unfortunately talk about further. Previously, I helped developing this firms' IB-wide product taxonomy which is now been implemented.

    In addition, I am also an advisor to the World Bank and am just in the process of finishing up my third project with them (in the Philippines). Previous ones included Cape Verde, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia. This is the work I enjoy most, because I can put my knowledge to a good use and many people in these countries will ultimately benefit from my work with improvements in their overall living conditions (mainly through the future provision of electricity).

    Also, I am currently trying to push the European Commission on some issues that are very close to my heart - but the overall debate there seems to be mainly dominated by the looming Grexit, which is a understandable, but still a shame.

    So, in a nutshell, that's me - you can find out more and connect directly here: www.markuskrebsz.info
    and also on my website www.creditratingsguide.com

    Thanks a bunch for reading and for your interest, it's much been appreciated - and I look forward to reading more about you, too.
    MACRO-ECONOMIC DESIGN
  • Hello Medrick,

    I am possibly one of the leading experts in the world on Housing Finance in terms of sustainability and interest rate risk.

    I have published a few times in this field over the years and some of my ideas have been adopted.

    Housing Finance is one thing that adds significantly to the fragility of banks and economies. And it mis-steers funds and wealth in several ways.

    I would like your opinion of my latest publication here:

    http://macro-economic-design.blogspot.com

    And feel free to consult your peers at work and anywhere else in this matter.

    Good luck in your career.

    Edward Ingram



    Medrick Yhap said:

    Hello All

    I am the founder of MDSolutions, the exclusive marketing partner of BankruptcyControl the web based default management and case management software for Creditor and Debtor Representatives. This solution serves the Banking/Credit Unions, Collectors, Bankruptcy Attorneys Etc.

    I have been in the Mortgage Industry for over 17 years covering areas such as loan originations, underwriting, funding, compliance as well as Mortgage software sales and support. Recently, the exciting opportunity to represent and market BankruptcyControl came into being. This is exciting because of the similarity of the software processes to my mortgage experience, it made sense. As financial institutions especially banks/credit Unions, Creditors such as vehicle and credit card lending, in addition to those listed above; come under greater scrutiny, inclusive of servicers; the need for asset protection and increased profits is tantamount to survival of these institutions. We believe that BankruptcyControl will increase both asset protection with its early warning system, increase productivity as the information is centralized, improve the workflow, increase profits and assist in the compliance arena and positive increases in all of these areas will result in better management of risk. 

       

     

    MACRO-ECONOMIC DESIGN
  • Hi Richelle,

    As we all know, political risk increases as the fragility of economies defies the best efforts of the politicians and central banks. So this may be of interest to you:

    http://macro-economic-design.blogspot.com

    Synopsis: 

    MANAGING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

    There is a well known method used by engineers, doctors, and social scientists when they are confronted with a complex system that is not working well, or looks sick:

     

    “First, check whether everything is being done by the book. If not, then everything that is not so accounts for a whole list of symptoms that have been bothering everyone. Go to the source of the problems and resolve many. Everything simplifies.”

     

    So in this series of papers we will be looking at Adam Smith’s book, often referred to as ‘The Wealth of Nations’. In particular we will look at his ‘pricing principle’, and how it is so often obstructed by the structures of debt, taxation, and interventions. We will see exactly how this behaviour disrupts interest rates, wealth, and spending patterns, making everything many times more complex than necessary.

     

    And we will look at the ‘book of engineering control systems’ when looking at management of the currency and the business cycle.

     

    Too much complexity is in itself a risk that can make a system fragile and unsafe.

     

    By going by the book, and redesigning the wayward elements listed below accordingly, the paper shows how we make practical and ‘profitable and/or beneficial –to-all-concerned’, design changes that can resolve dozens, or even scores of problems that are all sourced from a handful of design errors.

     

    I might add that I put a strong emphasis on the words 'practical' and 'profitable', which as a businessman and retired financial adviser I know a great deal about.



    Richelle Molaro said:

    Hello,

    As a new member of this very impressive and helpful website, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself.

    My name is Richelle Molaro. I am nearly finsihed my Bachelor's degree specializing in International Development Studies, Economics and Commerce. Throughout my studies I have felt passionately towards Political Risk Analysis and am seeking ways to gain knowledge and insight into this particular field. In Canada, my home country, there are not many Political Risk Analysis firms or consulting agents. I feel that in order to achieve the greatest reults that I should leave my options open and seek information from all over the world as different cultures share different points of view.

    I have been very fortunate and able to travel to most corners of the world. I have a soft spot for the Middle East, especially the political dynamics within Arab states. I have also had the opportunity to live and study abroad both in France, New Zealand and Italy. These were remarkable experiences for me and really helped to shape the person I am today.

    What I am looking for on the sight is a bit of guidance and opportunities to get involve in this field. It would give me the ability to apply my personal background and education.

    So please, if you have any anecdotes or words of wisdom tha tyou would have passed on to yourself when you were about to graduate with your first degree, feel free to send them my way. I am always open to hearing your thoughts!

    All the best,

    Richelle

    MACRO-ECONOMIC DESIGN
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