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West Des Moines, IA

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Summary Advise farmers throughout the Midwest on the grain markets. Constantly provide unique risk management strategies through the use of futures, options, OTC derivatives, crop insurance and weather deviates. Licenses Series 3 Licensed Commodities and Futures Broker Crop Insurance License Life, Health & Accident Insurance License Experience Grain Market Advisor AgriSource, Inc. January 2008 – Present (4 years) • Advising farmers to help them reach maximum profitability by either selling cash grain or by using hedge-to-arrive, basis, or price-later contracts • Consulting clients daily and trading client accounts for hedging and re-ownership strategies in commodities and futures markets • Advising clients with risk management strategies through over-the counter swaps, crop insurance, weather derivatives, and various trading techniques to increase profitability and protect downside risk • Providing knowledgeable counsel for clients by constantly researching historic charts, supply and demand, geo-political situations and macroeconomic data and trends • Constantly developing different strategies of buying and selling multiple call and put options in and out of the money, calendar spreads and calendar spread options to help clients take advantage of highly volatile grain markets • Generating leads by attending trade shows, extending and leveraging strong relationships with current clients, and by making cold calls • Building professional reputation and refining communication skills by co-authoring features in company daily commentary, agricultural publications such as Iowa Farmer Today, and other regional farming trade journals across the Corn Belt. IT Desktop Support University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry May 2006 – December 2007 (1 year 8 months) • Gained valuable interpersonal and leadership skills assisting College of Public Health employees and students with troubleshooting Windows and many other software problems • Obtained hands-on experience with computer maintenance by rebuilding computers and replacing hardware • Handled various networking problems with computing resources on College of Public Health domain servers such as printers, computers and other network hardware • Troubleshot and fixed numerous software issues on Windows and Macintosh based computer systems Financial Representative Intern Northwestern Mutual Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry May 2005 – February 2006 (10 months) • Consulted with potential clients about various financial services such as life insurance, Roth and ordinary IRA’s, 401(k) and other retirement-savings roll-overs • Analyzed client information and prepared detailed and personalized retirement and savings plans for clients under the direction of licensed and certified planners • Met with and presented recommendations to clients and provided a selection of products and services to help individual clients and their families meet long-term retirement and savings goals • Refined interpersonal skills by working closely with clients about sensitive, personal issues while maintaining strict confidentiality and integrity • Selling various insurance products included but not limited to life, accident, health, long-term care Campaign Coordinator McKibben for Senate June 2004 – September 2004 (4 months) Education University of Iowa B.B.A., Finance 2003 – 2007 Additional Information Twitter: JasonMcKibben

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