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Hamed Ansari

Hamed Ansari

Cypress,TX

Summary

As a visionary and servant leader, my core purpose is to empower individuals and organizations to unlock their true potential by providing innovative, sustainable, and effective solutions. With an innate ability to identify and resolve bottlenecks, I excel at strategizing multiple steps ahead of others, ensuring smooth operations and long-term success. My diverse background in various roles has equipped me with a holistic understanding of the bigger picture, enabling me to make optimal decisions that drive growth and transformation.

Though not explicitly reflected in the resume, I am also an avid software developer with proficiency in various enterprise-level modern and classic programming languages. Having honed these skills from an early age, I possess the unique ability to communicate effectively with the most technical individuals, as well as with business leaders. This versatility allows me to bridge the gap between technology and business, fostering collaboration and innovation. I am eager to contribute my unique talents to a company that shares my values, and together, we can create a lasting impact on the world.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Portfolio Performance Manager

NRG
05.2021 - Current
  • Facilitated portfolio performance review and implemented new strategies.
  • Designed and maintained financial forecasting models.
  • Developed and presented proposals for new strategies.
  • Reviewed historical records, current operational data and forecasting information to identify and capitalize on system enhancement opportunities.
  • Analyzed business processes to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies.
  • Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
  • Supported financial director with special projects and additional job duties.
  • Created financial dashboards to provide insights into key performance indicators.
  • Improved overall financial reporting by streamlining control processes and reporting structures.

Retail Energy Portfolio Management & Pricing I.C.

Direct Energy
03.2016 - 05.2021
  • Innovative solution provider for improving the existing processes and measures to promote efficiency.
  • Providing portfolio management and pricing strategies to maximize the CLV through developing quantitative models.
  • Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.


IT Manager

Goldfinch Capital Advisors
03.2014
  • Building and maintaining reports and analytic tools and Web Applications via Microsoft technologies (.Net/SQL Server/SSIS/SSRS)
  • Development of custom data driven applications (.Net / SQL Server) that would alert the traders about a specific event happening in the CME Natural Gas market
  • Built a weather reporting tool that obtains the temperature forecast from our data vendor and forecasts national gas demand
  • Designing and maintaining Amazon Web Services infrastructure in VPC for Disaster Recovery with VPN to the internal network.

Sr. Consultant

Allegro CTRM
10.2013 - 03.2014
  • CapSpire
  • Implementing Allegro ETRM System
  • Net Programming for Allegro’s custom add-ons
  • Educating Clients on various Allegro modules
  • Suggesting better alternatives to existing solutions

Energy Wholesale Risk Analyst

Direct Energy
01.2010 - 06.2013
  • Implemented financial risk management policies, limits and strategies that complied with standards and strategic imperatives of organization.
  • Built various models and tools to promote efficiency of processes pertaining to Market and Credit Risk management

Credit Risk Analyst

Direct Energy
03.2009 - 12.2009
  • (Leadership development program)
  • Designed and Developed Automatic Template Refresher (VBA, Cube, Excel) sourcing Allegro backend
  • Initiated, Designed and Developed Accrual & Hedge book report generator tool (VBA, Excel, SQL Server) sourcing Allegro backend
  • Redesigned and developed Trade Exception Report Generator (VBA, Excel, Oracle) sourcing Allegro backend

Java/J2EE Developer

Affinion Loyalty Group
12.2007 - 09.2008
  • Extensively involved in gathering and analyzing business and system requirements
  • Maintained, redesigned and developed General Motors dealers website
  • Designed and created components for company's object framework using best practices and design patterns such as Model-View-Controller 2 (MVC) and used Struts framework integrating and JSP’s
  • Created Java Server Pages (JSP), which route submittals to the appropriate Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and render retrieved information
  • Communication with the Marketing Department for reconciliation of product and the requirement
  • Developed and deployed automated advertisement scenarios and snippets using ATG control tool

Education

MBA - Business Administration

Texas A&M University
01.2024

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
05.2007

Skills

  • Visionary
  • Problem Solving
  • Team Leadership
  • Strategic Planning/Implementation
  • Process Redesign
  • Employee Performance Reviews
  • Business Development
  • Training Team Members

Accomplishments

  • Developed a custom Single Page Application (SPA) solution 10 years before industry-standard SPA frameworks emerged
  • Successfully reduced development time by 16x, resulting in significant efficiency gains and cost savings for the company
  • 10 years before modern a SPA was a thing, I had developed my own SPA and my company greatly benefited from it by cutting the development time 16x.
  • I specialize in transforming days of work into minutes and hours into seconds through the development of well-designed and implemented custom automations. By streamlining processes and eliminating human errors, I promote transparency where it is needed, ultimately enhancing overall efficiency and productivity.

Certification

ITIL, MCTS .NET, MCTS Sql Server, TOGAF

Cooking, Painting, Music Production

 

  • Cooking: Passionate about creating flavorful dishes, specializing in Persian and Korean cuisine while slightly deviating from the book by following my intuition every time.
  • Painting: Abstract art using acrylics on canvas, through vibrant colors and imaginative compositions
  • Music Production: Writing and producing synth heavy music, incorporating diverse musical elements to create engaging soundscapes

Languages

Farsi
Native or Bilingual
Korean
Native or Bilingual

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Steve Jobs

Timeline

Portfolio Performance Manager

NRG
05.2021 - Current

Retail Energy Portfolio Management & Pricing I.C.

Direct Energy
03.2016 - 05.2021

IT Manager

Goldfinch Capital Advisors
03.2014

Sr. Consultant

Allegro CTRM
10.2013 - 03.2014

Energy Wholesale Risk Analyst

Direct Energy
01.2010 - 06.2013

Credit Risk Analyst

Direct Energy
03.2009 - 12.2009

Java/J2EE Developer

Affinion Loyalty Group
12.2007 - 09.2008

MBA - Business Administration

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Toronto
Hamed Ansari