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Steven Goldschmidt

Town and Country,MO

Summary

College-level math instructor with 10 years experience. Comfortable teaching diverse student populations in College Algebra, Finite Mathematics, Pre-Calculus, Calculus 1-3 and specialized courses in actuarial and financial mathematics.


Extensive industry experience in re-insurance and bond portfolio management.


Experience in educational technology including Canvas, LaTEX, WebAssign, MyMathLab, WileyPLUS and the incorporation of Python and Excel into applied math curriculums.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director/Derivatives Valuation

Reinsurance Group of America, RGA
05.2022 - 09.2024

Developed modeling and valuation algorithms for pricing a greater than $12 billion portfolio of interest rate swaps/options, currency swaps/options, inflation swaps, total return swaps and credit default swaps.


Prepared shock scenarios and risk profiles (duration, spread duration, convexity, delta, gamma, theta, vega, rho) for regulatory filings and enterprise risk officers.


Participated in recruitment and mentoring for actuarial interns, investment interns and new hires.

Instructor and Assistant Chair

Depart of Mathematics (University of Missouri)
08.2012 - 05.2022

Taught College Algebra, Finite Mathematics, Pre-Calculus, Applied Calculus 1/2 and advanced courses Mathematics of Financial Derivatives 1/2.


Coordinated (approved textbook selection, configured homework problems, graded exams) for Differential Equations, Linear Algebra.


Provided direct instruction to students in Calculus 1, Calculus 2.


Implemented online courses and Zoom lectures/recordings. High proficiency in Cengage WebAssign, Pearson MyMathLab and WileyPLUS.


Extensive experience in developing LaTEX lecture notes, lecture slides, exams and exam grading materials.


Developed Math@CASE program for under-represented minority and first-generation college students. Honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award for this work in 2019.

Director/Market Risk

Fannie Mae
01.2000 - 05.2012

Led team of 10 analysts measuring data quality, duration/convexity risk and performance attribution for $800 billion portfolio of mortgage backed securities, debt and derivatives.


Reporting member of Asset-Liability Committee. Gave weekly updates on net par and notional positions, duration, convexity and theta as well as investment performance and performance attribution.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Pre-Medicine

Duke University
Durham, NC

Master of Science - Mathematics

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

No Degree - Mathematics

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

Skills

Programming and Modeling: Python, Excel, SQL, Java

Educational Software and Materials: LaTEX, WebAssign, MyMathLab, WileyPLUS, Zoom

Course Delivery: Canvas, Lecture Notes, Lecture Videos

Financial Modeling: Black-Scholes Framework, Monte Carlo Simulation, Binomial Lattice Option Pricing, Explicit and Implicit Finite Differences Opiton Pricing

Timeline

Executive Director/Derivatives Valuation

Reinsurance Group of America, RGA
05.2022 - 09.2024

Instructor and Assistant Chair

Depart of Mathematics (University of Missouri)
08.2012 - 05.2022

Director/Market Risk

Fannie Mae
01.2000 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Pre-Medicine

Duke University

Master of Science - Mathematics

Virginia Tech

No Degree - Mathematics

University of Missouri - Columbia
Steven Goldschmidt