Analyst @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Greater New York City AreaPresident @ Lead the executive committee directing the deployment of the hedge fund’s assets (over $200,000 AUM). Implemented and maintain quantitative analytics program used fund-wide for risk management, performance review, and investment research. Assist in the development of long-term investment strategy. Manage alumni and advisor network. Direct semi-annual recruiting efforts. From May 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 1 month) Equity Analyst @ Participated in a semester-long instructional program focused on investment strategies, research, and valuation methods. Conducted stock research and analysis, pitched recommendation to the equity fund management team. From September 2012 to May 2015 (2 years 9 months) Advertising Associate @ Completed a 12-week training program in advertising, circulation, marketing and operations. Elected to The Crimson’s business board. Designed renovations to the newspaper’s website. Evaluated and executed expansion of distribution network for “Crimson” labeled merchandise. Trained and led a group of 25 through two sales campaigns, generating over $23,000 and surpassing the revenue of previous years. Worked with news aggregators (incl. Associated Press, Huffington Post, Gawker) to increase The Harvard Crimson’s web circulation. From September 2011 to May 2015 (3 years 9 months) Summer Analyst, Sankaty Advisors @ Analyzed credit investment opportunities in the software/technology and industrial sectors at Sankaty Advisors, a $24 billion credit hedge fund of Bain Capital. Developed valuation models for high yield debt offering. Participated in due diligence process, interviewing management teams. Analyzed industry fundamentals and presented trade recommendation to credit committee deploying ~$50M of capital. From June 2014 to August 2014 (3 months) Greater Boston AreaFund Analyst @ Updated and audited the firm’s valuations of current portfolio holdings. Interacted with management of companies targeted as candidates for investment. Researched and modeled industry growth to predict future investment valuations. From June 2013 to July 2013 (2 months) Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaResearch Intern @ Rotated through research groups, collaborated to develop client-facing reports. Headed probe of quantitative relationships between currency markets and export-focused sectors of the Japanese economy, presented findings to management. Researched foreign anti-trust rulings and analyzed their implications on the continued growth of impacted sectors. From May 2013 to June 2013 (2 months) Greater New York City AreaVice President @ Lead the executive committee directing the deployment of the hedge fund’s assets (over $200,000 AUM). Implemented and maintain quantitative analytics program used fund-wide for risk management, performance review, and investment research. Assist in the development of long-term investment strategy. Manage semiannual associate recruitment process. From February 2013 to May 2013 (4 months) Consultant @ Identified and implemented improvements to MultiGraph (TM), an in-house data analytics program used to facilitate the interpretation of large multivariate engineering data sets coded in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and operating within the Microsoft Excel environment. Researched availability of competing products, identified commercial opportunities for the marketing and sale of MultiGraph (TM) and presented results to business manager. From May 2012 to July 2012 (3 months) Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaResearch Assistant @ Modeled the movement of an underwater rover by analyzing real-time sonar and optical data with MATLAB and C++. Led a team of international PhD. students within the computer vision research group. Cited contributor to published paper: “Positioning and Scene Analysis from Visual Motion Cues within Water Column” in Oceans’ 11. From May 2009 to September 2011 (2 years 5 months) Founding Manager @ Founded computer repair and consulting business. Recruited team of associates. Donated all proceeds to my charity program "Feed & Educate the Children." From September 2007 to July 2011 (3 years 11 months) Head of Media Management @ Documented all GPS Engineering projects. The National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC) is a national design competition in which over 450 teams design and build an assistive device for use by a person with a disability in their workplace. Executive member of the GPS two-time NEDC national finalist (2nd place) team. From September 2009 to May 2011 (1 year 9 months) Intern @ Developed an interactive marketing display to promote the company’s products. The application was written for the Microsoft PixelSense (formerly Surface) using C# and XAML and is currently used worldwide at trade shows. From May 2009 to August 2010 (1 year 4 months) Greater Milwaukee Area
A.B, Applied Mathematics focusing in Economics; secondary concentration in Computer Science @ Harvard University From 2011 to 2015 Business Administration and Management, General @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2013 to 2014 Computer Science @ University of Miami From 2010 to 2011 Economics @ Brown University From 2009 to 2009 High School Diploma @ Gulliver Preparatory School From 2007 to 2011 Alejandro Pérez is skilled in: Research, Matlab, Microsoft Office, Stata, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Programming, Economics, Quantitative Analytics, Valuation, Data Analysis, Physics, Mathematics, C++, Statistics