Geoffrey C. Hoffman
227 Leroy Ave hoffy@hoffyland.com
Darien, CT 06820 http://www.hoffyland.com/
(917) 312-9452
EXPERIENCE: BGC Partners / eSpeed Inc.,
New York, NY
Consultant – Electronic Information Service Oct,
2010 – Present
Continue development of mod_perl
based web interface to securities and customer management databases
Performance
improvements for back end queries of web interface
Merrill
Lynch, Bank of America, New York, NY
Assistant
Vice President
– GMI Portfolio Trading
– Quantitative Statistical Arbitrage Nov,
2009 – May, 2010
Develop financial data
to support internal quant group for both high and low frequency strategies
Support
internal trading universe for all products
Assistant
Vice President
– GMI Portfolio Trading
– Electronic Trading Data June,
2005 – Oct, 2009
Implemented XML based
data access services using Apache, Perl, Oracle, and Postgres
Developed
Perl and shell scripts for acquiring, manipulating, and distributing vendor data. Scripts worked on wide range of data
formats, including FIX, XML, and binary
Designed
Perl/CGI web tools including database viewer and job scheduling front end
Member
of initial Electronic Trading Data team and contributed to general direction of
the group.
Supported
quantitative analysis, algorithmic trading, and research groups
Collaborated
with global development and support teams
eSpeed
Inc./ Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY Aug.,
2000 – June 2005
Internet Developer – Distributed
Development
Built
real time eSpeed trade subscriber.
Trade confirmations were delivered to reporting databases. Ported subset of eSpeed C++ trading API
to Perl. Replaced existing
application to eliminate deadlocks, missing trades, and duplicates messages.
Created
real time trade feed application in Perl for clearing/booking trades. Trade feed replaced previous end-of-day
process for all eSpeed trades. New features included monitoring and support
controls.
Developed
mod_perl based web interface to securities and customer management databases.
Created
Perl-CGI web trading system for Japanese Government Bonds.
Designed
and implemented Verisign payment and subscription system for eSpeed services
Lucent
Technologies,
Whippany, NJ Aug.,
1998 - Aug., 2000
Technical Staff – Government Solutions
Business Unit
Led
design and implementation of MySQL router database used by group for network
research and routing analysis.
Coordinated
work with Bell Labs on Internet Mapping Project. Wrote parts of network discovery tool used for mapping. Tweaked TCP and IP protocols for better
penetration.
Implemented
network discovery and analysis tools in C, using libpcap and Perl.
Attended
numerous trade shows to demonstrate Lucent technologies to government agencies.
Planned
and setup Internet Research Laboratory in Business Unit.
COMPUTER Languages: Perl, SQL, JavaScript, C
SKILLS: Oracle,
Sybase, PostGres, MySQL ,Apache, Mod-perl, Linux, Solaris
EDUCATION: Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
Masters
of Engineering Degree, School of Computer Science May,
1998
Bachelor
of Science Degree, Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering May,
1997
Phillips Exeter Academy - Exeter,
NH: New England Rowing Champions June,
1993
ACTIVITIES: Rowing: Three
time National Champion in Rowing; currently training for national team
selection
Member
of New York Athletic Club - Rowing Team 2001
– Present
Created
and currently manage BMA Boat Club for Cornell rowing alumni 1999
- Present
HoZelHoff
– C, Java, Linux Development (http://www.hozelhoff.com/)
Holy
Cow Investment Group (http://www.holycows.com/)
AWARDS/ Ned and Paula Arps Master of
Engineering Fellowship Fall,
1997 - Spring, 1998
HONORS: Butler Award for Leadership
and Excellence – Cornell Rowing Spring,
1997
INTERESTS: Running, home improvement, car modification,
skiing, motorcycles, pistol / rifle shooting