JAMES H. S. DAVIS II1613 Pearlstone Lane Cell: 704-724-4214Matthews, NC 28104 E-mail: davisjamie66@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly persuasive, results driven team player with over 24 years experience in fixed-income trading, portfolio management, and sales. Expertise in client relationship building, effective negotiation, and problem solving skills under tight deadlines. Entrepreneurial drive to exceed revenue and production targets with my breadth of capital markets experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Robert W. Baird, Director, Fixed Income Portfolio Solutions, Charlotte, NC March 2009-Present Portfolio optimization focusing on cross sector risk adjusted returns Successfully prospect and opened over 75 new clients for the firm Manage senior relationships for large institutional clients with diverse investment parameters Part of top ranked five person team averaging over $7 million in revenue per year

Bank of America, Director, Institutional Sales, Charlotte, NC February 2004-January 2009 Consistently ranked in top 10 percent of revenue for structured product sales Introduced the first structured private label reverse mortgage to the market Led new business teams that successfully closed 5 new mandates over $1 billion each Utilized credit default swaps to hedge large commercial bank investment portfolio Employed total return swaps to hedge $600 million of the bank’s commercial loan portfolio monthly

Sterling Capital Management, Senior Portfolio Manager, Charlotte, NC November 2001-February 2004 Member of investment committee responsible for investment process for all structured products Created monthly portfolio and sector reports detailing market commentary and performance attributes Authored security primers for clients and senior management expanding client investment parameters Led presentations to consultants and clients resulting in over $2 billion capital raising Created policies and procedures to manage limit and risk management

Federated Investors, Senior Trader, Pittsburgh, PA June 1993-November 2001 Risk manager responsible for security selection, allocation, surveillance, and alpha generation of portfolios Optimized P/L using new hedging strategies including interest rate and mortgage derivatives Manager responsible for hiring and supervising 3 traders and 2 assistants Led project to implement new portfolio system and ticket process improving workflow and cost savings

Mellon Bank, Cash Manager, Pittsburgh, PA August 1991-June 1993 Responsible for relationship building, trade settlement and cash management

Education

Katz Graduate School, University of Pittsburgh August 1996-December 1999Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Masters of Business Administration in finance

West Virginia University August 1987-May 1991Graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science majoring in marketing and management

Skills, Licenses, and InterestsFINRA registered Series 7 and 63 licensesProficient with Microsoft Office, Advent, Bloomberg, Intex, Yield Book, Trepp, Tradeweb, MarketAxessTriathlon, running, coaching, and volunteering