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ARAN PATRICK MURPHY For more complete details, please visit the online
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EXPERIENCE
PRINCIPAL
– MERCURY ANALYTICS, INC. 11/00 - Present
Mercury Analytics is
a commodity market research and consulting firm. Paying clients have included:
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A major
aerospace & defense manufacturer
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An London-based
trade association
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A Wall
Street IB / Research boutique
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A
Kyoto-based research consortium
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Professional Accomplishments at
Mercury Analytics, Inc.
§ Project Management - Simultaneously overseeing the development of a business plan and financial market model, amongst a confederacy of programmers, mathematicians, and source data specialists. Geographically dispersed team management, extensive internet collaboration, and building a series of expert plane domains for market modeling project
§ Formed an immediately profitable business, with viable, self-funded business plan and NO burn rate
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Commissioned writing: Palladium and platinum
market reports for the New York Mercantile Exchange, extensive market history
and analysis for a London-based investment group, published industry analysis
in October 2001 issue of JOM: The
Member Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
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Continuing consulting, training and presentations
to hundreds of precious metals brokers on the PGM markets; ongoing
presentations to industry members and investors throughout North America
SENIOR ECONOMIST – PLATINUM GUILD INTERNATIONAL 5/97 – 10/00
Developed platinum market research and reports for brokerage firms, precious metals dealers, commodities exchanges and government. Designed and implemented Platinum Guild’s website. Authored reports read and used by industry executives the world over. Regularly spoke and gave presentations to brokers and investors regarding market trends and events. Write regular market surveys and summary trend reviews, act as financial press contact and consultant for the platinum group metals sector of the commodities markets. Coordinated research efforts of NY staff, consultants, and other PGI offices. Platinum Guild International (PGI) is an international trade association funded by a global consortium of platinum mining companies and refiners.
Professional Accomplishments at PGI
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A recognized expert on the platinum
market; quoted often and interviewed by the financial press, including The
Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Forbes, Reuters,
Bloomberg Business Radio, Associated Press, Bridge News, BBC, Futures Magazine,
American Metals Market, and other trade publications.
§ Drafted market and economic impact responses to US Congressional authorization and appropriations committees. Reports were also used by the Russian and South African ambassadors, lobbyists, and key Congressional members regarding US government plans to liquidate Defense Department stockpiles of platinum.
§ Provided platinum market analyses to The United States Mint to assist in planning for annual production schedules; presented research in person to Director of the US Mint.
TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE – MICROSOFT 8/96 – 5/97
Sales and advising to System Administrators, IT executives,
engineers, and software developers on Microsoft’s line of advanced systems and
development tools. Wrote technical documents, trained team members on new
technologies, researched and presented back-office and development solutions to
technical teams. Proselytized Microsoft development tools (Visual J++, Visual
C++, Visual Basic) to programmers considering
migrating to Microsoft's offerings from competing products.
EDUCATION
PERSONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS / SKILLS
§ CFA Candidate - Passed Level I Exam*. *Note that the CFA designation is only achieved after all three exams are passed and further professional criteria are fully met; my passing of the Level I exam does not imply any partial completion of the CFA designation.
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Microsoft Certified Professional, Networking
Essentials
§ Speak good Japanese, okay Swedish
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Eagle
Scout