Management
Stephanie Pucci, Trading Principal and Portfolio Manager:
Ms. Pucci joined CMET in January of 2001, and is responsible for managing
the day-to-day business activities of South Street as well as serving
as its chief portfolio strategist. In addition, she is responsible for
validation of the broker-dealer’s financial statements and regulatory
reporting. Ms. Pucci was previously employed by Citicorp from 1994, and
worked on both the Government Securities Cash Desk and Treasury Finance
Desk. While at Citibank, her duties included responsibility for US general
collateral and the Canadian dollar books. Ms. Pucci also headed-up Citibank’s
non-dollar repo desks (Italian, German) in London. Ms. Pucci completed
her MBA with St. John’s University in Rome, Italy and is NASD Registered
Series 7, 63, 24, 27.
Jose P. Vega, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager:
Mr. Vega joined CMET in May of 2005, and his responsibilities include
portfolio trading for South Street Securities and credit trading concept
development in support of CMET’s Derivative Hedging Facility. His
background includes 15 years of professional experience in capital markets
sales and trading, most recently in the Capital Markets division of the
Royal Bank of Canada (‘RBC’). While at RBC, Mr. Vega designed
a $3B Tri-party Repo facility and traded a $1B fixed and floating rate
note corporate securities portfolio. In addition, he identified and sourced
third-party assets and liquidity for RBC’s accrual and trading portfolios,
and created various distribution channels in the US and Latin America
for global markets sales and trading. Mr. Vega was also a member of RBC’s
Asset & Liability Committee. His previous experience includes developing
the finance module for the fixed income securities subsidiary of Dresdner
Bank, and trading a short duration proprietary trading portfolio at the
securities subsidiary of Fuji Bank. Mr. Vega began his professional career
in the Global Finance and arbitrage group at Citicorp Securities upon
completing the Citibank N.A. Management Associate Program in 1990. While
at Citicorp, he established a $3B whole loan funding and liquidity vehicle
for the MBS trading desk, and traded a $4B MBS matched book in support
of client financing needs. Mr. Vega is NASD Series 7 and 63 certified.
David J. DeBlase is the Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer for South Street Securities. He is responsible for overseeing
all the financial activities of the Company, as well as liquidity and
cash management. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Compliance Officer
responsible for all regulatory reporting, and compliance programs at South
Street Securities. Mr. DeBlase attended Hofstra University where he holds
a BBA in Banking and Finance. He has more than ten years experience in
the capital markets and treasury fields. Mr. DeBlase joined Citibank in
1992 managing the operation staff for the Government and Mortgage- Backed
Securities trading desks. In 1995 he was promoted to Vice President responsible
for running the middle office. His last assignment was project management
and system implementation for Citibank Corporate Treasury. Mr. DeBlase
currently holds a series 7, 63, 24, and 27.
Monica Urena is the Senior Operations Officer for South
Street Securities. She is responsible for overseeing the finance, funding
and futures operations. Ms. Urena has over 20 years in the Capital Markets
field. During her career she managed multiple operations including Government
securities and the Finance desk in both back and middle office. She moved
to the Front Office and worked as an overnight trader on the Treasury
Finance desk. Ms. Urena most recently worked for Datasoft, Inc in which
she functioned in the capacity of Systems Analyst. She was responsible
for defining system requirements and quality assurance testing of the
TradeBlazer application.
Richard Andrew, Senior Operations Officer: Mr. Andrew
joined CMET in March of 2004, and is responsible for monitoring all settlement
and clearance activity for South Street. As part of his responsibilities,
he provides all aspects of support for the trading desk including Fed
and FICC clearance functions, tri-party collateral allocations and daily
securities balancing, stock record and general ledger reconciliation,
and systems testing and up-grade implementation for CMET’s trading
and clearance system, TradeBlazer®. Prior to joining CMET, Mr. Andrew
was an Assistant Vice President – Senior Specialist at the Salomon
Smith Barney division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets, and held wide
ranging responsibilities within fixed income operations, including supervising
the Tri-party/Letter Repo Department, and other cash management, trade
settlement, clearing and securities financing activities. Mr. Andrew holds
a BS degree in Finance from the University of South Florida in Tampa.
NASD Registered Series 7, 63.
