[Acm-announce] Company Meeting with Gelber Group Thursday February 5 RSVP

[Emily Austin]

Hi everyone,

ACM will be hosting a company meeting with Gelber Group, a proprietary
trading firm in Chicago, Thursday February 5 at 5:30pm in SEO1000. Come out
and say hi! :)
RSVP here: RSVP link.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NrNhh2X12wjsN4eQUi_DInvxm6ALfN-168crqVzLkzM/viewform?usp=send_form>

Tags: Trading-firm. Internships. Full-time. Software Development.
Networking. Infrastructure Systems.


Please join us for a discussion profiling a career in software development
at a highly established trading firm. With the talent and experience of
Gelber’s speakers, this is a great opportunity to get a real understanding
of what it means to work in technology in the trading industry, how to
succeed within this environment, and the unique culture Gelber provides. We
look forward to visiting UIC’s campus and sharing information about Gelber
Group!

Speakers:
Patrick Coffey - Chief Technology Officer
Russ Collier - Senior DevOps Engineer
Jessy Gelber - Director of Talent Acquisition


More on Gelber Group
Established in 1982, Gelber Group is a Chicago based global proprietary
firm that trades its capital in a variety of asset classes including
foreign exchange, fixed income, equities and commodities.

Gelber Group was built on the premise that a culture conducive to
innovation, competition and teamwork is essential to thriving in a
technology driven marketplace.  At Gelber we take pride in our culture and
seek others with a similar drive and passion. For information visit us at
www.gelbergroup.com


Speakers’ Bios
Patrick Coffey - Pat oversees Gelber Group’s entire technology department.
Before joining Gelber Group as the leader of the FX technology team in
2010, he worked in the technology divisions of large consulting companies,
trading software firms, and proprietary trading shops. Pat was raised in
Beverly on the South Side of Chicago. He graduated with honors from Brown
University where he majored in economics, history, and political science
and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a dual major in
finance and accounting.

Russ Collier - Russ joined Gelber Group in 2013 and heads up the technology
team’s DevOps initiative. Prior to Gelber Group, Russ worked in the
development operations teams for a large investment bank and other
proprietary trading shops. Russ was born and raised in the Chicagoland area
and graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology where he majored in
computer engineering.

Jessy Gelber - Jessy Gelber interned at Gelber Group in the summer of 2007
and joined as a full-time discretionary trader in August 2009. After
profitably trading FX for three years, she became Director of Business
Development in 2013. Jessy is currently in charge of Gelber Group’s
recruiting, hiring, and on boarding.

-- 
Emily Austin
Vice President of ACM
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