Resume

• 2005

  John

  Summa

  Ph.D

  Investopedia.com/Forbes

  John Summa Economic Consulting

  University of Vermont

  Burlington

  Vermont Area

  Economic consulting

  financial markets analysis

  options and derivatives hedging strategy design.

  Chief Economist & Derivatives Strategist

  John Summa Economic Consulting

  Investopedia.com/Forbes

  University of Vermont

  Burlington

  Vermont Area

  University Lecturer in Economics

• 1987

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Dissertation explored the potential for inefficiencies to develop in financial markets. Tested relative performance of \"good\" versus \"bad\" news portfolios and explored implications for standard model views of how financial markets price assets. On a risk-adjusted basis

  the \"bad\" news portfolio (taking a long position when news was on average negative) statistically outperformed the \"good\" news portfolio (taking a long position when news was on average positive). A quantitative news variable was constructed to perform the testing

  and the long positions taken were based on investing in one S&P 500 futures contract.

  Economics/Behavioral Finance

  AEA

  \nURPE

  The New School

• 1977

  Ski Acrobatics Productions was John’s first business enterprise. John’s portable

  acrobatic ski jump show toured New England from 1977 to 1980

  performing aerial ski tricks to music inside gyms and outside in parking lots at high-schools

  colleges

  universities

  fairgrounds

  ski-shops and ski expos. John competed nationally in the professional-level Chevrolet Freestyle Skiing Association circuit

  placing in the top 10 overall (combined ballet

  moguls and aerials) in 1977 at Waterville Valley Resort ski area in NH.

  Former Owner/Acrobatic-Stunt Skier

  Fomer Owner: Ski Acrobatics Productions

  Nationally ranked

  former professional freestyle skier. (Chevy/American Freestyle Skiing Tours 1976-1977)

  Former Professional member/Mogul

  Ballet & Aerial Pro Skier

  Former Professional Member/Competitor: Chevrolet American Freestyle Ski Association

  Spanish

  Portuguese

  Ben & Jerry's Award (VTIFF)

  For displaying verve and ingenuity in the making of a film documentary about an important social issue.

  Vermont International Film Festival

  Associated Press Award

  For co-producing Between the Lines weekly radio magazine at WPKN radio (Bridgeport

  CT)

  AP

• John Summa

  John Summa

  Ph.D.

  is the founder and president of OptionsNerd.com LLC. He co-authored \" Options on Futures: New Trading Strategies and Options on Futures Workbook \" (2001). He is also the author of \" Trading Against The Crowd: Profiting From Fear and...

  John Summa/Contributing Writer

  Derivatives

  Microsoft Office

  Investigative Reporting

  Fly Fishing

  Financial Markets

  Options

  Equities

  Ski Instruction

  Hedging

  Social Media

  Investments

  Statistical Modeling

  Research

  Portfolio Management

  Econometric Modeling

  Book Co-Author: Getting Started In Employee Stock Options (Publisher: John Wiley & Sons)

  Some of the world's foremost authorities on options have endorsed Getting Started in Employee Stock Options. Written in a straightforward and accessible style

  Getting Started In Employee Stock Options will help protect the value of your options

  help you avoid costly mistakes

  and allow you to take advantage of certain friendly tax rules. \n\n-An A to Z guide for understanding employee stock options (ESOs). \n-Examines essential ESO issues

  including tax consequences

  risks

  and industry pitfalls\nWritten by an experienced pair of stock option experts\n-Enables employees and executives to make more informed decisions regarding their stock options grants\n\nIn Getting Started In Employee Stock Options

  authors John Olagues and John Summa provide a full understanding of ESOs and demonstrate how to make the most of them. Page by page this author team

  a highly experienced options market maker and a professional trader

  share essential information that you’re probably not hearing anywhere else. This book contains the keys to managing and hedging ESO opportunities in addition to important tax and valuation guidance appropriate for the highest executives to the non-officer managers and the newly arrived employee.

  Book Co-Author: Getting Started In Employee Stock Options (Publisher: John Wiley & Sons)