1. Ronald Wilbert Halim
4710 90th
St, Elmhurst, NY 11373 | (267) 428-4380| rwh287@stern.nyu.edu
EDUCATION
New York University, New York, NY Expected January 2017
Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Minor in Business Studies GPA: 3.90/4.0
Relevant Coursework: Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Econometrics,
Computer in Business, Economic Modeling, Money and Banking, International Economics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nomura Holdings, Inc. Singapore, SG
Summer Analyst Macroeconomics Research and FX Strategist Intern June 2016 – August 2016
 Secured the 1st
place at Nomura Asia Ex-Japan Summer Analyst $1 million portfolio stock pitch competition
 Built FX Option Volatility Models across different tenors of the historical and implied volatility, 10 and 25 delta risk
reversals, z-scores and implied-realized spreads in 10 AEJ currencies equipped with outlier detectors in 260 trading
days. The model will be published in the Nomura monthly FX Volatility Report and will be used by traders and FX
strategists to determine when the option is cheap or expensive
 Collaborated with the team’s Managing Director on economic growth analysis in the host country before, during and
after Olympic year to be able to see the impact of Olympic on economic growth in the larger and smaller economy
 Conducted comprehensive translation and analysis of Indonesian Revised State Budget and Tax Amnesty Law
 Constructed Trade in Value Added of exports and imports data with 34 sectors breakdown among 61 countries in
matrices to figure out the real value of exports and imports as well as the interdependence of trade among countries
Cover Wallet, Inc. New York, NY
Marketing Intern January 2016 – May 2016
 Managed social media marketing regarding insurance for small business to improve customer insights and conversions
 Developed content marketing strategies and reached out to bloggers and industry experts influencers in order to get
them to help increase brand awareness
 Conducted research on SEO to determine the top keywords for each insurance type products offered at Cover Wallet
 Analyzed thoroughly Cover Wallet’s articles based on each insurance type and fact-checked the content before they
were published on the Cover Wallet website
 Created online lead forms on various insurance types that will be used for client onboarding
Haver Analytics New York, NY
Economic/Financial Research Assistant November 2015 – December 2015
 Collect, organize and construct quality assured financial and macroeconomic data in Asian stock and bond market as
well as exchange rates for countries in Asia based on client demands
 Performed quality-assurance testing on company software such as DLXVG3 by verifying outliers that skew the data
 Conducted research on huge fluctuations in data and verified the accuracy of the data as well as came up with a
convincing reasoning for the fluctuations in the market
Expedia, Inc. Jakarta, Indonesia
Market Associate Intern June 2015 – August 2015
 Conducted daily data analysis on rate and availability parity through Salesforce and Expedient
 Reached out to 200 potential hotel partners and persuaded them to join the Acquisition Project workshop and made
90% of the hotels to attend the event
 Led the Acquisition Project presentation and had around 95% of the attended hoteliers to sign the contract
 Managed rate and availability loss from the hotel partners that Expedia faced when compared to its competitors
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
NYU International Students Club, Director of Outreach January 2015 – Present
 Collaborated with other NYU student associations to bring cultural awareness around campus
 Led a community service event and distributed food for the 200 less fortunate people around the NY community
NYU Indonesian Students Association, President January 2015 – May 2016
 Invited and led a discussion with Indonesia former Minister of Trade and Creative Economy to talk about TPP and the
economic outlook in ASEAN countries
RELEVANT SKILLS & LANGUAGES
Languages: Fluent in English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Malay; conversational in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese
Technical: Bloomberg, CEIC, R, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Expedient, DLXVG3