Alex Stant

Experience

1. West Coast Rockies Upper Mid-west Group Region Manager, Senior Natural Gas Trader

   NRG Energy

   Dec 2012 — Present · Princeton, NJ, US

   Responsible for all aspects of gas procurement and management as it relates to NRG’s generation assets in the West Coast and Upper Mid-West.(Over MW of capacity at the pinnacle of managed generation)• Actively building out region’s portfolio to provide better flexibility. I have provided them with better liquidity in the marketplace by implementing key counterparty enabling agreements and getting set-up with pipeline and storage facilities to offer better netbacks and reliability when sourcing gas.(NRG, in this region, was traditionally a captive end-user)• Implementing physical opportunities beyond NRG’s generation fleet, which is allowing NRG to penetrate a broader marketplace and add to the bottom line.• Managing proprietary financial trading positions within the region and nearby locations to add to the bottom line.• Trading in the balance of month and forward markets using fixed price, basis swaps, and index swaps.• Continuously providing expertise relating to natural gas issues for NRG M&A and regional initiatives.

Education

• Saint Lawrence University

  BA

Skills

• Structured Products
• Financial Risk
• Portfolio Management
• Bloomberg
• Trading Strategies
• Trading Systems
• Commodity Risk Management
• Electronic Trading
• Energy
• Proprietary Trading
• Fundamental Analysis
• Asset Managment
• Risk Management
• Market Risk