James Sun

Prior to joining HFH Group in 2007, Mr. Sun served as First Vice President at Countrywide Financial where he was responsible for the modeling and implementation of the firm’s $1.3 trillion Mortgage Servicing Rights hedging system.
There, Mr. Sun developed internal frameworks for validating financial/mathematical models for hedging, trading and risk management as well as numerous prepayment and pricing tools/models used throughout the company.
Prior to Countrywide, Mr. Sun was an Engineering Manager for Spirent Communication where he oversaw the company’s flagship software suite development, engineering design, implementation, and quality assurance cycles.
Mr. Sun also served as Director of Research and Development for Futrex Trading in Chicago.
There he developed and implemented derivative hedging tools, margin calculation and clearing systems.
Mr. Sun began his career as a Senior Clearing System Analyst for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
He received a BS in Mathematics from Shandong University in China, a Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics from Academia Sinica in Beijing and a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mr. Sun holds the CFA designation.