Investment Data Scientist/developer Resume
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Quantitative Skills: Numerical pricing techniques, multi - tier trees, matrices, iterative methods, R/S analysis, Continuous and finite stochastic simulations, Ampl optimizers, and various time series
Financial Knowledge: Derivatives pricing, bond pricing, portfolio optimization techniques, and various trading strategies
Computer Skills: Html, Java, R, VBA, SQL, Python (pandas, numpy, scipy), VB.NET, MS SQL Server Matlab, C, Visual C++, Ampl (CPLEX, LP Solvers), SAS, Perl, Scheme, JavaScript, Oracle, MS Access, Sybase, Unix, and Kornshell
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Investment Data Scientist/Developer
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed quantitative investment strategies of small-caps using leveraged ratios and value ratios. We compared scenarios with different ratios and price effects (adjusting/ignoring), using logit regression models.
- Designed, built, maintained and expanded the hedge-fund database for fundamental research data, investor/accounting data, and market price data in SQL Server using 3NF standards
- Developed a platform for upstream data sourcing and transformation (using C#, stored procedures), and the integration into downstream data from 3rd party API’s (Bloomberg, BackStop, Enfusion), and the development of processing analytics on the accuracy of data processing
- Lead data sourcing projects in collaboration with portfolio managers and researchers, to quantify the impact value of new data on research and models
- Redeveloped legacy code into smaller modules that are easier to update for junior developers and easy to monitor for the analytics teams, the emphasis on a flexible platform that allows for quick updates and experimentation, while maintaing legacy processes
- Build in C# and R, a stock screener for domestic and international stocks using fundamental ratios (ROIC, Earnings Yield, Current Ratios, etc.)
- Developed an R program to calculate cost of capital, for stocks in all the major indices
- Worked on implied volatility program in C# and R, using non-normal distributions
- Built a C# program that connected to a 3rd party API to source fundamental loan data, and combine it with in house propietary data to run monte-carlo simulations in the hedge-fund’s propietary simulator
- Devloped a daily exposure and performance system using SQL Server and MS Reporting services for a multi-strategy hedge fund
- Design and developed an alpha generation tool in Java, that utilized Earning Power Value and price volatility, to generate and backtest trading ideas
Confidential
Quantitative Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Purchaser Price Parity modeling, testing for reversion trends, auto-correlation
- Emerging market Early Warning System, constant monitoring of macroeconomic variables to ensure no outlier events are taking shape
- Time-series analysis, stationary/non-stationary, distribution analysis
- Short-term momentum strategies/long-term carry strategies
- FX linked commodity valuations based on short-term volatility
Confidential
Quantitative Desk Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Developing basic models and simulations for pricing different HY bond strategies and CDO’s
- CMBS DSCR analysis
- CDO OC/IC ratio analysis, coverage test analysis (geography, property type, etc)
- Collateral analysis (technical & fundamental), includes traditional bonds, airplanes, shipping containers, medical technology, etc.
- CDO and ABS cash-flow forecasts based on historical and quantitative analysis
- Track and measure industry standards and trends in regard to structuring, collateral, and spreads
- Extensive use of Intex (desktop & web)