Education:
**** ** ** ************ *******: Carnegie Mellon (Pursuing Part Time)
**** *.**** *********** *** Communication: Indian Institute of
Technology (Chennai)
**** ** *********** *** *****nication: Goa University.
Salient Achievements:
. Currently designing Stat-Arb strategies
. Thorough understanding of Option Pricing and Capital Arbitrage
Structure
. Designed Tracking algorithms using Kalman Filters and HMMs in Wireless
Communication
Analytical skills:
. Signal processing: Kalman and Adaptive filters, MCMC methods.
. Model Calibration.: Black_Scholes, Hull-White, GARCH, Heston, Merton-
Jump-Diffusion
. Arbitrage Free Pricing, Risk Neutral Valuation
. Languages: C, Matlab, C++, R, Excel
Trading Strategy: ( In Simulations)
. Designed a High-frequency Intraday Strategy (SR 12.88 Can be scaled to
10 mil in US mkt).
. Designed an Intra-Day Implied Vol trading strategy. (SR 9.00, PNL 3
mill in US mkt)
. Designed a mid-frequency mean reverting Intraday Mean Reverting Stat-
Arb Strategy (SR 2.88, AR 22%, Max DD 6.32%, Can be scaled to 100 mil
in US mkt).
. Designed a mid-frequency mean reverting Intraday Mean Reverting Stat-
Arb Strategy (SR 2.88, AR 22%, Max DD 6.32%, Can be scaled to 200 mil
in US mkt).
Experience:
Credit Suisse Financial Engineering
July 2010 - Present
. Performing Equity research and fundamental modeling for Telecom and
Networking companies
. Researching Trading Strategies based on P/E comparisons
. Designed a momentum Strategy for foreign Index futures. (SR 2.16, AR
22%, Max DD 15%)
. Designed a systematic option writing strategy for foreign Index
futures. (SR 2.66, AR 33%, Max DD 12%)
. Researched Intraday Strategy for DAX Futures.
. Good understanding of Vol Server, Pricer, AutoHedger and AutoTrader
. Supporting and enhancing performance of Equity Option Trading Systems
. Supporting and enhancing performance of Fx Trading Systems
Quantstar Financial Engineering
Oct. 2008 - July 2010
. Researched Momentum Strategy: (in works). SR 2.17. Prepared Sales
Pitch to attract Capital
. Researching Parametric Stock Selection Model based on patterns,
fundamental stock info and factor model.
. Developed and Marketed Portfolio Optimization Products to Pension
funds (Client Calpers)
. Calibrated a multi-variate Regime-Switching Model for risk management
using MCMC methods
. My role involved, requirements gathering, design the algo and
architect the software solution.
Signal Processing Engineer
Larsen and Toubro Infotech Signal Processing Group
Feb. 2004 - Mar 2008
. Developed Signal processing algorithms for WCDMA systems .
. Developed and Implemented mobility tracking models used for
identifying the location of the mobile to optimize resource allocation
Ubinetics Signal Processing
Feb 2002 - Feb 2004
WCDMA Receiver Implementation:
Designed and implemented the RAKE receiver for WCDMA handset using
optimal combining techniques to maximize the received signal power and
minimize noise.
Have designed and implemented SWCE and n-LMS equalizer using RLS and LMS
algorithms for Real Time HSDPA systems
Designed and implemented acquisition and tracking algorithms for
synchronization in real time WCDMA receiver.
Have designed and implemented maximum-likelihood and log-map decoding
algorithms for convolution and turbo codes in a real-time WCDMA receiver.
The prototype of the algorithms were developed in Matlab and later ported
on a TMS 62 DSP platform in C and assembly.
Signal Processing Engineer
Motorola Baseband Signal Processing
Sept 2001 - Feb 2002
Developed and implemented maximum-likelihood decoding algorithm for
decoding convolution codes as per 3GPP specifications in C
Signal Processing Engineer
Sasken Baseband Signal Processing
Feb 2001 - Sept 2001
Have done performance analysis of MLSE- equalizer and n-LMS
equalizer in MATLAB
Software Engineer
BFL Software Key Telephone Software
Dec 1996 - June 1999
Have worked in the areas of Call Processing, for a Key Telephone System
in a Real-Time Multitasking environment
Have implemented enhancement features like Call Forwarding, DID, Virtual
Extension, BRI and PRI ISDN interface for the NEC KTS.
Was involved in maintenance of embedded software.(500K LOC)