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quantitative analyst/developer

Location:
Reading, NJ, 07302
Posted:
December 14, 2010

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EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration – MBA GMAT: 760/800 (99th percentile) 05/2010

* Honor: Graduated with Distinction; Merit Scholarship Recipient

* Concentration: Finance

* Coursework: Statistics, Probability, Business Forecasting with Time Series, Options, Trading Strategies, Fixed Income, Investment Analysis, Stock Valuation, Financial Engineering, Corporate Finance, International Finance

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, BC

Master of Science in Computer Science GRE Quant: 790/800 (97th percentile) 11/2002

* Honor: International Graduate Tuition Scholarship Recipient

BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Beijing, China

Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering 04/1999

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering 07/1996

* Honor: Student Scholarship for Academic Excellence

EXPERIENCE

MEDRAD Pittsburgh, PA

Finance Intern 06/2009 – 08/2009

Financial Modeling/IT Consulting:

* Created and customized Excel models using historical data, market factors and product assumptions to forecast revenues and expenses. Helped to develop an $80M budget that supported the company’s strategic goals and reflected its then current performance.

* Redesigned, developed and deployed a new price quoting software using VBA and SQL. Greatly improved software user interface, quoting accuracy and software stability. Designed and Implemented function that performs multiple services quoting in a single step, which reduced average price quoting time by 40%.

MAXIMUM THROUGHTPUT INC. (provider of high definition video storage systems) Montreal, Quebec

Software Developer 08/2001 – 02/2008

Software Development/Problem Solving:

* Developed, maintained and optimized the software base of the Sledgehammer series storage products. Designed and implemented various software components using C/C++/Java/Perl.

* Participated in the architecture design and development of InfinArray cluster file server software using C/C++. Designed and implemented Virtual Interface data transmission mechanism that improved the CPU usage of InfinArray servers by 40%. Implemented key software components that handle file operations and errors.

* Fixed a major software bug in network device driver that stopped data transmission.

* Designed and implemented a new storage system configuration that led to a 40% improvement in system performance and reduced underutilized resources by 50%.

* Collaborated with client and customer support teams to quickly identify and solve system problems at customer sites. Developed a software error reporting mechanism that reduced system downtime by 20%.

Leadership/Teamwork:

* Led the software and hardware platform development of the Sledgehammer series storage products, which generated more than 80% of the company’s revenue.

* Managed a four-person team to develop the SOS product, resulting in a $600,000 order from Fox News, which was the largest single system order ever in the company’s history.

* Worked closely with suppliers on hardware evaluation to facilitate the development of both the supplier’s components and the company’s finished products.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Computer Skills: Extensive experience in C/C++, SQL and VBA, proficient in MATLAB, SAS, Excel and Eview.

* Modeling: Monte Carlo Simulations, Binomial, ARIMA, GARCH, VAR Models, Logit Credit Risk Model, MKMV

* Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native)

* Citizenship: Canadian Citizen (no need for visa sponsorship)



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