ZHENTAO (ANDY) YANG
**** **** **** **, *** #B* • Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Master of Science in Financial Engineering, December 2014
• GPA: 4.2/4.3
• Coursework included: Stochastic Analysis for Finance, Statistical Analysis in Finance,
Options & Futures Corp. Decision Making, Capital Markets & Investment Strategies,
Fixed Income Securities and Markets, Advanced Fundamental Equity Security Analysis
• Member, Financial Engineering Club
• Derivative Trading Competition: 4th position in total 103 people enrolled
College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Material Science and Engineering, May 2013
• GPA: 3.71/4.00
• Minor in Mathematics
• Recipient, John Grennan Scholarship, 2012
EXPERIENCE CITIC SECURITIES CO., LTD. EQUITY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
2013 Present Extern Shanghai, China
• Research the policy implementation of the offshore financial markets for United States,
Japan, London and Singapore. Research the macroeconomics impact of Shanghai Free
Trade Zone
• Help searching and cleaning data for the on going strategy report using Bloomberg and
Thomson Reuters
Summer 2013 CITIBANK GLOBAL SUBSIDIARY GROUP Shanghai, China
Summer Credid Analyst
• Prepared monthly finance reporting including Asset Projection, Smart Revenue, account
statement reconciliation and serve as countrywide coordinator for other periodical
reporting to COO of group (Finance, Risk, Compliance related).
• Utilized Excel to analyze accounting reports to determine financial position of targeting
firms; enabling relationship managers to determine if targeting firms are able to fully
repay loans.
Summer 2012 CITIC SECURITIES CO., LTD. EQUITY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
Summer Analyst Shanghai, China
• Adopted consensus earnings momentum factor to improve selection model, used
Matlab fitting tool to do a regression analysis instead of stock graded scoring method.
Realized 41% excess returns by new model, increased accuracy by 28% compared with
old one based on historical performance.
• Took part in drafting investment strategy analysis report to sell side, including
analyzing industry inventory cycle, companiesʹ profitability, relevance between U.S.
stock market movements and economy in 1980s.
Summer 2012 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Research Assistant Ann Arbor, MI
• Built atomic scale mathematical modeling combined Monte Carlo method, smoothed
boundary method, thermodynamics and statistical physics, which provide highly
accurate insight into evolution of microstructures and nanostructures of materials.
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level II Candidate
ADDITIONAL
• Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Part II Candidate
• Passed SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS9
• Passed SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9
• Passed Bloomberg Equity/Fixed Income Essentials Certificate
• Skills & Expertise: Matlab, SAS, R, STATA, Excel VBA, C++, Factset, Bloomberg,
Thomson Reuters
• Volunteer teacher in a local primary school in Yunnan Province for a month
• Enjoy photography, piano, bowling
February 2014