ZHUOJUN (JESSICA) CAI
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Education
****-**** ******* **********, ******** School of Business Administration New York, NY
MS, in Quantitative Finance GPA: 3.95/4.00
Basic of Derivatives, Risk Management, Econometrics, Stochastic Calculus, Fixed Income
Securities, Financial Modeling (VBA), Simulation Applications(MATLAB), C++ for Finance
Honors & Awards:
Fordham Business School Merit based Scholarship in 2015 (top 5%)
Graduate Assistant for Quantitative Finance Program in Fordham University
2009-2013 Nankai University, School of Mathematical Sciences Tianjin, China
BS, in Applied Mathematics
ODE, PDE, Advanced Algebra, Calculus, Complex Analysis, Real Analysis, Stochastic Process,
Statistics, Regression Analysis, Operations Research, Actuarial Science, C++ Programming
Honors & Awards:
NKU Scholarship for Excellent Performance in Mathematical Modeling (top 10%)
Honorable Mention in International Mathematical Contest of Modeling (MCM) in 2013 (top 20%)
Second Award in National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest of Modeling in 2012 (top 5%)
Third Award in Campus Mathematical Contest in Modeling in 2012 (top10%)
Experience
Jan-Jul, 2014 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Kunming, China
Risk Management Department, Intern
Created a VBA Userform that helps the manager quickly calculate the regulatory risk capital and
risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) of enterprise loans.
Developed an individual credit rating model using determinant analysis (LDA) and presented
research of the opportunity and challenge in P2P lending market to peers.
Modified the scoring function of risk management performance to build a more accurate system
that was adopted by 24 local bank branches in their monthly self-assessment reports.
Sep-Dec, 2013 China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation Kunming, China
Industry research team, Intern
Constructed a multiple factor model to analyze and evaluate the comprehensive strength of
paper companies in China.
Identified the top 20 most promising paper companies based on principal component analysis
(PCA) and delivered an industry report for potential investment.
Projects
2014-Present Financial Modeling (VBA) & Simulation (MATLAB) New York, NY
Derivative Pricing: Created a calculator which computes the price for 10+ types of vanilla and
exotic options and the Greeks via Monte-Carlo simulation; Simulated the stock price and
derived the option pricing equation based on Jump-Diffusion Model with both finite and infinite
jump sates.
Trading Strategy: Built a tool that selects stocks and evaluates the profitability for MACDH and
pair trading strategy; Conducted dynamic relative strength strategies based on different forming
and holding periods and analyzed the source of excess returns to test the market efficiency.
Additional
Computer Skills: Experienced with VBA, C++, MATLAB, SAS, SPSS, Python and SQL;
Bloomberg certified in Commodity, Equities, Fixed Income, and FX
Activities: Senior Coach & Captain of Campus Debate Team, “Best Debater” Honor in 7 th and
8th Campus Debate Contests, Editor & Journalist of NKU Journal Agency