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Alain Ledon
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Alain Ledon received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering from New York Institute of Technology where he was a recipient of
the Louis Liss Memorial Award and a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society. He
later received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from New York
University. Alain has spent the last eight years working in the financial
industry as an Application Developer for information delivery systems, first in
securities lending and now in investment manager services for State Street Corp.
He plans to use his training from the program to obtain a quantitative position
in a hedge fund. He hopes to later move to a trading position and eventually
open a hedge fund with his business partners. Alain ran in the 2004 NYC marathon
and 2005 Marine Corps marathon. He enjoys spending time with his wife and family
during his free time.
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Andy Nguyen
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Prior to joining the MFE Program, Andy Nguyen was a PhD student
in Mathematics at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He holds a Master of Science in
Computer Science from Lehman College, as well as a double BS
summa cum laude in Mathematics and
Computer Science. While in graduate school, he worked as a lecturer at various
CUNY colleges teaching mathematical courses. During his undergraduate study,
Andy received numerous scholarships and awards for his excellent academic
record, community service, and extra curriculum activities. Most notably, he has
received CUNY’s prestigious Belle Zeller scholarship, the Golden Key National
Honor Society Outstanding Junior Scholarship, and the Lehman College Outstanding
Student of the Year Award. Andy enjoys mathematical competitions. As President
of the BBC Math and Computer Science Club, he was the Northeast region champion
of the AMATYC Math League competition and champion of the CUNY Student Math
League competition. He also spent two years at IBM’s T.J Watson Research Lab as
an intern programmer in the Enterprise Networking Group. Andy hopes to learn how
best to apply his mathematical background, analytical ability and programming
skills to the area of finance. Upon graduation, he would like to work in
structured finance at a hedge fund or investment bank. In his free time, Andy
enjoys watching movies, sports, reading computer publication and spending time
with family and friends.
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Ari Braha
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Ari Braha holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with honors
from Rutgers University. While in school, he participated in math seminars,
mentored fellow students in calculus, and played intramural sports. Upon
graduation, he began his professional career as an actuarial analyst for a
mid-sized insurance company, where he aided the Chief Financial Officer in
overall pricing of all the core lines of business using classic rate monitoring
techniques. In addition, he priced more exotic contracts, including generation
outage and other weather derivatives, using @RISK simulations. Ari chose to
matriculate at Baruch’s MFE program to sharpen his abilities in applied
mathematics and programming as it relates to the financial industry. Ari plans
to work for either an investment bank or at a hedge fund in structured finance.
In his free time, he loves playing basketball, skiing, and playing poker. |
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Bridgett Xia
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Bridgett Xia graduated with University Honors from Brigham
Young University where she received a double Bachelor of Science degree in
Computer Science and Economics. As an undergraduate, she received various
scholarships and research grants and completed two research projects in
partnership with faculty from multiple disciplines at BYU. Her honors thesis was
on digital image analysis and application in computer science. She also
initiated and conducted research on women’s education in rural China. Bridgett
interned in Washington D.C. with the World Resource Institute and various
start-up companies in Utah. After graduation from college, she moved to New
York, where she first worked at ABN Amro. She currently works as a financial
analyst at Bear Stearns. Upon completion of the program, she plans to work in a
structured finance environment at an investment bank or a hedge fund. She enjoys
outdoor activities and loves to travel and visit friends.
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Christopher Chu
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A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Christopher Chu
holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. He is an IT director at a NY–based distribution and logistics company
where he advises the company’s Chief Operating Officer on ways to improve
workflow processes and identified pain points. He has written database
applications using VBA, SQL, and .NET professionally for the last four years.
Using his experience in programming and business logic, he planned and created
mission-critical applications and reports that helped increase overall
efficiency and productivity within all departments in the company. Currently,
Christopher is enrolled in the Computer Science BA program at Queens College,
CUNY, where he is working to further advance his knowledge of Computer Science
and Mathematics. Christopher joined Baruch’s MFE program to hone his abilities
in programming and business. Upon completion of the program, Christopher plans
to become a data analyst in an investment bank where he can use his skills to
implement sophisticated modeling and data applications in finance. He enjoys
reading and spending time with his family. An avid runner, Christopher will be
participating in the NYC Marathon this year.
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Danielle Trichilo
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Danielle Trichilo graduated from Cornell University with a
Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management. She has been working at
JP Morgan Chase for the last eight years, first as a financial intern and later
as a Quantitative Research Associate in Asset Management, US Equity group. Her
responsibilities include conducting investment signal research to enhance
current models. She also performs risk analytics on US Large Cap portfolios and
conducts research on portfolio construction and optimization. Danielle is a CFA
charter holder. She enjoys watching sports, reading and spending time with
friends. |
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Dmitriy Reznik
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Dmitriy Reznik holds a BS in Computer Science from Polytechnic
University. His first job was as a Technology Analyst at Marsh, Inc., where he
developed components and tools for software distribution, performance
monitoring, and analysis. He later worked as a Senior Developer at X-change
Technologies where his responsibilities included design and development of
trading exchanges for corporate and municipal bonds and equity. Presently,
Dmitriy is a System Architect at Caxton Associates, LLC. His responsibilities
include design and development of trading applications, pricing and market data
tools and the integration of diverse applications and systems. After completing
the program, Dmitriy would like to combine his quantitative, financial, and
programming skills to create trading models or pricing applications. In his free
time, Dmitriy spends time with his family, traveling, and taking pictures. |
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Eric Roberts
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Eric Roberts holds a Master of Science degree in Mathematics
from the University of Arizona, as well as a BS
summa cum laude in Mathematics from
Wake Forest University. He co-founded a successful internet-based company which
he sold prior to graduate school. Eric currently teaches mathematical courses at
Baruch College. He hopes to use the applied mathematics, programming and
financial knowledge learned from the program to obtain a position as a financial
analyst in an investment bank. Eric enjoys hiking, snowboarding, making music,
reading, sailing, and playing backgammon, tennis and Frisbee. When possible, he
also loves to travel. |
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Frank Mastromauro
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Frank Mastromauro received his Bachelor of Science degree in
Environmental Engineering from Polytechnic University. As an undergrad, he
received the University's prestigious Principal Scholarship. Frank subsequently
earned an MBA with honors from St. Johns University while working full-time for
the New York City Department of Environmental Protection as a project manager
for which he received the Mayor's Graduate Scholarship. He also co-authored a
paper on brokerage trading which has been accepted for publication in the
Journal of Global Business and Technology. After graduation, he held various
positions with JP Morgan Chase but spent a majority of his time as an Equity
Product Manager. Frank currently is a Vice President Capital Markets Equity
Syndicate at Bank of America where he assists with the development of retail
syndicate and is responsible for growth of the business in the firm. Frank
joined Baruch's MFE program to further improve his knowledge and quantitative
skills in a financial environment. Upon completion of the program, he plans to
apply the skills he acquires to the areas of capital markets. With his MBA
background, Frank would like to eventually take on a management role in capital
markets at an investment bank. In his free time, Frank enjoys cooking, reading
and fine dining with family members. |
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Giampiero Lo Monaco
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Giampiero Lo Monaco holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of
Science in Computer System Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
where he graduated cum laude. He spent
the summer of 1999 interning as an Internet Infrastructure Analyst at Goldman
Sachs where he helped with the design and deployment of a VPN network
infrastructure for over 4000 corporate clients and employees. Currently he works
for a network management company where he designs networks for corporate
enterprises, government agencies, telecommunications manufacturers, and service
providers. After the program, Giampiero would like to join a Quantitative
Finance Group at an investment bank to work on the development of algorithmic
trading applications. He enjoys playing soccer and eco-tourism.
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Gregory Sipress
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Gregory Sipress holds an MA in Computer Science from Boston
University, an MS in Business Computer Information Systems from Baruch College/Zicklin
School of Business, and a BS in Mathematics from the State University of New
York at Albany. In May, 2006, Gregory became a partner at TraderEx, LLC, a
financial software company specializing in developing market simulation
software. He spent 2005-6 designing and developing the TraderEx application.
Gregory began his professional career designing Health Care Information Systems
for various hospitals and health care providers. When not coding simulations, he
enjoys playing golf; he is co-founder and CIO of Golfinity Inc., a golf handicap
tracking online company. |
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Hasan Islam
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Hasan Islam graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur, India, with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He holds an MS
in Engineering Science from Louisiana State University. Hasan currently works at
Information Builders as a senior software developer. His responsibilities
include development, enhancement and the maintenance of major corporate systems.
He plans to join the Baruch program to improve his knowledge of the theories and
practices in financial engineering. Upon successful completion of the program,
he hopes to obtain a position as a quantitative researcher and programmer in
order to best utilize his programming skills. Hasan likes to watch soccer and
baseball and spend time with family and friends. |
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Maciej Cierpka
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Maciej Cierpka received a full scholarship to participate in
the prestigious Double Diploma Program in Finance and Banking. Upon his
successful completion of the program, he obtained a Master of Science in Finance
and Banking from Warsaw School of Economics and a MBA-equivalent Diplom-Kaufmann
Degree from University of Mainz, Germany. He wrote his graduate thesis on
modeling correlated defaults in reduced form credit risk models. Prior to
joining the program, Maciej worked at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, a German
investment bank, first as an intern in the Fixed Income Product Control division
in Frankfurt and later as an analyst in the Equity Product Control division in
New York. Currently, he works for ING Investment Management in New York as a
Research Analyst in the Derivative Strategies department where he quantitatively
analyzes the macroeconomic data, monitors risk and exposure for options
strategies, and creates tools needed for the development of derivative
strategies. He hopes to use his finance background and the quantitative skills
learned from the program to develop investment strategies based on the
quantitative analysis of market data. He loves ocean sailing, windsurfing,
skiing and hiking the Adirondack Mountains in New York. |
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Maxym Rumyantsev
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Maxym Rumyantsev graduated with a Diploma of Honors from the
National University of Ukraine where he received a bachelor’s degree in
Aerospace Engineering and Fluid Mechanics. Prior to joining the program, Max
worked as a C++/Java software developer for several projects utilizing various
numerical methods and programming skills to solve practical problems. In
addition, he conducted two marketing researches, supervised website development
for an independent informational agency and worked as an energy market analyst.
Upon completion of the program, Max plans to work as a quantitative researcher
for a financial institution where he would apply his programming skills and
financial knowledge to finance. In his free time, he enjoys digital photography,
participating in sports, reading, listening to music, and watching movies. |
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Nalin Aeron
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Nalin Aeron graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, India, with a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He
ranked 17th in the State Science Talent Search Examination and won the Early
Bird Prize at the Robotics Festival, IIT Bombay in 2000. He has spent time as a
member of product development and implementation team for the World’s number one
banking product, Flexcube, for Citibank Bahrain and Citibank Bulgaria.
Currently, Nalin works with the Quantitative Strategy team for Hedge funds at
Gartmore Investments, Ltd. After the program, he intends to work in the equity
and fixed income sector at an investment bank. Nalin loves music, novels, going
to movies with friends and learning western dance.
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Peik Looi Ong
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Peik Looi Ong holds both Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s with
honors in Civil Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,
where her research focused on environmental hydraulics and coastal hydrodynamics
numerical modeling. Prior to joining the program, she was a Senior Structural
Engineer with KBR (a subsidiary of Halliburton) where she spent 4 years
designing offshore platforms which require rigorous modeling including
stochastic fatigue in a dynamic environment. Peik Looi hopes to use her
experience in numerical modeling and acquired finance knowledge to obtain a
position as a quantitative researcher and eventually evolve into a trading role.
In her free time, she enjoys watching films, writing, and various types of
outdoor activities, such as rock climbing, trekking, and backpacking. |
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Rushali Parikh
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Rushali Parikh graduated from L.D. College of Engineering,
Ahmedabad, India, with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and
Communication. She then received an MSEE in Digital Signal Processing from the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Before joining the program, she spent a
year as a research investigator at the UMich Neural Engineering Lab where she
designed a digital system to record, process and transmit wireless neural data
acquired from implanted neural probes. She worked briefly at an India brokerage
firm where she used software to analyze stocks and generated 'tips' for trading.
Rushali is interested in the area of structured finance and hopes to learn about
other areas of finance that are important to the emerging Indian market. Rushali
spends much of her free time painting abstracts, and her work had exhibitions
both at UMich and in India. She loves tennis, squash and enjoys reading
non-fiction literature. |
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Sarath Kunda
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Sarath Kunda holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and a
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology
and Science, Pilani, India, after which he completed a six-month internship at
Texas Instruments where he helped design efficient algorithms for TI’s Digital
Signal Processor. For the last two years, Sarath has worked for Amdocs
Development Ltd, Cyprus. After graduation, he plans to work in structured
finance at an investment bank. In his free time, Sarath volunteers for various
non-governmental organizations. He enjoys playing foosball and ping pong,
reading books, and watching movies. |
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So-Yeon Kim
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So-Yeon Kim holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of
Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where
she graduated magna cum laude. As a
research assistance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and GE Global research
center in Niskayuna, NY, she has worked on designing and implementing systems
benefiting wideband technology in Advanced Semi-conductor Labs. Kim co-founded
BioVeriCom, Inc., which develops and sells fingerprint and facial biometric
products. As an undergrad, she received the Rensselaer Medal, International
Excellence scholarships, and the Center for Power Electronics Systems
Fellowship. After graduation, she would like to work in a risk management team
at an investment bank in NYC. She loves spending time with her infant daughter.
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Sudhanshu Pardasani
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Prior to joining the program, Sudhanshu Pardasani was a
graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
at UC Irvine where he received the Henry Samueli School of Engineering
fellowship. Sudhanshu graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,
India, with a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He has interned
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland where he
worked on mobile ad hoc networks. He has worked at Siemens Corporate Technology
in Munich where his responsibilities included developing bioengineering
solutions for power communication networks; currently he works in the equity
research department at Cheuvreux, a brokerage subsidiary of Credit Agricole.
After completing the program, Sudhanshu would like to continue with the equity
research department or apply financial engineering concepts with a hedge fund.
He enjoys playing table tennis and badminton, and is an active member of the
children’s Childline India Foundation. |
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William Mirabella
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William Mirabella holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with
a minor in Philosophy from Stony Brook University. He also holds a Master of
Arts in Mathematics from Hunter College, CUNY. For the past 10 years William has
been developing UNIX/Windows networking and UNIX kernel software for CA Inc
(formerly Computer Associates International Inc). He has experience as a
specialist clerk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and as a clerk and
trader on the former New York Futures Exchange. He would like to develop risk
and pricing models for large, multi-national financial institutions, preferably
based in another country. He’s trying to learn to speak, read, and write
Chinese. |
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Yan He
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Yan He graduated from the University of International
Relations, Beijing, China, with a Bachelor of Arts in Law. She then received a
Master’s degree in Law from the University of Political Science and Law,
Beijing. After graduation, she worked as a Copyright Specialist at the National
Copyright Administration of China where she analyzed nationwide copyright data
and prepared executive reports. To improve her understanding of the law, she
studied at the University of Toledo, Ohio, where she earned her second Master of
Law degree (LLM). A licensed NY lawyer, she worked as a paralegal at Kuzmin &
Associates. Yan entered the Baruch's MFE program to explore other career
opportunities where she could utilize her skills at data analysis. She plans to
use the programming, mathematical, and finance knowledge learned from the
program to obtain a position as a financial analyst in an investment bank. In
her free time, Yan enjoys cooking and traveling.
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Yang Yu
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Yang Yu graduated with a Senior Prize from the University of
Auckland, New Zealand, where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and
subsequently received a Graduate Diploma in Applied Math. During his graduate
study, he utilized Matlab and Maple to calculate the order conditions for
Runge-Kutta numerical methods under a summer research scholarship by the Math
department. Prior to joining the Baruch MFE program, Yang worked as a junior
financial analyst for a New Zealand firm designing loan structure and repayment
solutions for clients. He also interned as an analyst for Xingye Security,
China, where he conducted financial analysis and advised clients on investment
issues. Upon completion of the program, Yang plans to work as a quantitative
researcher in an investment bank and eventually evolve into a trading role where
he can combine his interpersonal skills and business acumen. An avid and
competitive badminton player, Yang enjoys playing poker and engaging in other
outdoor activities during his free time. |
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Yanniv Avitan
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Yanniv Avitan holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from
Ruppin Academic Center, Israel. Upon graduation he worked as a Financial Auditor
for the Government of Israel’s Ministry of Defense in their New York City office
where he audited financial reports and analyzed the Financial Department’s
activity. At his current position as a Financial Analyst he forecasts long-term
operating and purchasing budgets to facilitate multi-year budget planning;
prepares a monthly cash flow and budget allocation reports for Ministry of
Defense executivesplans future procurements and loans, performs variance
analysis, and reports to senior management. Yanniv plans to work in an
investment bank or hedge fund after completion of the program.
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Yusheng Hao
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Yusheng Hao holds a BS in Physics from Nankai University,
China. After graduation, he worked as a software engineer at INVENTEC
Electronics Co., Ltd., where he participated in several projects including the
E-business Solution System in which he was responsible for designing modules,
programming, and database. Prior to joining the program, Yusheng was a PhD
student in Physics at the Graduate Center, CUNY. While in graduate school, he
worked as a Teaching Assistant in the Physics department of Queens College,
CUNY. Yusheng hopes to apply his quantitative and financial training and
programming background to obtain a position at a hedge fund or investment bank.
He enjoys playing soccer, watching TV, listening to music, and traveling.
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