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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Interacted with investment advisory firms to understand feature requirements for investment management apps such as viewing positions, transactions and performance of client portfolios. Wrote specification documents.
• Designed new platform from ground up called the Financial Supermarket which allowed financial… Show more Interacted with investment advisory firms to understand feature requirements for investment management apps such.
• Designed new platform from ground up called the Financial Supermarket which allowed financial advisors access to a library of investment strategies
• Designed and revamped apps used in the investment management workflow
• Worked with marquee investment management firm to implement their portfolio management and relationship management platform including configuring third party application connectivity via OAuth and APIs Show less

Greater New York City Area

Accountable for launching Dalet’s platforms at major news organizations. Explained the user workflow and troubleshot issues to ensure smooth and timely onboarding of clients. Performed software installation, systems analysis, and user acceptance testing. Worked to minimize issues during production releases and improved client user experience. Configured.

Berkeley

• Helped define product vision and roadmap for MSCI’s equity factor models based on industry trends and client consultations within fundamental and quantitative asset management space. Oversaw product development.
• Partnered with client and marketing teams during product launches writing client documentation, marketing… Show more Helped define product vision and roadmap for MSCI’s equity factor models based on industry trends and.
• Partnered with client and marketing teams during product launches writing client documentation, marketing materials, and use case presentations, ensuring end users were adequately educated on product’s value proposition.
• Managed communication to nearly 400 clients on any changes in the product minimizing disruptions in their production process.
• Developed Risk Monitor visual chart highlighting factor performance and statistics across different markets, providing monthly publication of critical data used in strategic decision-making.
• Oversaw deployment of risk models on software platforms; troubleshot issues- ensuring risk models were delivered on time and reduced need for re-deployments. Show less

Berkeley

Created UI to allow QA teams to view results of regression tests and automated loading of portfolio data from Excel into BarraOne - MSCI’s risk management software platform.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed index calculation engines using risk parity, equal weighted, and market cap weighted approaches and compared engine results to published indices such as S&P 500 and salient risk parity to prove accuracy.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Wrote user stories, acceptance criteria, and tested user functionality to execute design of web application to increase client base and allow new system integration for existing web service.

Master Of Financial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society, IEEE Student Branch at UCLA

High School Diploma