Jun 2025 – Nov 2025 · 5 mos · Remote

• Optimized portfolio parameters—holding periods, rebalance frequencies, and smoothing methods—to balance predictive performance and transaction cost efficiency across U.S., Japan, and other APAC markets
• Developed predictive models for global equity markets (US, Japan & India) by leveraging short interest data
• Built diagnostic pipelines to evaluate model performance through alpha decay analysis, factor exposure
• decomposition, monitoring of turnover metrics, realized returns volatility & cross-sectional distribution of signal values
• Architected scalable data pipeline integrating 10+ institutional and alternative data sources with MySQL backend, building automated ETL workflows using SQLAlchemy and parallel processing across U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, and Indian equity markets
• Developed backtest infrastructure including multi-process execution framework (8-12x speedup), panel
• generation system transforming raw data into date × asset matrices for 200+ features, automated universe construction pipelines, group-based neutralization engine for sector/industry-neutral portfolios, and comprehensive PDF reporting with alpha decay analysis, drawdown tracking, and correlation tests

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Remote

• Advising: Provided one-on-one or group advising including, but not limited to, assisting a
• student in exploring a career direction, strategizing a plan to pursue a specific functional
• interest, and how to utilize resources as well as network with relevant contacts
• Mock Interviewing: Simulating a live interview and giving students direct feedback on
• their skills and areas of growth
• Advising: Provided one-on-one or group advising including, but not limited to, assisting a student in exploring a career direction, strategizing a plan to pursue a specific functional interest, and how to utilize resources as well as network with relevant contacts Mock Interviewing: Simulating a live interview and giving students direct feedback on their skills and areas of growth

Jul 2024 – May 2025 · 10 mos

• Personal Time Off

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024 · 3 mos

Apr 2022 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs

• Director, Quant Strategies in WQ Brain focusing on Research, Data, and Technology.

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 · 3 mos

Sep 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Structured the overall VRC researchu via specializations to enhance quality and pool diversification
• Developed long-short systematic trading models in the US, Europe, and Asia equity markets.
• Analyzed a variety of datasets to filter out the signal from the noise.
• Used multifarious data analytical frameworks (Time-series and cross-sectional analysis)
• Developed custom operators to improve trading efficiency of the models.
• Heavily leveraged Python to bolster the research efficiency and automate the redundancy
• Led the Indian virtual research center
• Led the growth of the associated consultants from 200 to 1500 in the span of 1 year

Jul 2016 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Independent valuation and price assurance of OTC traded derivative instruments.
• Priced products: Currency forwards, swaps, CDS, bonds, options, swaptions, & securitizations
• Reported risk sensitivity parameters and captured recent regulatory changes like OIS discounting
• Awarded ‘hero of the month’ for quick turnarounds on the projects and excellent communication

Oct 2015 – May 2016 · 7 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

• Traded news & technicals based strategies in Short-Sterling (STIR) futures market.
• Trades included outright, spread and fly with holding frequencies of 1-20 days
• Awarded for the best improvisation of risk to reward ratio among all the rookie traders
• Developed a MA indicator to capture the parallel & non-parallel movements of the rate curve.

Oct 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr

• Specialized in the development of python alphas
• Trained fellow consultants on python alpha development
• Globally Tier 1 consultant: Selected for WorldQuant Global Summit 2015 (Puerto Rico)
• Globally Featured Consultant (Jun ‘15);