EDUCATION
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Los Angeles, CA
Expected December 2025
Master of Financial Engineering | GRE Quant: 167/170
- Projects: Factor Investment; Implementing & Back testing Trading strategies; Derivative Pricing; Quantitative computational optimization
- IAQF Competition 2025 Winner: One of the four winners out of 23 teams participating. Analyzed volatility dynamics between M7 stocks and the S&P 500 using DCC-GARCH; assessed spillover effects of shocks. Implemented LPPLS model for bubble detection and developed an investment strategy based on predictive signals.
PUNJAB ENGINEERING COLLEGE, Chandigarh, India
July 2021
B.Tech., Electronics and Communication | GPA: 3.75
- Relevant Courses: Neural Networks; Computer Programming (C++); Vector Calculus; Probability and Statistics
EXPERIENCE
LINK CAPITAL LLC, Los Angeles, CA
May 2025 – Present
- Financial Report Analytics: Standardized and structured client financial reports to generate key performance indicators (KPIs) and extract actionable insights for strategic decision-making
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborated closely with clients to understand their financial objectives, aligning analytical deliverables with business needs and driving data-informed decision.
ANDERSON ASSET MANAGEMENT, Los Angeles, CA
April 2025 – Present
- Quantitative Strategy & Backtesting: Led hands-on implementation of index replication and factor-based strategies in Python, integrating alpha signals & risk models into backtesting & performance evaluation workflow.
AMERICAN EXPRESS, Gurugram, India
Jan 2023 – Jun 2024
Associate – Quant Analytics & Product Management
- Automated Data Quality & ETL: Built a real-time Data Quality Health Dashboard using Python (PySpark) and HQL to automate anomaly detection; developed robust ETL pipelines with HDFS to ensure data integrity at scale.
- Data Integration & Feature Engineering: Designed efficient data pipelines, joining multiple datasets to extract actionable insights for financial analytics & risk modelling.
Aug 2021 – Dec 2022
Associate – Quant Data Analytics
- Cleaned and standardized large datasets for improved decision-making and model development
Jan 2020 – Jun 2020
Intern – Programmer Analyst
- Chatbot for service automation: Developed a self-servicing capability leveraging machine learning to fast-track ticketing requests for the team, leading to a decrease in manual validation by 80%.
