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Lawrence Zhou, Risk Models Developer in New York, NY, United States
Lawrence Zhou

Risk Models Developer in New York, NY, United States

Member since July 30, 2018
Lawrence is a software developer and quantitative analyst with over 12 years of experience in software development and quantitative modeling. He's worked at Citigroup, Traxis Partners, as well as co-founding a Y-Combinator funded startup. Lawrence prefers projects that use both his financial and programming backgrounds, but he also enjoys working with and analyzing data—either in analysis, visualization, or machine learning.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

New York, NY, United States

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Vim Text Editor, Git, Windows, Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded was a fast autocomplete search for addresses/general locations that optimized depending on relevancy & user preference across multiple factors.

Employment

  • Data Scientist

    2009 - PRESENT
    RentHop.com | RealtyHop.com
    • Created a real-estate platform that helps renters and home buyers identify the best possible homes.
    • Drove the software development/architecture, product design, analytics, data management, and scaling.
    • Led all aspects of site development.
    • Published numerous data-driven and quantitative research articles on renting/housing (featured in major media outlets such as the NY Times, CNBC, USA Today, and so on).
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS, JavaScript, MySQL, Python, R, PHP

  • Consultant (Macroeconomic Research)

    2012 - 2012
    Asian Century Quest Capital
    • Developed macroeconomic presentations on topics and themes across Asian markets with a focus on China.
    Technologies: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel

  • Trader | Research Analyst

    2007 - 2009
    Traxis Partners
    • Traded the emerging markets portfolio including FX, local rates, and credit in LATAM, EMEA, and Asia.
    • Built internal systems for measuring fixed-income exposures, calculating real-time P&L, and generating risk/performance attribution reports.
    • Coordinated with the fund administration/external auditors.
    • Provided model-based valuations for liquid instruments.
    • Implemented model validation of RiskMetrics for investor reporting.
    Technologies: RiskMetrics, Microsoft Excel, MySQL, Bloomberg, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Perl

  • Quantitative Researcher and Trader

    2005 - 2007
    Citigroup Global Markets
    • Structured and analyzed trade ideas in single-name credits, synthetic CDOs, emerging markets, and FX.
    • Contributed to the weekly Bond Market Roundup publication and other in-depth research pieces.
    • Developed analytics for scenario analyses on client commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) portfolios.
    Technologies: MySQL, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Microsoft Excel, Perl

Experience

Skills

  • Languages

    PHP, JavaScript, R, Excel VBA, Python, Perl, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Google Maps, LeafletJS

  • Tools

    Solr, Git, Vim Text Editor, Microsoft Excel, Bloomberg, Microsoft PowerPoint, RiskMetrics, Apache Solr, AWS SES

  • Platforms

    Linux, Windows, Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud), AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Storage

    MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

  • Other

    Quantitative Modeling, AWS Route 53, Linear Regression, Quantitative Finance, Risk Models, Risk Reporting, Fixed Income, Options Trading, AWS

  • Frameworks

    Laravel, CodeIgniter 3

Education

  • Master's Degree in Finance (Econometrics, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Statistics)
    2014 - 2016
    Princeton University - Princeton, NJ, USA
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in mathematics
    2001 - 2005
    University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science - Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics with a concentration in finance
    2001 - 2005
    University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School - Philadelphia, PA, USA

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