| ACTS | Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. |
| ALOT | AstroNova, Inc. |
| ALV | Autoliv Inc. |
| AWI | Armstrong World Industries Inc. |
| AWX | Avalon Holdings Corporation |
| BA | The Boeing Company |
| BAC | Bank of America Corporation |
| BWA | BorgWarner Inc. |
| CAW | CCA Industries Inc |
| CIT | CIT Group Inc. |
| CREE | Cree Inc. |
| CYNO | Cynosure Inc. |
| DIA | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| ELSE | Electro - Sensors Inc. |
| ERF | Enerplus Corporation |
| FRD | Friedman Industries, Inc |
| GE | General Electric Company |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| MCO | Moody's Corporation |
| MU | Micron Technology Inc. |
| NVDA | Nvidia Corporation |
| PGH | Pengrowth Energy Corporation |
| PHG | Royal Philips Electronics |
| QXM | Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. |
| RMBS | Rambus Inc. |
| RMD | ResMed Inc. |
| SPGI | S&P Global |
| XINGF | Qiao Xing Universal Resources Inc |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR |
| Assistant Professor of Finance and Accounting | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| July 2015 - Present (8 years 1 month) | |
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My academic research focuses on security analysts, credit markets, and market microstructure. I teach Financial Trading and Investment and an applied investment management course where students develop quantitative strategies using R, Python, and other programming environments. |
| Research/Teaching Assistant, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business | |
| University of Pittsburgh | |
| August 2010 - June 2015 (4 years 11 months) | |
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Working papers address current topics in high frequency trading, credit default swaps, analyst disclosure, and cyber-security . Assisted with research projects on stock repurchase effects and executive compensation. Teaching assistant for Introduction to Finance undergraduate course (Fall 2011). Primary instructor for CBA Investment Management course (Fall 2013-Spring 2015). Tutor for MBA Financial Management course. Substitute teacher for Options, Futures and Forwards MBA course. |
| Founder, Senior Analyst | |
| SmicroCaps, Inc. | |
| June 2008 - July 2010 (2 years 2 months) | |
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SmicroCaps, Inc. is a provider of equity research and liquidity analytics services for small and micro capitalization stocks. Our focus is on real companies that Wall Street ignores and where liquidity may readily flow. This area of the market represents the greatest source of inefficiencies with which our clients can find the best risk adjusted sources of return. |
| University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business | |
| PhD | |
| 2010 / 2015 | |
| Financial Economics |
| University of North Carolina at Chappel Hill - Kennan-Flager Business School | |
| MBA | |
| 2006 / 2008 | |
| Investment Management and Entreprenurship |
| New York University | |
| B.A. | |
| 1997 / 2001 | |
| Computer Science and Mathematics |
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