CFEM Alumni Brochure: Ten Years, and Here's to Many More
As CFEM celebrates the achievements of its past, we look forward to welcoming new students who will shape the future of financial engineering!
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Professional Development
The Resume Drop is one of my favorite parts of our career development. It provides us with lots of great opportunities with a relatively high rate of getting an interview.
Maria Tao, CFEM 2017 (Putnam Investments, Boston)
I am glad I chose Cornell MFE because people here actually care about you and your future career path.
Leo Bao, CFEM 2017 (Bank of America, NY)
The MFE degree at Cornell has an exceptionally strong curriculum that prepared me for a variety of career paths within finance. It has exposed me to professors, students, and industry professionals that have been crucial to my success.
Nicholas Wilk, CFEM 2017 (Dimensional Fund Advisors, Charlotte)
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CFEM Graduation
Images of CFEM’s Graduating Classes
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CFEM’s International Network
Vancouver
Mexico City
New York City
Boston
San Francisco/Bay Area
Connecticut
New Jersey
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Austin
Southern California
Atlanta
Washington, D.C.
Seattle
Ithaca
London
Hong Kong
Singapore
Beijing
Shenzhen
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Shanghai
Where will you take us next?
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Congratulations!
Image of CFEM Alumni at their weddings, holding their newborn children, etc.
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What Makes Us CFEM?
Mentorship
The excellent career service and a really great director. Yiqiao Wang ‘15
Interview Opportunities
All three of my positions, including the first full-time job, were through networking. Ruochen Ai ‘14
Friendships
I married Zoe Wang, whom I met in the program! Joseph Li ‘14
I made friends and got to know other people with the same background and career interests as me. Most importantly, it is in CFEM that I met my wife, Luna. Kai Feng ‘15
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What Makes Us CFEM?
Project Experience
The experience of working on real-life problems in CFEM projects. Bryan Tam ‘17
Academic Rigor
It’s an extremely rigorous program that taught me a variety of practical skills. Professors Averbukh and Caggiano go above and beyond in terms of how much they care about the students, their learning, and job placement. Devashish Kumar ‘10
Work-Life Balance
[At my current job] the work-life balance is far better than basically every banking or trading job on the street. William Lentz ‘17
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What Makes Us CFEM?
Communication Skills
Business comes down to communicating your ideas and working with colleagues from different backgrounds. Seong Leol Sim ‘12
Sense of Community
As a foreigner with no relatives here, having friends who live in the same city and share similar interests was the best thing for me. Xiaocheng Chen ‘14
Cornell Alumni Status
A good network and strong relationships with my classmates. They will always offer help when I’m in need. Nan Qiu ‘17
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Thank you to all CFEM Alumni for staying in touch!
“CFEM’s greatest strength lies in its people.” Dr. Shane Henderson, Director of ORIE
Director of CFEM
Professor of Practice Victoria Averbukh
Senior Research Associate
Dr. Sasha Stoikov
Associate Director of Career Development
Elizabeth Drummond
CFEM Assistant & Events Coordinator
Roselle Bajet