Yuan Xiong

Biography

Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2017

Education (previous degree): University of Science and Technology of China; Bachelor of Mathematics, Major in Applied Mathematics

Experience:

• Citi: Summer Analyst in Trading Book Portfolio Limit Sizing and Risk Metrics (Summer 2017)
• Academic Project: Cornell Financial Engineering Final Project with KENSHO (Fall 2017); Machine Learning Project: Apply Convolutional Neural Network on MNIST dataset (Spring 2017)
• Everbright Securities Asset Management: Quantitative Research Analyst Intern (December 2016 – January 2017)
• China Telecom Beijing Research Institute: Summer Data Science Intern in Big Data and Cloud Computing (Summer 2016)

Hobbies: Reading, swimming and playing badminton

Why do you want to pursue a career in finance?

I want to use my quantitative, coding, and communication skills to develop models, support trading, and control risk.

What makes you unique?

I am a detail-oriented person and I think it is important to succeed. Caring for details helps me to solve problems, avoid errors and maintain efficiency.