I have worked on data analytics for my entire career, spanning seven years of employment with NASA and more than twenty years in the private sector. While computing power has increased dramatically over these years, the central challenge remains the same: identifying and quantifying meaningful relationships in data. Especially with massive computing power, it is … Continue reading Real World Data Analysis
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Free guide to personal finance
For years, I wanted to write a book on personal finance and financial literacy. I finally found the time and wrote my take on what people need to understand in order to be effective with money. I have gone back and forth about whether to publish the manuscript through traditional means, self publish, etc. I … Continue reading Free guide to personal finance
Thoughts on being a quant
I have worked on developing quantitative models in finance for more than twenty years. I am what is referred to as a quant. People who work as quants typically have advanced degrees in a STEM discipline and expertise in developing and testing mathematical models. It is common for quants to enter finance after they have … Continue reading Thoughts on being a quant
A few lessons from my 20 years in finance
As of the start of 2019, it has been twenty years since I left NASA and started to work in finance. My first job in the private sector was in the emerging field of weather derivatives for a major energy trading firm. This was the era of energy trading that is most often associated with … Continue reading A few lessons from my 20 years in finance
