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Hello everyone,
I’d appreciate candid feedback on my MFE profile—both strengths and areas to improve. I am from Mexico and studied at ITAM, a well-regarded university.
Here’s a brief summary of my background:
Academics:
Thank you in advance for your time and valuable input!
I’d appreciate candid feedback on my MFE profile—both strengths and areas to improve. I am from Mexico and studied at ITAM, a well-regarded university.
Here’s a brief summary of my background:
Academics:
- Degree: B.S. in Computer Engineering
- GPA: 9.25/10
- Relevant Coursework: Algorithms and Programs, Data Structures, Advanced Data Structures, Information Systems Analysis and Design, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Logic Circuits, Distributed Systems, Databases, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks.
- Degree: B.S. in Applied Mathematics
- GPA: 9.13/10
- Relevant Coursework: Linear Algebra I and II, Graph Theory, Stochastic Processes, Real Analysis, Calculus I - III, Numerical Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Operations Research, Probability, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Optimization.
- Summer Course: Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics at LSE
- Grade: A+
- Investment Strategist at Largest Local Independent Advisor / Multi-Family Office:
- Automated firm's portfolio tracking and performance reporting, saving the team 10 hours of work per month.
- Responsible for maintaining the master model portfolios that guide rebalancing across $8 billion USD in client accounts, including simulating post-trade compositions and producing detailed reports.
- Active participant of general investment committee and alternative investments committee.
- Led development of NSC Academy, a formal advisor training program; structured the curriculum and supervised two junior analysts to transform fragmented internal materials into a cohesive, standardized learning platform.
- Proactively initiated and delivered a portfolio optimization study that led to firm-wide changes in product allocation. Saved estimated $10 million USD in fees and $30 million USD in unncessary taxes.
- Built an automated tool for the firm’s daily financial newsletter, streamlining delivery and improving consistency.
- Contributed to the evaluation, planning and due diligence of multi-manager fund-of-funds strategies in private credit and infrastructure.
- Participated in hundreds of product pitches, evaluation and due diligence processes across a wide range of asset classes.
- Was hired for a summer internship in 2021. Built Python-based web scraper to integrate real-time financial data from multiple sources into a proprietary market risk indicator. Was asked to come back full-time after graduation.
- Equity Research Internship at Local Broker:
- Built a comprehensive Excel-based financial model for Mexico's largest cellular tower company, incorporating forecasts to assess long-term financial visibility and investment potential.
- Contributed to the preparation of quarterly analyst reports for covered companies.
- Developed a Python-based web scraper to collect real-time pricing data for a large cement company, enhancing coverage depth and introducing a new data-driven perspective to the team’s research process.
- Thesis (Full-Stack "Morning-Call" Newsletter): Designed and deployed a web-based application that automated a daily “morning call” newsletter, highlighting the most relevant market headlines. Integrated AI-powered summarization and ranking to distill articles into concise insights, and trained a text-classification model with logistic regression to tag each news item by GICS category.
- Languages: Python, Java, SQL, Lisp, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Git, LATEX, Matlab
- Libraries & Frameworks: Matplotlib, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn
- Other: Blooomberg
- Coding Rush Teacher: Co-organized five coding outreach events over five semesters for high school students interested in programming. Instructed a class of approximately 30 students and authored problems for a competitive programming contest.
- Applied Mathematics Representation Collaborator: Represented the Applied Mathematics student body in discussions with ITAM administration. Coordinated student engagement initiatives and facilitated the offering of key elective mathematics courses.
- 75% merit-based scholarship.
- Passed CFA Level 1.
- Certified Financial Advisor by Local Regulator.
- Best GPAs in Engineering Award.
- Special Mention for my thesis project.
- GRE: 170Q, 169V, 5.0 AWA.
- TOEFL: 115
Thank you in advance for your time and valuable input!
