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Akuna Capital Employees

Employee
Years
Job
Industry
Taeyoon Kyle Song Taeyoon Kyle Song Greater Chicago Area Details
Taeyoon Kyle Song's Akuna Capital Experience March 2013 - Present
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   March 2013 - Present
T3 Trading Group, LLC  June 2012 - November 2012
Citi  August 2011 - September 2011

Skills
Options, Volatility Arbitrage, Swing Trading

Education
New York University   2008 — 2012
BA, Economics

Milton Academy   2006 — 2008

Chi (Chris) Mu Chi (Chris) Mu Urbana, Illinois Details
Chi (Chris) Mu's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Graduate Student
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - August 2015
Standard Chartered Bank  October 2012 - July 2014
UBC Mechanical Engineering Department   May 2011 - August 2011

Skills
Time Management, Sales, Marketing, C++, C, Linux, Financial Analysis, Statistics, R, Research, Banking, Analysis, Management, Finance, Portfolio Management

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2014 — 2015
Master of Science (MS), Financial Engineering

The University of British Columbia   2008 — 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Statistics

Sim Sabharwal Sim Sabharwal Greater Chicago Area Details
Sim Sabharwal's Akuna Capital Experience 2014 - Present
Job Sr. Network Architect at Akuna Capital
Industry Venture Capital & Private Equity
Experience
Akuna Capital   2014 - Present
Advantage Futures  February 2013 - March 2014
Advantage Futures  April 2010 - February 2013
GTCR Golder Rauner  March 2009 - April 2010
Johnson Controls  January 2007 - March 2009
Aricent  2006 - 2007
Cisco Systems  April 2001 - August 2006

Skills
Cisco Technologies, VPN, Firewalls, Switches, Network Security, Network Architecture, CCNA, Network Design, Routers, CCNP, Data Center, Cisco IOS, Networking, VLAN, Wireless Networking, BGP, OSPF, ASA, Routing, WAN, Network Engineering, Cisco Routers, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Security, PIX, Routing Protocols, TCP/IP, IPS, DNS, Enterprise Software, EIGRP, Wireshark, Network Administration, Disaster Recovery, MPLS, Information Security, DHCP, Security, IP, HSRP, VoIP, CCIE, CISSP, RIP, LAN Switching, IT Operations, Computer Security, IPSec

Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee   2006 — 2007
MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Punjab Technical University   2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Engineering

Guru Harkrishan Public School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi.   1996 — 2001
AISSE, Science (Non-Medical)

Vansh Khanna Vansh Khanna Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Details
Vansh Khanna's Akuna Capital Experience May 2014 - August 2014
Job Research Assistant at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Industry Computer Software
Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  April 2015 - Present
ECE 391 - Computer Systems Engineering   August 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   May 2014 - August 2014
NIIT Technologies Limited  June 2013 - July 2013

Skills
C++, C, Arduino, Microcontrollers, Ruby, Python, R, Electronics, TCP/IP, Linux, Electrical Engineering, Programming, Analog, Firmware, Microsoft Office, HTML, CSS, Software Development, Pspice, TwilioAPI

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2012 — 2016
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, 3.62/4.00

Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, India   2010 — 2012

Joe Hook Joe Hook Chicago, Illinois Details
Joe Hook's Akuna Capital Experience July 2015 - Present
Job Jr. Software Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2015 - Present
Securian Financial Group  June 2014 - August 2014
Piper Jaffray  June 2013 - August 2013
Bethel University  September 2012 - December 2012
Hook Farms   January 2008 - August 2012

Skills
C++, Java, HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft Office, Windows, Programming, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Teaching, Problem Solving, Research, Leadership

Education
Bethel University   2011 — 2015
Computer Science

Tracy Area High School   2007 — 2011
HS, General Education

Brian Purvis Brian Purvis Greater Chicago Area Details
Brian Purvis's Akuna Capital Experience February 2013 - Present
Job Floor trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2013 - Present
Kottke Associates  April 2000 - October 2012
Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals  1999 - 2000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car  February 1996 - March 1999

Skills
Risk Management, Options, Trading, Derivatives, Hedging, Trading Strategies, Sales, Sales Management, Electronic Trading, Account Management, Cold Calling, Territory Management, Collaboration, Commodity, Financial Markets, Management, Portfolio Management, Proprietary Trading, Sales Force Development

Education
University of Florida   1990 — 1993
Bachelor of Science, Business Management

Oklahoma State University   1988 — 1990

Patrick LaMontagna Patrick LaMontagna Greater Chicago Area Details
Patrick LaMontagna's Akuna Capital Experience November 2013 - Present
Job DevOps Engineer
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   November 2013 - Present
Allston Trading  May 2013 - November 2013
Allston Trading  May 2010 - May 2012

Skills
PHP, Microsoft SQL Server, Java, OOP, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, Eclipse, Scripting, Databases, Mercurial, Active Directory, Exchange Connectivity, Refactoring, Process Automation, CRUD Applications, VMware, Bash, Microsoft Exchange, Git

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago   2009 — 2013
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

William Hua William Hua Spring, Texas Details
William Hua's Akuna Capital Experience June 2014 - August 2014
Job Developer
Industry
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2014 - August 2014
Great Point Capital  October 2013 - March 2014
Hewlett-Packard  June 2013 - August 2013

Skills
Programming, Perl, Java, Robotium, Eclipse, Tortoise SVN, Unit Testing, Testing, JUnit, Test Automation, Github, CSS, Web Applications

Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Business Honors Program & Turing Scholars Honors Program, Computer Science and Business

Tommy Guo Tommy Guo Chicago, Illinois Details
Tommy Guo's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Derivatives trader open to new opportunities
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Eze Software Group  May 2013 - August 2013
Investors Group  May 2011 - September 2011
College Pro  May 2010 - September 2010

Skills
C++, C#, C, Java, HTML, SQL, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management..., Matlab, SAS, SAS programming, Stata, R, Stochastic Calculus, Stochastic Modeling, Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Programming, Real Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Regression Analysis, Multivariable Calculus, Trading Systems, JavaScript, Apache Velocity, VTL, Databases, Python

Education
Georgia Institute of Technology   2012 — 2013
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Quantitative and Computational Finance, CGPA: 3.8/4.0

University of Toronto   2008 — 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Mathematics in Finance and Economics, Major GPA: 3.7/4.0

Zhao Wang Zhao Wang Chicago, Illinois Details
Zhao Wang's Akuna Capital Experience December 2014 - Present
Job Quantitative Analyst at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   December 2014 - Present
University of Chicago Booth School of Business  February 2013 - May 2013
Ronin Capital  November 2012 - March 2013
CITIC Securities  July 2012 - August 2012
Yale School of Management  October 2011 - December 2011
Chinese Academy of Sciences  July 2010 - August 2010

Skills
C++, MFC, C#, Visual Studio, Java, Python, Matlab, OpenCV, OpenGL, Bloomberg Terminal, Microsoft Office, LaTeX, Modeling, Linux, F#, CUDA, Stochastic Differential...

Education
The University of Chicago   2012 — 2013
Master of Science (M.S.), Financial Mathematics

Yale University   2011 — 2012
Master of Science

Tsinghua University   2007 — 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Automation Engineering

Nankai High School   2004 — 2007

Nicholas Romero Nicholas Romero Greater Chicago Area Details
Nicholas Romero's Akuna Capital Experience February 2015 - Present
Job Junior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2015 - Present
Sterne Agee  June 2014 - August 2014
Auburn University  October 2011 - August 2013
Auburn University  November 2010 - May 2012
AT&T  May 2011 - August 2011
International Paper  May 2010 - August 2010

Skills
Statistical Data..., Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis, R, Economics, Quantitative Research, LaTeX, Microsoft Office, Mathematical Modeling, Microsoft Excel, Experimental Economics, Experimental Design, Economic Research, Leadership, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Econometrics, Investments, Linear Regression, Python, Trading, Options Strategies, Proprietary Trading

Education
University of Pennsylvania   2013 — 2014
Master's Degree, Economics

Auburn University   2009 — 2013
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics

Auburn University   2009 — 2013
Bachelor's Degree, Economics

Srinivas Eswar Srinivas Eswar Atlanta, Georgia Details
Srinivas Eswar's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Graduate Student at Georgia Institute of Technology
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - August 2015
Georgia Institute of Technology  January 2015 - May 2015
Citi  July 2012 - July 2014
NetApp  July 2011 - June 2012
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute  May 2009 - July 2009

Skills
C/C++ STL, KDB+, R, Data Mining, Analytics, Python, Programming, Matlab

Education
Georgia Institute of Technology   2014 — 2016
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

BITS Pilani   2007 — 2012
Master of Science (MSc). Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mathematics and Computer Science

Jesse neal Jesse neal Greater Chicago Area Details
Jesse neal's Akuna Capital Experience October 2014 - February 2015
Job NOC Technician at Vail Systems
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
Vail Systems  February 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   October 2014 - February 2015
Rackspace, the Open Cloud Company  January 2014 - October 2014
M-GO  April 2013 - January 2014
Rackspace, the Open Cloud Company  July 2011 - April 2013

Skills
Servers, Data Center, Hardware, Firewalls, Switches, Windows, Team Leadership, Leadership, Troubleshooting, Operating Systems, Project Management, Process Improvement, Time Management, Sales, Quality Assurance, Debugging, Red Hat Linux, Linux, Networking, Mac OS, Software Installation, TCP/IP, Technical Support, Cisco Certified, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Cat5e, Dell OpenManage, Customer Service, Computer Hardware, Software install, Hardware Installation, Unix, Cisco Technologies, System Administration, Linux System..., Software Quality..., Python, Bash, Ubuntu

Education
Harper College   2013 — 2016
AAS in Network Administration, Network and System Administration/Administrator

Harper College   2010 — 2012
Certified Network Technician, and Computer Support Technician, Information Technology

Peter Cao Peter Cao Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Details
Peter Cao's Akuna Capital Experience September 2013 - November 2014
Job General Manager at Akuna Capital, China
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital, China   December 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   September 2013 - November 2014
The HDF Group  July 2006 - September 2013
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at   August 1996 - August 2006
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications   August 1996 - July 2006
University of Illinois  July 1989 - July 1996
Ministry of Forestry, Beijing, P. R. China   August 1986 - June 1989

Skills
Software Development, Software Engineering, Linux, Python, C++, Java, C, Software Project..., Program Management, Software Design, Computer Science, Agile Methodologies, HDF5, Distributed Systems, High Performance..., Programming, Unix, Algorithms, Strategic Leadership, XML, Object Oriented Design, Trading Systems, Agile Project Management, Qt, Software Implementation..., Eclipse, Architectures, PHP, Kernel, Sprint Planning, Software Quality..., Subversion, Architecture, Web Pages, Databases, Trading technologies, Big data storage, Database programming

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   1989 — 2001
Ph.D., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   1996 — 1997
Master of Computer Science (MCS), Computer Science

Central South University Forestry and Technology   1979 — 1983
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Agriculture, General

Varun Thangavelu Varun Thangavelu Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Details
Varun Thangavelu's Akuna Capital Experience May 2014 - August 2014
Job Software Engineering Intern at National Instruments
Industry Computer Software
Experience
National Instruments  May 2015 - August 2015
Akuna Capital   May 2014 - August 2014
Carnegie Mellon University  May 2012 - August 2013

Skills
Java, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Programming

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2013 — 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

South Fayette High School   2010 — 2013

Shannon Fitzgerald Shannon Fitzgerald Greater Chicago Area Details
Shannon Fitzgerald's Akuna Capital Experience November 2013 - Present
Job HR Manager at Akuna Capital
Industry Human Resources
Experience
Akuna Capital   November 2013 - Present
Allston Trading  May 2010 - October 2013
Loyola University Chicago  January 2009 - May 2010
Starbucks Coffee Company  March 2006 - February 2009

Skills
Human Resources, Recruiting, Employee Benefits, Performance Management, Interviews, Deferred Compensation, Benefits Administration, New Hire Orientations, Personnel Management, Payroll, Data Analysis, SPSS

Education
Elmhurst College   2010 — 2012
MA, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Loyola University Chicago   2006 — 2010
BS, Psychology

Andrew Karpiel Andrew Karpiel Chicago, Illinois Details
Andrew Karpiel's Akuna Capital Experience March 2014 - Present
Job Senior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   March 2014 - Present
self employed  July 2012 - February 2014
Optiver Asia Pacific   January 2008 - July 2012

Skills
Options, Market Risk, Bloomberg, Derivatives, Equities, Financial Markets, Volatility Arbitrage, Market Making, Financial Modeling, Trading, Electronic Trading, Trading Systems, Index Options, Volatility, VBA, Proprietary Trading, Derivatives Trading, Spread Trading, Arbitrage, Python, ETFs, High Frequency Trading

Education
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business   2014 — 2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of Newcastle   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Mathematics

University of Newcastle   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Finance

Toby Joy Toby Joy Chicago, Illinois Details
Toby Joy's Akuna Capital Experience January 2014 - Present
Job IT Operations Manager at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   January 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   June 2011 - January 2014
Optiver  October 2006 - February 2010

Skills
Options, Trading, Proprietary Trading, Derivatives, Electronic Trading, Market Making, Financial Markets, Bloomberg, Equity Derivatives, Equities, Trading Systems

Education
University of Bristol   2002 — 2005
Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics

Cheltenham College   1996 — 2001

Toby Allen Toby Allen Chicago, Illinois Details
Toby Allen's Akuna Capital Experience April 2012 - Present
Job Senior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   April 2012 - Present
Optiver  December 2008 - April 2012
JT Campbell & Co   December 2007 - December 2008

Skills
Derivatives, Options, Proprietary Trading, Trading, Equity Derivatives, Equities, Bloomberg, Market Making, Capital Markets, Electronic Trading, Financial Markets, Financial Modeling, Fixed Income, Trading Systems, Risk Management

Education
University of Melbourne   2004 — 2006
Bachelor of Commerce, Finance

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Zlatka Staikova Zlatka Staikova Greater Chicago Area Details
Zlatka Staikova's Akuna Capital Experience January 2015 - Present
Job Trade Support Engeneer at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   January 2015 - Present
New York Stock Exchange  2007 - December 2014
TCF Bank  2005 - 2007
Internet Center   2002 - 2004

Skills
Disaster Recovery, Vendor Management, ITIL, IT Management, Risk Management, SDLC, Business Analysis, Incident Management, Project Management, Cloud Computing, Time Management, Business Requirements, Data Center, IT Operations, Solaris, Unix, Program Management, Servers, Solution Architecture, IT Service Management, IT Strategy, Visio, Security, Software Project..., SharePoint, Active Directory, Financial Services, Outsourcing, Troubleshooting, PMO, Process Improvement, Integration, Access, Enterprise Architecture, Software Documentation, Business Process..., Requirements Analysis, Team Leadership, System Administration, Change Management, Business Continuity, Databases, Analysis, Service Delivery, Business Intelligence, Linux, Management, Software Development, Electronic Trading, Infrastructure

Education
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University   2005 — 2007
Bachelor of Science in Network and Communications Management, networking

Kiril i Metodii Smolyan
Associate's degree, Project Management

Faizaan Mahmud Faizaan Mahmud Champaign, Illinois Details
Faizaan Mahmud's Akuna Capital Experience September 2014 - December 2014
Job Student at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Turn  August 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   September 2014 - December 2014
Akuna Capital   May 2014 - August 2014
CIMES Pte Ltd   June 2011 - July 2011

Skills
Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, Lua, PHP, CSS3, MySQL, HTML 5, Microsoft Office, CSS, Photoshop, HTML, C

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2011 — 2015
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Aaron Opfer Aaron Opfer Chicago, Illinois Details
Aaron Opfer's Akuna Capital Experience August 2014 - Present
Job Software Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Internet
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2014 - Present
Tartan Solutions   May 2013 - July 2014
Branding Brand  July 2012 - December 2012
Bennett Electric, Inc.   September 2010 - June 2012

Skills
JavaScript, Node.js, HTML 5, CSS3, MongoDB, Python, Bash, jQuery, C/C++, Reverse Engineering, x86 Assembly, Linux System..., SASS, PHP, MySQL, Nginx, LAMP, Git, Compass, Tornado, Async, Socket Programming, Disassembly, Windows System..., Modbus, JSON, Debian, AJAX

Education
Bowling Green State University   2010 — 2012

Stephen O'Dell Stephen O'Dell Chicago, Illinois Details
Stephen O'Dell's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Senior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Non-Compete   March 2013 - February 2014
Optiver  2009 - 2013
Trafelet & Company  March 2007 - May 2009

Skills
Derivatives, Financial Modeling, Equity Derivatives

Education
UCLA   2002 — 2007
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics

UC Berkeley   1997 — 2002
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Applied Mathematics, Rhetoric

Laura Lifors, CPA Laura Lifors, CPA Chicago, Illinois Details
Laura Lifors, CPA's Akuna Capital Experience August 2013 - April 2014
Job Capital Markets Finance
Industry Accounting
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2013 - April 2014
Goldman Sachs  February 2013 - May 2013
Getco LLC  May 2009 - December 2012
PwC  September 2007 - May 2009
US Securities and Exchange Commission  November 2005 - August 2006
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.  2003 - 2005

Skills
Financial Markets, Assurance, Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SEC filings, Securities, Internal Controls, Capital Markets, Network Infrastructure, Expense Management, Mortgage Banking, Forensic Accounting, Construction Accounting, Auditing, Member of AICPA, Equities, Electronic Trading, Proprietary Trading, Consolidated Financial..., Profitability Tracking, Accounting, Financial Risk, Valuation, Finance

Education
Florida International University   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Accounting and Finance, International Business

Adrienne Edwards Adrienne Edwards Chicago, Illinois Details
Adrienne Edwards's Akuna Capital Experience July 2013 - May 2015
Job Management at McMasterCarr
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Experience
McMaster-Carr  May 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   July 2013 - May 2015
University of Pennsylvania Law School  September 2009 - May 2013
Credit Suisse  May 2012 - August 2012
Credit Suisse  June 2011 - August 2011
UBS Wealth Management  June 2010 - August 2010

Education
University of Pennsylvania   2009 — 2013
B.A., Philosophy, Politics, Economics

The Spence School   2003 — 2009

Jeff Weng Jeff Weng Greater Milwaukee Area Details
Jeff Weng's Akuna Capital Experience July 2014 - Present
Job Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2014 - Present
Symmetrix Software, Inc.   April 2012 - July 2014
Midtown Capital Group   April 2008 - December 2011
Jetart Information Technology   March 2005 - December 2008
Fuzhou Telecom Network Management System   February 2007 - December 2007
Fujian Fujitsu Communication Software Co., Ltd.   January 2007 - December 2007

Skills
Application Development, Trading Systems, Java, Electronic Trading, C#, .NET, SQL Server, XML, SQL, ASP.NET, Agile, Spring, Design Patterns, JavaScript, Software Development, Multithreading, C++, Hibernate, TDD, AJAX, Visual Studio, OOP, JSP, Object Oriented Design, UML, MySQL, Subversion, Programming, Programming Languages, Test Driven Development, MFC, Microsoft SQL Server, C, iOS development, Entity Framework, TFS, iOS Development, Agile Methodologies, Spring Framework, WPF, Software Engineering

Education
Fuzhou University   2001 — 2005
Bachelor, on Computer Science

Fuqing Huaqiao Middle School

Morgan Hartman Morgan Hartman Chicago, Illinois Details
Morgan Hartman's Akuna Capital Experience August 2011 - Present
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Banking
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2011 - Present
Eagle 7 LLC   August 2010 - March 2011

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2006 — 2010
BS, General Engineering - Business Systems Integration and Consulting

Yuxin(Elaine) Tang Yuxin(Elaine) Tang New York, New York Details
Yuxin(Elaine) Tang's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - Present
Job M.S. in Computational Finance, Tepper School of Business
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - Present
CICC  September 2013 - December 2013
UniCredit  May 2013 - August 2013
China Development Bank  October 2012 - December 2012
CICC  August 2012 - August 2012

Skills
Bloomberg Terminal, Matlab, SAS, C++, Finance, Financial Analysis, SPSS, MS office, Python

Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business   2014 — 2016
M.S. in Computational Finance

Peking University   2011 — 2014
Bachelor's degree, Statistics

Peking University   2010 — 2014
Bachelor's degree, Economics

Chengdu Foreign Languages School   2004 — 2010

Jean d'Amour Uwimana Jean d'Amour Uwimana Chicago, Illinois Details
Jean d'Amour Uwimana's Akuna Capital Experience July 2014 - Present
Job Jr. Network Engineer at Akuna Capital
Industry Computer Networking
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2014 - Present
Reyes Holdings  April 2013 - September 2013
GE Transportation  May 2010 - August 2010

Skills
Network Engineering, LAN & WAN Technologies, Network Security, Firewalls, Ethernet, VoIP, Wireless Networking, IPsec VPN, Network Design, TCP/IP, IP routing OSPF, BGP,..., Cisco Technologies, MPLS, Programming, C++, C#, Ubuntu Linux, SNMP and NETCONF, AAA Radius & Taccacs, Telecommunications, Matlab

Education
DePaul University   2012 — 2014
Master of Science (MS), Network Engineering and Management, 4.0

Oklahoma Christian University   2008 — 2012
BS, Computer Engineering

Andrew Holoska Andrew Holoska Chicago, Illinois Details
Andrew Holoska's Akuna Capital Experience August 2013 - Present
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2013 - Present
DRW Trading Group  July 2011 - June 2013
DRW Trading Group  October 2006 - June 2011

Skills
Fixed Income, Options Strategies, Futures Trading, Bloomberg, VBA, Microsoft Excel, Market Making, Proprietary Trading, Option Pricing Models, Equities, Financial Modeling, Volatility, Mutual Funds

Education
Northwestern University   2006 — 2006
PhD Candidate, Industrial Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Science (BS), General Engineering, Graduated with Honors

Libertyville High School   1997 — 2001

Lichen Song Lichen Song Chicago, Illinois Details
Lichen Song's Akuna Capital Experience 2012 - Present
Job Option Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   2012 - Present
UBS Investment Bank  June 2011 - August 2011
Hua An Fund Management Co. Ltd.   March 2010 - June 2010

Skills
Market Making, Volatility Arbitrage, Options, Stochastic Calculus, Proprietary Trading, C++, VBA, Access, SQL, Volatility Dynamics

Education
University of Michigan   2010 — 2012
Master's degree, Financial Engineering

Fudan University   2006 — 2010
BBA, Finance

Shannon Shen, CFA Shannon Shen, CFA Chicago, Illinois Details
Shannon Shen, CFA's Akuna Capital Experience March 2013 - Present
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Investment Management
Experience
Akuna Capital   March 2013 - Present
Nomura  June 2012 - August 2012
Ankam Partners LLP   January 2011 - June 2011
RBS Global Banking & Markets  July 2010 - December 2010
Indea Capital Pte Ltd   August 2009 - June 2010

Skills
Option Theory, Statistical Arbitrage, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Java, Matlab, C++, R, VBA, SQL

Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business   2011 — 2012
Master of Science, Computational Finance, 4.11/4.33

Nanyang Technological University   2005 — 2009
B.Eng (First Class Honor), Computer Science with Minor in Business, 4.8/5.0

Chalmers University of Technology   2007 — 2007
International Exchange Program, Computer Science

Matt Schinzel Matt Schinzel Greater Chicago Area Details
Matt Schinzel's Akuna Capital Experience October 2013 - September 2015
Job General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   October 2013 - September 2015
Infinium Capital Management  July 2007 - September 2013
CBOE  July 2005 - July 2007
Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers   January 2002 - May 2004

Skills
Securities, Legal Compliance, Trading, Securities Regulation, FINRA, Financial Markets, Options, Derivatives, Capital Markets, Trading Systems, Series 24, Hedge Funds, Legal Writing, Equities, Risk Management, Fixed Income, Investments, Commodity, Financial Analysis, AML, Financial Risk, Due Diligence, Market Data, Technical Analysis, Electronic Trading, Proprietary Trading, Equity Trading, Market Making, Corporate Law, Bonds, Bloomberg, Global Regulatory..., Series 7, Senior Executive..., SEC, Alternative Investments

Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology   2006 — 2007
LL.M., Financial Services Law

Drake University Law School   2001 — 2004
JD, Law

Minnesota State University, Moorhead   1996 — 2000
B.A., Political Science

Aashish Chuttani Aashish Chuttani Chicago, Illinois Details
Aashish Chuttani's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Jump Trading LLC  June 2013 - August 2013
Grant Thornton  June 2012 - July 2012
Accenture  June 2011 - July 2011

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2010 — 2013
BS

Andrew McConvey Andrew McConvey Champaign, Illinois Details
Andrew McConvey's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Ph.D. Candidate at University of Illinois
Industry Higher Education
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - August 2015
Cantor Fitzgerald  June 2014 - August 2014
Rossport Investments   May 2012 - June 2012
University of Waterloo  September 2010 - April 2012
Rutgers University  May 2009 - July 2009
G3 Technologies  May 2008 - August 2008

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2012 — 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics

University of Waterloo   2010 — 2012
MMath, Graph Theory

University of Notre Dame   2006 — 2010
BSc, Mathematics, Physics

William Jack William Jack Cambridge, Massachusetts Details
William Jack's Akuna Capital Experience January 2015 - January 2015
Job MIT '17 | Alsop Louie Partners | SpaceX
Industry
Experience
SpaceX  May 2015 - Present
Alsop Louie Partners  June 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   January 2015 - January 2015
MIT Media Lab  February 2014 - June 2014
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory  July 2013 - August 2013

Skills
Matlab, Python, Public Speaking, Entrepreneurship, JavaScript, Java, Leadership, Management, C++, Start-ups

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2013 — 2017
Bachelor's Degree, Physics, Computer Science

David Sky David Sky Chicago, Illinois Details
David Sky's Akuna Capital Experience July 2012 - February 2013
Job Director of Global Strategy & Business Development at Optica International LLC
Industry Medical Devices
Experience
Optica International LLC   March 2015 - Present
J.P. Morgan   August 2013 - May 2015
Akuna Capital   July 2012 - February 2013
WSP Commodity Trading LLC   June 2010 - February 2011
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group)   August 2010 - October 2010
Lee & Associates Real Estate Group   June 2010 - July 2010
Chicago Park District  June 2008 - August 2008
Illinois Secretary of State  June 2004 - August 2004

Skills
Sungard GMI, GMI, Risk Management, Finance, Commodity, Trading, Trading Systems, Options, Proprietary Trading, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, VBA, Options Strategies, Market Making, Python, Derivatives

Education
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business   2013 — 2016
MBA, Finance, Statistics & Econometrics

Northern Illinois University   2005 — 2010
Bachelors, B.A. Economics; B.A. International Politics

Culver Military Academy '05   2002 — 2005
HS Diploma

Haozhen Ding Haozhen Ding Greater Chicago Area Details
Haozhen Ding's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Undergraduate Student at UIUC
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - August 2015
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  September 2014 - May 2015

Skills
C++, C#, .NET, WPF, Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, LaTeX, Algorithms, Research

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2014 — 2016
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 4.0/4.0

Zhejiang University   2011 — 2013
Bachelor's degree, Science Experimental Class / Psychology

Levente Taganyi Levente Taganyi Naperville, Illinois Details
Levente Taganyi's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Junior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Subco Foods, Inc.   January 2014 - February 2014
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  August 2013 - September 2013
Allstate  May 2013 - August 2013
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  February 2012 - May 2013
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  May 2012 - August 2012
Budapest University of Technology and Economics  May 2011 - August 2011

Skills
Microsoft Excel, Matlab, Sigma, PowerPoint, Customer Service, Research, HTML, AutoCAD, Mathematica, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Outlook, CSS, SharePoint, Data Analysis, Communication

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2010 — 2013
Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Engineering

Eric Clemmenson Eric Clemmenson Chicago, Illinois Details
Eric Clemmenson's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - Present
Job Junior Floor Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - Present
Dartmouth College  May 2015 - July 2015
BNP Paribas  June 2013 - August 2013
KBW  June 2011 - August 2011
UCONN Health Center  June 2011 - August 2011
Lowe's Home Improvement  May 2009 - December 2009

Skills
Matlab, Microsoft Office, ArcGIS, PowerPoint, LaTeX, Microsoft Excel, Geology, Microsoft Word, Leadership, Public Speaking, Research, Data Analysis

Education
Dartmouth College   2010 — 2015
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Dartmouth College   2010 — 2014
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Earth Sciences

Bridgton Academy   2008 — 2009
Post-Graduate

Zhentao Xu Zhentao Xu New York, New York Details
Zhentao Xu's Akuna Capital Experience September 2014 - October 2014
Job Quantitative Researcher and Developer at Two Sigma
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Two Sigma  August 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   September 2014 - October 2014
Akuna Capital   May 2014 - August 2014

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2014 — 2015
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2012 — 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Shandong University   2009 — 2011
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Software Engineering

Hilary Paisley Hilary Paisley Chicago, Illinois Details
Hilary Paisley's Akuna Capital Experience August 2014 - May 2015
Job Trader at Gelber Group
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Gelber Group LLC  August 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   August 2014 - May 2015
Center for Language and Speech Processing   June 2013 - September 2013
GSK  June 2012 - August 2012
Institute for Quantum Matter   November 2010 - November 2011

Skills
Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Tutoring, Microsoft Excel, Matlab, C++, Java, Linux, Python, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Programming, Mathematical Modeling, Data Analysis, Financial Modeling, Research, Statistics, Microsoft Office

Education
The Johns Hopkins University   2010 — 2014
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science

Omer Faruk Tekin Omer Faruk Tekin Los Angeles, California Details
Omer Faruk Tekin's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - Present
Job Quantitative Analyst Intern at Akuna Capital
Industry Research
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - Present
UCLA  September 2013 - Present
UCLA  September 2012 - Present
TUBITAK  September 2008 - June 2012
California Institute of Technology  June 2011 - August 2011

Skills
Research, Teaching, LaTeX, Mathematical Modeling, Matlab, Algorithms, Numerical Analysis

Education
Bilkent University   2008 — 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics

UCLA   2010 — 2011
Mathematics

Micah Gajewski Micah Gajewski Greater Chicago Area Details
Micah Gajewski's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - April 2014
Job Software Developer at Zoro Inc.
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Zoro US  January 2015 - Present
Shure Incorporated  May 2014 - December 2014
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - April 2014
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  November 2013 - December 2013
Southwestern Illinois College  June 2013 - July 2013

Skills
AngularJS, Django, Sass, JavaScript, Grunt, Python, Java, C#, jQuery, CSS3, C++, C, MySQL, Eclipse, Github, Subversion, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, .NET, HTML 5, AJAX, Jasmine, Karma

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2012 — 2014
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.67/4.00

Southwestern Illinois College   2010 — 2012
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science

Richard Wu Richard Wu Greater Chicago Area Details
Richard Wu's Akuna Capital Experience February 2015 - Present
Job Option Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Investment Management
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2015 - Present
Citi  June 2014 - August 2014
BOCI  September 2012 - January 2013

Skills
Derivatives, Trading, Statistical Arbitrage, Stata, Econometrics, C++, Matlab, Quantitative Finance, R, Statistics, SQL, Python, Machine Learning

Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business   2013 — 2014
Master of Science (MS), Computational Finance (MSCF)

Tsinghua University   2009 — 2013
Bachelor, Economics and Finance

University of California, Berkeley   2012 — 2012
Exchange Student, Econometrics

Alex Andre Alex Andre Chicago, Illinois Details
Alex Andre's Akuna Capital Experience November 2014 - Present
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   November 2014 - Present
Chicago Trading Company  July 2013 - September 2014
Core Capital Management  May 2012 - August 2012

Skills
Trading, Options, Derivatives, Trading Systems, Bloomberg, Equities, Proprietary Trading, Fixed Income, People Skills, Financial Modeling, Modeling, Beans, Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Management

Education
University of Notre Dame   2009 — 2013
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Physics, Anthopology, 3.90/4.00

Anand Desai Anand Desai San Diego, California Details
Anand Desai's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - June 2015
Job Computer Science Masters student at UCSD
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - June 2015
Susquehanna international group  August 2012 - August 2013
Brown University  June 2011 - May 2012
Brown University  September 2009 - May 2012
Jane Street Capital  January 2012 - January 2012
UTC Power  June 2010 - August 2010
Brown University  May 2009 - September 2009

Skills
Index Options, Options, Trading, Proprietary Trading, Physics, Research, Engineering, Mathematica, US Treasuries, Fixed Income, VBA, Bloomberg, Financial Markets, Trading Strategies, Hedging

Education
Brown University   2008 — 2012
Bachelors of Science, Engineering and Physics, Economics

Mass Academy

Nicolas Bourdrez Nicolas Bourdrez Boston, Massachusetts Details
Nicolas Bourdrez's Akuna Capital Experience September 2011 - October 2012
Job Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Investment Management
Experience
Genscape, Inc.   December 2012 - December 2013
Akuna Capital   September 2011 - October 2012
Optiver  October 2006 - May 2010

Skills
Options, Volatility, Derivatives, Volatility Arbitrage, VBA, Derivatives Trading, Hedge Funds, Bloomberg, Data Analysis, Risk Management, Commodity Markets, SQL, Database Design, Traders, Index Options, Trading, Indices, Trading Strategies, Electronic Trading, Financial Markets, Trading Systems

Education
Cass Business School   2005 — 2006
Master of Science (M.S.), Finance, Honours

ESCP Europe   2003 — 2004
Master's degree, International project management

Université de Technologie de Compiègne   1998 — 2003
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

William Shore William Shore Greater New York City Area Details
William Shore's Akuna Capital Experience March 2013 - April 2014
Job Qunatitative Portfolio Strategist at Nine Chapters Capital Management
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Nine Chapters Capital Management   May 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   March 2013 - April 2014
Bank of America U.S. Trust   June 2010 - August 2010
White City Shopping Center LP   June 2009 - August 2009
University of Washington  June 2008 - August 2008

Skills
Python, Matlab, SAS, Quantitative Finance, Stata, Derivatives, Microsoft Office, Mathematics, C++

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2009 — 2012
Master of Science, Economics

Brown University   2006 — 2009
Master's Degree, Mathematics, 3.9/4

Megan Suerth, MA Megan Suerth, MA Greater Chicago Area Details
Megan Suerth, MA's Akuna Capital Experience January 2015 - Present
Job Human Resources Coordinator at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   January 2015 - Present
MaineStay Youth & Family Services   August 2012 - July 2013
Porchlight Counseling Services  January 2012 - June 2012
Camp STAR Summer Treatment Program   May 2011 - July 2011
Indiana University Bloomington  August 2010 - May 2011
Indiana University Bloomington  January 2010 - May 2011
The Chicago Stress Relief Center, Inc.   May 2010 - August 2010

Education
Adler School of Professional Psychology   2011 — 2013
MA

Indiana University Bloomington   2007 — 2011
BS

Cathedral High School   2003 — 2007
Honors Diploma

Erik Boyle Erik Boyle Chicago, Illinois Details
Erik Boyle's Akuna Capital Experience May 2015 - Present
Job Junior Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Akuna Capital   May 2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - May 2015
JDF Records   May 2011 - November 2011

Skills
C, C++, Python, Git, Software Engineering, OOP, Multithreading, Agile Methodologies

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago   2012 — 2015
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.66

Brad Schoening, CPA Brad Schoening, CPA Saint Charles, Illinois Details
Brad Schoening, CPA's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Accountant at Akuna Capital
Industry Accounting
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Archelon Group  March 2010 - January 2014
Vector Marketing  June 2009 - August 2009

Skills
Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, ADP Payroll, Journal Entries, Bank Reconciliation, Budgets, CPA, Microsoft Excel, Financial Modeling, Accounting

Education
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management   2005 — 2009
BS, Accounting, Certificate of Advanced Accountancy

Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert Chicago, Illinois Details
Elizabeth Gilbert's Akuna Capital Experience August 2013 - April 2014
Job Recruiter at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2013 - April 2014
Harry Winston Inc  July 2010 - August 2013
CUSP by The Neiman Marcus Group   September 2009 - July 2010
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc   May 2009 - September 2009

Skills
Recruiting, College Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Student Recruiting, Marketing, Social Media, Event Planning, Marketing Communications, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Event Management, Project Management

Education
Auburn University   2005 — 2009
Bachelor of Science, Apparel Merchandising, Business Minor

Florence University of the Arts

Senad Brkic Senad Brkic Greater Chicago Area Details
Senad Brkic's Akuna Capital Experience July 2015 - Present
Job IT Manager Network and Data Centers
Industry Computer & Network Security
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2015 - Present
ULTA Beauty  July 2014 - July 2015
IRI, Inc.   April 2013 - July 2014
IMC Financial Markets  August 2009 - April 2013
IMC Financial Markets  October 2008 - August 2009
Textura, Inc.   May 2007 - October 2008
GeoWirx/SenchiHost   February 2007 - February 2008
SteadFast Networks  November 2006 - May 2007
DePaul University  September 2005 - June 2006

Skills
Cisco Technologies, Firewalls, Network Architecture, Networking, Data Center, Linux, Juniper, Network Design, Security, Virtualization, BGP, Network Security, OSPF, VPN, Servers, High Availability, Routing, Juniper Technologies, Network Engineering, IT Management, Multicast, Mac OS, BSD, Windows, Wireless Networking, Switches, Arista, Storage Area Networks, Routing Protocols, Cisco Nexus, Optical Fiber, DWDM, WAN, Managerial, Palo Alto Networks, SIEM, Mac, Optical Network, IT Infrastructure..., Catalyst Switches, Extreme Networks, Agile Methodologies, Agile Project Management, Information Technology..., Leadership, Team Leadership, Management, Strategic Leadership, Project Management, Mentoring

Education
DePaul University   2005 — 2006
Masters Of Science in Computer, Information, and Network Security

DePaul University   2002 — 2005
Bachelors of Science in Network Technology

Adam Bahe Adam Bahe Chicago, Illinois Details
Adam Bahe's Akuna Capital Experience September 2014 - Present
Job
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   September 2014 - Present
Chicago Trading Company  October 2011 - June 2014
Sun Trading LLC  October 2009 - February 2011
Classified Ventures  December 2006 - October 2009

Skills
RedHat, Linux, Apache, High Availability, CentOS, Cluster, VMware, Virtualization, VMware ESX, PostgreSQL, Storage, NFS, Tomcat, Kickstart, Operating Systems, Load Balancing, MySQL, Perl, Performance Tuning, Shell Scripting, Databases

Education
Bradley University   2002 — 2006
Bachelors

Ernie Thene Ernie Thene Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Details
Ernie Thene's Akuna Capital Experience May 2014 - Present
Job Build Engineer at Akuna Capital
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   May 2014 - Present
NTT DATA Americas  March 2009 - February 2014
Yahoo!  August 2007 - February 2009
Motorola  July 1999 - August 2007
The Boeing Company  June 1996 - June 1999
Siemens AG, Potter and Brumfield   September 1993 - August 1995

Skills
Git, CMake, Jenkins, ClearCase, Perl, Software Engineering, Subversion, CVS, Agile Methodologies, Linux, Software Configuration..., Software Build, Integration, Scrum, Python, Process Improvement, Software Project..., Unix Shell Scripting, Java, Release Management, Test Automation, Maven, Embedded Systems, Hudson, JavaScript, Wordpress, Agile & Waterfall..., Assembly Language, DDTS, CSS, Automated Software..., Metrics Reporting, VBScript, Eclipse, HTML/XML, Web Development, SQA, Sonar, Build Automation, Software Deployment, ClearQuest, Ant, Trac, Testing, Software Development, Shell Scripting

Education
University of Evansville   1991 — 1996
BSEE, Electrical Engineering

Donald Marczewski, CPA Donald Marczewski, CPA Greater Chicago Area Details
Donald Marczewski, CPA's Akuna Capital Experience June 2014 - Present
Job Financial Controller at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2014 - Present

Skills
Accounting, Capital Budgeting, Small Business, SEC filings, Financial Analysis, Derivatives, Internal Controls, Risk Management, Equities, Series 7, Auditing, Financial Reporting, Account Reconciliation, Financial Accounting, Options, General Ledger, Investments, Financial Modeling, CPA, Securities, Accounts Receivable, Finance

Education
Marquette University   2002 — 2003
M.S.

Marquette University   1998 — 2002
B.S. Business Administration

Erdem Ergin Erdem Ergin Chicago, Illinois Details
Erdem Ergin's Akuna Capital Experience October 2013 - Present
Job C# Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   October 2013 - Present
Tibra Trading America   December 2012 - September 2013
Pathfinder Development  June 2012 - October 2012
Wolverine Asset Management LLC  November 2010 - May 2012
Wolverine Trading LLC  June 2008 - November 2010
University of Southern California  January 2008 - May 2008
Enterprise Portfolio Software   February 2007 - May 2008

Skills
C#, WPF, WCF, SQL, Multithreading, WinForms, XAML, XML, .NET, T-SQL Stored Procedures, FIX, Java, Bloomberg, Tortoise SVN, Visual Studio, Quantitative Finance, Electronic Trading, Trading Systems, Test Driven Development, Software Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, Object Oriented Design, Git, Distributed Systems, Algorithms, OOP

Education
University of Southern California   2003 — 2008
BS, MS, Computer Science

John DeHerrera John DeHerrera Chicago, Illinois Details
John DeHerrera's Akuna Capital Experience 2015 - Present
Job Principal Web Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   2015 - Present

Skills
Software Project..., Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, SDLC, Enterprise Software, Scrum, JavaScript

Education
Illinois Wesleyan University   1990 — 1994

Geoff Trukenbrod Geoff Trukenbrod Chicago, Illinois Details
Geoff Trukenbrod's Akuna Capital Experience 2011 - 2011
Job Partner, Head of Capital at Timshel
Industry Venture Capital & Private Equity
Experience
Timshel  2013 - Present
Obama for America  2012 - 2013
Akuna Capital   2011 - 2011
Sterling Partners  2010 - 2011
Granite Creek Partners   2007 - 2010
Cue Biotech / Caden Biosciences   2001 - 2007
GE  2000 - 2001
The ProAction Group  1996 - 1999
Gibson & Associates  1994 - 1996

Skills
Corporate Development, Venture Capital, Financial Modeling, Mergers, Private Equity, Due Diligence, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, Valuation, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy, Financial Analysis, Restructuring, Economic Development, Start-ups, Equities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Finance, Portfolio Management, Business Development

Education
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business   1999 — 2001
MBA

Hamilton College
BA

Sean Ballard Sean Ballard Greater Chicago Area Details
Sean Ballard's Akuna Capital Experience March 2014 - Present
Job Senior Derivatives Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   March 2014 - Present
Ionic Capital LLC   September 2011 - February 2014
Wolverine Trading  January 2004 - September 2011
Center Oil Company  January 2003 - January 2004
UPS  1998 - 2003

Skills
Index Options, Futures Trading, MBA, Team Leadership, Work Ethic, Entrepreneurship..., Risk Management, Financial Risk, Proprietary Trading, Operations Management

Education
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management   2007 — 2010
MBA, Analytical Finance

Saint Louis University   1997 — 2001
BSBA, Economics

Gustavo Camacho Gustavo Camacho Chicago, Illinois Details
Gustavo Camacho's Akuna Capital Experience May 2011 - Present
Job Senior Network Engineer at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   May 2011 - Present
RTS Realtime Systems  November 2006 - April 2011
CBOE  2000 - 2006
G-Bar Limited Partnership  2000 - 2001

Skills
Multicast, Low Latency, Cisco, Market Data, Routing, WAN, Connectivity, Trading Systems, Cisco Technologies, Electronic Trading, Exchange Connectivity, Linux, BGP, VPN, MPLS, Derivatives, Data Center, Unix, Perl, Bash, ASA, OSPF, Routing Protocols, High Availability, Trading, Cisco IOS, Solaris, Network Architecture, Network Design, Network Administration, Cisco Nexus, Network Engineering, Disaster Recovery, TCP/IP, Routers, Technical Analysis, EIGRP, Shell Scripting, Network Security, Switches, Options, Firewalls, LAN-WAN, IP, Cisco Routers

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago   1996 — 2000
BS, Electrical Engineer

Phil Ethier Phil Ethier Chicago, Illinois Details
Phil Ethier's Akuna Capital Experience April 2014 - Present
Job Software Engineer at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   April 2014 - Present
Belvedere Trading, LLC  January 2012 - April 2014
Cisco Systems  June 2009 - August 2011

Skills
Python, C++, SQL, Linux, Software Development, Data Analysis, Unix, Microsoft Office, Networks, Monitoring Tools, Continuous Integration, Build Systems, Electronic Trading..., Agile Methodologies, Trading Strategies

Education
Georgia Institute of Technology   2009 — 2011
M.S., Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Duke University   2005 — 2009
B.S.E, Computer Engineering, Economics

Dominic Byrne Dominic Byrne Greater Chicago Area Details
Dominic Byrne's Akuna Capital Experience January 2014 - Present
Job Chief Architect
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   January 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   August 2012 - Present
Chicago Trading Company  February 2009 - May 2012
Citadel Investment Group  November 2004 - December 2008
Liquid Capital  June 2003 - November 2004
BackWeb Technologies  January 2001 - October 2002
CSC  June 1999 - December 2000
Intelligent Micro Software   October 1996 - May 1999

Skills
C, Derivatives, Electronic Trading, Equities, Equity Derivatives, Exchange Connectivity, Low Latency, Market Data, Multithreading, Options, Python, Quantitative Finance, SQL, Software Development, Trading, Trading Systems, Distributed Systems

Education
King's College London   1991 — 1996
BSc, Mathematics and Computer Science

Downside Abbey School

Alessandro Bellina Alessandro Bellina Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Details
Alessandro Bellina's Akuna Capital Experience August 2013 - November 2014
Job Senior Software Developer at Yahoo
Industry Computer Software
Experience
Yahoo  November 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   August 2013 - November 2014
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  April 2012 - July 2013
Wolfram Research  June 2011 - November 2012
Spot Trading LLC  July 2009 - June 2011
Bioacoustics Research Laboratory   August 2008 - May 2009
University of Illinois Extension  March 2005 - July 2008
University of Illinois Extension  January 2002 - December 2004

Skills
C++, C#, Mathematica, Objective-C, Multithreaded..., Software Engineering, Unit Testing, Web Development, Java, JavaScript, TBB, ColdFusion, PHP, Test Driven Development, Programming, Linux, Unix, Perl, Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, Multithreading, Matlab, C, Agile Methodologies, Object Oriented Design, Python, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Mobile Applications, Web Design, High Performance..., SQL, Subversion, Shell Scripting, Git

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2007 — 2009
M.S., Electrical Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2000 — 2004
B.S., Computer Engineering

Rodney Rajnauth Rodney Rajnauth Chicago, Illinois Details
Rodney Rajnauth's Akuna Capital Experience July 2013 - Present
Job Systems Engineer
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2013 - Present
Spot Trading LLC  June 2009 - July 2013
Intersect Solutions   February 2008 - December 2008
SQA Labs  September 2007 - December 2007
Michigan Technological University  August 2006 - May 2007
Technisource  May 2006 - August 2006
Magna Donnelly  May 2005 - December 2005

Skills
SQL, Unix, Matlab, Linux, Windows, Unigraphics, Engineering, Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence, Databases, CCNA, Cisco IOS, RHCE, Citrix, Agile Methodologies, VMware, Red Hat Linux, Virtualization, Python, Microsoft Office

Education
Michigan Technological University   2006 — 2007
MBA, Operations Management and Strategy

Michigan Technological University   2001 — 2005
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Ariel Block Ariel Block Greater Chicago Area Details
Ariel Block's Akuna Capital Experience August 2014 - March 2015
Job IST TDP Analyst at BP
Industry Logistics and Supply Chain
Experience
BP  2015 - Present
Akuna Capital   August 2014 - March 2015
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - June 2014
Gelber Group LLC  June 2013 - August 2013
Walgreens  May 2013 - June 2013
Ingredion Incorporated  May 2012 - December 2012
Rockwell Automation  January 2012 - April 2012
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP  May 2011 - August 2011
State Farm Insurance  May 2010 - August 2010

Skills
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Financial Analysis, Microsoft Office, Data Analysis, Analysis, Java, Weka, Microsoft Word, Statistics, Access, SAP, VBA, Spanish, Financial Modeling, Teamwork

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Engineering   2012 — 2014
Master of Science (M.S.), Financial Engineering

India ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-Harvest Loss   2012 — 2012
Study Abroad, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics   2010 — 2011
Study Abroad, International Finance, Chinese Mandarin

London South Bank University   2010 — 2010
Study Abroad, Financial Mathematics, Entrepreneurship

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business   2008 — 2012
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with Honors (x3), Finance, Supply Chain Management, General Management

Frank Demonte Frank Demonte Chicago, Illinois Details
Frank Demonte's Akuna Capital Experience June 2011 - February 2013
Job Derivatives Analyst / Derivatives Trader
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Northern Trust Corporation  March 2014 - Present
Akuna Capital   June 2011 - February 2013
Optiver  February 2009 - April 2011
Optiver  January 2008 - January 2009
Optiver  July 2007 - December 2007

Skills
Options, Derivatives, Trading, Market Making, Financial Markets, Equities, Volatility, Proprietary Trading, Electronic Trading, Risk Management, ORC, FX Options, Valuation, VBA, Equity Derivatives, Trading Systems, Bloomberg, Financial Modeling, Hedging, Capital Markets, Commodity, Series 7, CFA Level II Candidate, Trading Strategies, Portfolio Management

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business   2003 — 2007
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance, General

Manny Lau Manny Lau Greater Chicago Area Details
Manny Lau's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - August 2015
Job Student at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - August 2015

Skills
C, Microsoft Office, C++, Python, Linux, Programming, Unix, Software Engineering, Microsoft Excel, SQL, Software Development

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2009 — 2013
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering

Tao Feng Tao Feng Urbana, Illinois Details
Tao Feng's Akuna Capital Experience November 2013 - August 2014
Job Master Candidate in Computer Science, University of Illinois
Industry Computer Software
Experience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  June 2013 - January 2015
Akuna Capital   November 2013 - August 2014
Fidelity Investments  August 2012 - December 2012
Jump Trading, LLC  June 2012 - August 2012
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   June 2011 - January 2012
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   June 2010 - August 2010
SAMSI  March 2010 - March 2010

Skills
Machine Learning, C++, Python, R, Matlab, Derivatives, Quantitative Analytics, Stochastic Calculus, Time Series Analysis, LaTeX, Prolog, Trading, Linux, Trading Systems, Mathematics, OCaml, Distributed Systems, Pandas, HDF5, Scikit-learn, Algorithms

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2014 — 2015
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2011 — 2013
Master's degree, Financial Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2008 — 2011
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics, Economics

Shikha Aggarwal Shikha Aggarwal Champaign, Illinois Details
Shikha Aggarwal's Akuna Capital Experience August 2014 - May 2015
Job Mathematics, Finance, Software
Industry Research
Experience
Akuna Capital   August 2014 - May 2015
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  August 2013 - December 2013
StumbleUpon  November 2011 - May 2012
PrepUp   October 2010 - October 2011
IIIT Hyderabad  September 2010 - August 2011
Google  June 2009 - July 2010
Microsoft  April 2008 - August 2008

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2013 — 2014
Master of Science (MS), Applied Mathematics

International Institute of Information Technology   2005 — 2009
B.Tech, Computer Science

Brian Hoffman Brian Hoffman Chicago, Illinois Details
Brian Hoffman's Akuna Capital Experience July 2012 - October 2013
Job CEO at Hoff Enterprises, LLC
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Sagence  August 2015 - Present
Hoff Enterprises, LLC   July 2015 - Present
Liquid Capital Group  April 2014 - November 2014
Akuna Capital   July 2012 - October 2013
Group One Trading, LP  May 2011 - August 2011
Mike Fitzpatrick for Congress   June 2010 - August 2010
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch  June 2010 - August 2010
SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC  June 2009 - August 2009

Skills
Market Making, Options Strategies, Options, Electronic Trading, Bloomberg

Education
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business   2007 — 2012
Bachelor of Science, Finance

Dmitry Hindanov Dmitry Hindanov Chicago, Illinois Details
Dmitry Hindanov's Akuna Capital Experience April 2014 - Present
Job Developer at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   April 2014 - Present
Black River Asset Management  June 2004 - January 2014

Skills
Analysis, Derivatives, Hedge Funds, Financial Modeling, Volatility, Quantitative Analytics, Bloomberg, Options, Trading, Quantitative Finance, Equities, Trading Strategies, Fixed Income, FX Options, Interest Rate..., Portfolio Management, Capital Markets, Asset Management

Education
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMO
BA, Economics

University of Chicago
Master of Arts (MA), Economics

Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Statistics

Michael Brunetti Michael Brunetti Greater Chicago Area Details
Michael Brunetti's Akuna Capital Experience December 2013 - December 2014
Job Support Services Manager at YJT Solutions and Advisory Board Member of XonaSoftware
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
YJT Solutions  February 2015 - Present
XonaSoftware   January 2015 - Present
YJT Solutions  November 2014 - February 2015
Akuna Capital   December 2013 - December 2014
YJT Solutions  March 2010 - December 2013
Marino Realty   March 2009 - March 2010

Skills
Servers, VMware, Linux, Citrix, System Administration, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows, Perl, Microsoft Exchange, Virtualization, Active Directory, Sales, Network Security, SQL, Certifications, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, IT Service Management, Project Management, VMware ESX, Nimsoft Certified..., Nimsoft Certified..., Cloud Computing, Unix, Firewalls, Microsoft Office, Systems Management, Windows Server, Integration, Storage, vSphere, Nimsoft, Client Management, Oracle, Security, Windows 7, Managed Services, High Availability, DNS, Cisco Technologies, IT Management, TCP/IP, VMware vSphere, MSSQL, Oracle SQL, Python

Education
Northern Michigan University   2004 — 2008
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Northern Michigan University   2004 — 2008
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering

David Pangallo David Pangallo Greater Chicago Area Details
David Pangallo's Akuna Capital Experience July 2012 - Present
Job Junior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Financial Services
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2012 - Present
University of Michigan  July 2010 - Present

Education
University of Michigan   2010 — 2011
Master's, Financial Engineering

University of Louisville   2005 — 2010
Masters, Electrical Engineering

Lee Edwin Nadolski Lee Edwin Nadolski Greater Chicago Area Details
Lee Edwin Nadolski's Akuna Capital Experience July 2011 - April 2012
Job Student at University of Illinois Chicago
Industry Higher Education
Experience
Akuna Capital   July 2011 - April 2012
Optiver  June 2006 - March 2009

Skills
Microsoft Excel, Matlab, Simulink, Digital Signal..., Analog Circuit Analysis

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago   2012 — 2015
BS - Electrical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Purdue University Calumet   2000 — 2005
Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, General

Boya Wang Boya Wang Chicago, Illinois Details
Boya Wang's Akuna Capital Experience February 2014 - Present
Job Junior Trader at Akuna Capital
Industry Capital Markets
Experience
Akuna Capital   February 2014 - Present
Goldman Sachs  February 2011 - May 2013
Namibia Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS   March 2010 - May 2010
Royal Bank of Scotland  October 2009 - December 2009

Skills
R, Java, Time Series Analysis, Quantitative Finance, C, C++, Python, JSP, Numerical Simulation, SQL, Visual Basic, Matlab, Options, Monte Carlo Simulation, Data Analysis, Derivatives

Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business   2011 — 2013
Master's Degree, Financial Mathematics

Worcester Polytechnic Institute   2007 — 2011
BS, Mathematics, Computer Science

Charles Shao Charles Shao Champaign, Illinois Details
Charles Shao's Akuna Capital Experience September 2014 - January 2015
Job Student
Industry Computer Software
Experience
IMC financial markets & asset management  June 2015 - August 2015
Akuna Capital   September 2014 - January 2015
Intel Corporation  May 2014 - August 2014

Skills
C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Django, Flask, Android, Web Development, Matlab, C, Linux, Git

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   2013 — 2017
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

Mission San Jose High School   2009 — 2013

James Peraire-Bueno James Peraire-Bueno Bedford, Massachusetts Details
James Peraire-Bueno's Akuna Capital Experience June 2015 - August 2015
Job Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Industry
Experience
Akuna Capital   June 2015 - August 2015

Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology   2014 — 2018
Bachelors of Computer Science