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Vineet Bansal graduated with a Master of Technology and a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India where he received a scholarship of academic excellence. Vineet has interned at the University of New Castle, Australia where he developed and simulated models for mineral processing techniques. He was also an Intern at Quantum Phinance, Mumbai, India, which is a financial engineering firm providing customized solutions to the financial services sector, where he developed price models for credit derivatives using Visual C++ and VBA. For his Masters thesis, funded by Volkswagen, he worked at the Max Planck Institute of Complex Non-Linear Dynamics where he developed models for chemical reactors to detect and analyze non-linear dynamics. Vineet aspires to work at an Investment Bank as a quant researcher or risk manager with a high interest in moving to the trading side in the future. In his free time, he enjoys writing, traveling, working out at the gym, watching movies and listening to music. He is a sports buff and enjoys cricket, badminton and field hockey.

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Barnett Feingold graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University as a College Scholar. He currently works as a technology analyst at a boutique investment bank focusing on early stage science and engineering companies. Prior to this, he was co-founder of a biotechnology company that was ultimately acquired by Celgene Corporation. Barnett is a co-inventor of two published in-process U.S. patents dealing with systems that maintain data integrity of tests results of clinically relevant human stem cell samples. He is a recipient of the Heerman's and McCalmon Writing Award. Upon the completion of the program, he looks forward to joining a technology-focused group at an investment bank or hedge fund. In his free time, Barnett enjoys spending time with his family.

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Anshul Laad graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India where he received both his Bachelor and Master of Technology degrees in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. He was a recipient of IIT Bombay Heritage Fund Scholarship throughout his undergraduate as well as graduate teaching assistantship. Anshul is interested in finance which he plans to study further in Baruch MFE program where he can also strengthen his engineering skills. After the program, he likes to start as a quantitative analyst in a firm where he would have opportunities to learn various aspects of business and eventually starts his own. In his free time, Anshul likes reading, sport, traveling and robotics.

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Jason Korpics graduated with a degree in Mathematics from Penn State University. Presently, he works for RiskMetrics Group as an Analytics Programmer. Prior to RiskMetrics Group, he was the tech lead for the “HedgePlatform” product. Jason has experience coding in Perl, Java, and C++. His prior work experience includes working for CBS Sportsline.com, Fantasy Sports Development Team and for IBM as a developer. Jason is hopeful that through Baruch MFE program he will become more aware of the various opportunities available to him. First and foremost is to be better equipped for his current role within RiskMetrics Group, leaving open possibility of finding new areas of interest. In his spare time Jason likes to exercise and read financial/mathematical books. He enjoys time with his two children and wife, loves to watch and play sports, especially football and makes a point each season to either take in a Penn State game or a few Army games.

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Steve Townsend received a degree in Mathematics from Christ's College, Cambridge University, UK, Upper Class Second. Currently, Steve is a Vice President at Credit Suisse in the Fixed Income Derivatives Products group. His responsibilities include research and analytics server-side development. Prior to CS, he was a developer of equity sell-side Order Management System for Lava Trading and worked for Microsoft Corporation as a software development engineer. Steve is an experienced team leader, with a solid understanding of finance and mathematics. He expects the Baruch MFE program to enable him to be a more effective leader of quantitative developers. Steve enjoys traveling, skiing, listening to music, New York City culture, and keeping up with the latest news on current affairs, quantitative finance and software development. In his free time, Steve loves spending time with his wife, daughter, and the family pets.

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Feixiang Xie received his Ph.D. in Physics from Peking University, China where he was a lecturer, teaching various courses to undergraduates and conducting research on super-conducting electronics. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics, minor in Electrical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, China. He worked as engineer at Shanghai Automation Instruments, Co, China where he helped developing industrial thermometers. After graduation from Baruch MFE program, Feixiang would like to work as a quantitative researcher for a financial institution, applying his mathematical background, analytical ability and programming skills to the area of finance. In his spare time he enjoys hardware DIY and various outdoor activities.

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Sandeep Panjwani received a Masters of Technology in Structural Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India. He works as a Business Analyst for MarketRx Inc where he is involved in sales forecasting and trend analysis using various statistical models to enable the client to improve effectiveness within and across key sales and marketing areas. Prior to that he was a Software Engineer for IBM Global services in India where he analyzed business flows, designed and developed modules in Java. He was the recipient of the merit-based scholarship offered by Ministry of Human Resource, Government of India. Sandeep holds various certifications in Financial Markets, among them Derivatives Market (Dealers) Module, Securities Market Module both from National Stock Exchange (NSE), India. Upon graduating the program he would like to combine his quantitative, financial, and programming skills to create trading models or pricing applications. In his spare time Sandeep likes to read books, work out in a gym and listen to music.

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Peter Koo graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Queen College, NY and a Master of Science from Polytechnic University, NY both in Computer Science. He is currently a consultant at JPMorganChase where he works on risk management system which involves pricing and scenario analysis for fixed income instrument, credit derivatives and mortgages. Peter joins the Baruch MFE program to sharpen his skills so he can provide better pricing and risk management in the role of quantitative developer. In his free time Peter likes to travel, bike and read books.

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Siqiao (Vic) Xue graduated with Bachelor of Science in Economics from Nanjing University, China where he was a recipient of People's Scholarship. He ranked 2nd statewide in 2005 China Undergraduate Mathematics Contest in Modeling. Siqiao also received 2007 Society CFA scholarship. During his study, he has interned at Research Institute, Huatai Security Co. Ltd, where he assisted in building risk management and volatility estimate model using Matlab. Siqiao joins the Baruch MFE program to learn practical skills which prepare him for a position as financial analyst in structured products research. He was captain of his department soccer team. He also helped moderating the online finance forum at Nanjing University. Siqiao was also a volunteer for China Open Resource for Education where he translated linear algebra teaching materials from MIT Open Course Ware. He has been trained intensively for 6 years in Chinese traditional calligraphy.

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After earning a BA in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, Erich Wood moved to New York and began working on educational software. Shortly after, he founded a technology company that survived for eight years before finally closing in 2003. He then went to work at an energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software company where he remains today as manager of 14 business analysts, QA analysts, and engineers. He has developed agile development methodologies helping the small company to quickly meet fast-changing business requirements and win contracts with large energy clients. In 2005 Erich began studying economics again with courses such as regression analysis, portfolio management, and macroeconomics. He joins the Baruch MFE program in order to gain a deeper understanding of financial instruments, markets, and deal-making. Upon the completion of the program, Erich plans to earn a position in structured finance or energy trading and to study languages. Erich enjoys many hobbies including travel, carpentry, writing, audio/video editing, and sports. But by far his most active hobby is photography, maintaining a black and white photography Web site of his portfolio. Erich earned a scholarship for photography but chose to study economics instead.

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Muting Ren will receive a BA in finance from the University of International Business and Economics in July. He worked as a fixed income analyst at Penghua Fund Management where his responsibilities included monitoring economic variables and portfolio risk analysis. Prior to this, he had interned at Bear Sterns & Co. (China) and Guotai Junan Securities Research Institute. Muting was a Beijing Honorary Student and received several First Prize Academic Scholarships and Enterprise Scholarships. He co-authored a book with his mentor, writing a chapter on liquidity risk. After graduation from the Baruch MFE program, he will seek a position in risk management at a large international bank. Muting aggressively participates in discussions about the Chinese economy and is Vice President of a student organization focusing on economic issues. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming and basketball.

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Rachit Gupta graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India with a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He ranked 1st in his batch and received the Institute Medal for the best undergraduate project. Upon graduation, he worked as a software engineer in Infineon Technologies, where his work was related to the design and development of USB and Infrared Protocol stacks. Presently, he is involved in the implementation of computer vision algorithms for image registration at Kritikal Solutions Pvt Ltd. After the successful completion of the Baruch MFE program, he plans to obtain a position as a quantitative researcher and programmer at an investment bank. In his free time, Rachit likes watching movies, making models and spending time with friends and family.

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Daniel Gwertzman received a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a major in Finance, Investment, and Banking. He has also completed coursework in math and programming at Rutgers University. Daniel is employed as a Central Pricing Associate with GlobeOp Financial Services where his responsibles include pricing, valuing and validating of OTC derivatives using proprietary pricing models. He also reviews OTC derivative valuation statements from trade counterparties, using market indices, yield curves and volatility surfaces. After the Baruch MFE program, Daniel will seek a portfolio management position with an alternative investment firm. In his spare time, Daniel enjoys weight lifting, running, racquetball, playing guitar, and socializing in New York City.

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Xin (Sunny) Lu graduated with a Bachelor of Computing with Honors from National University of Singapore, where she was a recipient of the Singapore Ministry of Education Scholarship. Prior to coming to Baruch, she worked at Citigroup Singapore in the Corporate and Investment Bank Division doing e-business. Her primary responsibility was to help deliver the financial products of Citigroup through electronic platforms and hence increase the market presence of the company in the Asia Pacific region. She was also involved in the building of various calculation and trading models and the support of Citigroup's online trading system using VBA, C++ and JAVA. Sunny joins the Baruch MFE program to further her knowledge in quantitative finance and plans to work in the area of quantitative analysis or structured finance after graduation. In her free time, Sunny enjoys traveling, listening to music and reading.

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Lin (Claudia) Li graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Bachelor in Economics from Peking University, China where she was honored as Best Graduate Student and a recipient of WuSi first class scholarship. Claudia has published a nano-technology paper on Applied Physics Letters. She later received a Master of Science in Physics from Drexel University where her biophysics research involved computational and statistical methods such as Markov process, Langevin approach. Claudia joins the Baruch MFE program to learn how best to combine her research and quantitative skills with knowledge in the areas of finance. She plans to later join an investment bank as a quant working with fixed income products. In her free time, Claudia loves reading, travelling, cooking. She also enjoys swimming, singing and watching movies.

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Zheng Chao graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance from Nanjing University, China. A winner of People Scholarship for three straight years, he was recipient of the Technological Innovation Award in Dec. 2006. His publication, "Will Commercial Banks Extinguish?" appeared on Management and Administration (ISSN1003-3475), Vol. 268, 27-28, Oct, 2006. Zheng interned at Hong Kong Forex Investment Ltd., a brokerage company based in Hong Kong, where he participated in bullion and foreign exchange trading with the staff, studied actual cases, and forecasted the trend of gold price and exchange rates. He later went to Suzhou City to help China Unionpay Co., Ltd Jiangsu Branch with the development of new software for POS terminals and was in charge of upgrading the outstanding POS terminals to the newest software. Upon completion of the Baruch MFE program, Zheng plans to work in an investment bank as an analyst or a portfolio manager. An accomplished basketball player and guitarist, he likes reading books, especially on history, politics and economics.

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Satnam Singh received a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India and an MBA in Finance and Investments from Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College. Satnam’s professional experience includes positions at two Manhattan-based Real Estate Investment Trusts where his responsibilities included modeling and forecasting their portfolios. He expects to further enhance his quantitative and modeling skills from Baruch’s MFE program. In his free time, Satnam enjoys spending time with his family and friends, participating in endurance sports and outdoor activities.

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http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4354/radhakrishna2hr7.jpg Radha Krishna received a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and an MBA (Finance major) from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore. He was involved in the development of a CRM product for British Telecom, UK where his responsibilities included developing algorithms relating to intelligent routing of technicians to service requests. Radha was the co-founder of "NumberPlus", a voice enabled contact management web service based out of India. During a short stint at GE Capital in their Quality department, he used 6 SIGMA methodologies to make process improvements. He later worked as a senior consultant developing customer retention models for an MBS portfolio in Modelytics, a boutique consulting firm based out of Bangalore where he developed segment specific models for customer retention campaigns. Currently he works as a Senior Analyst at Fidelity Investments where he investigates the investment effectiveness of FPI, a business unit of Fidelity Brokerage. Radha plans to join an investment bank as a quant modeler after completion of the Baruch MFE program. In his free time, he likes to track tech startups, develop online games and oil paint.

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Jonathan Cardenas graduated with honors from City College, NY where he recieved both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. He was the recipient of the National Science Foundation - Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship. For his Masters thesis, he designed Vlsi high-speed arithmetic circuits and developed simulations using Cadence,Vhdl and Matlab. While in graduate school, he also worked as an academic advisor and conducted specialized engineering workshops for engineering students at City College. Currently, he is finishing his first year of MBA coursework at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College. Jonathan intends to enhance his analytical/technical skillset and to explore other career opportunities available in the financial industry. After completion of the MFE program, he plans to become a quantitative analyst/programmer at an investment bank or hedge fund. In his free time, he enjoys kung-fu, watching movies, reading, viewing YouTube, and spending time with family and friends.

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Jacob Hendrickson graduated with honors from Wesleyan University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. He spent several summers interning at various architecture firms in France and NY. Jacob later enrolled at Courant Institute and received a Master of Science in Computer Science from NYU. He worked for several computer graphic firms which specialize in 3D animation as well as composition for films and TV. In addition to network administration duties, he also wrote image processing plugins for compositing software. Jacob has been writing software for Etrade Financial since 2004. After the MFE program, Jacob is interested in working in the area of algorithmic trading where he can utilize his experience in software development. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, cycling and photography. Jacob is a native New Yorker and a big Yankees and Knicks fan.

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Soumya Vasudevan graduated First Class from University of Madras, India where she received a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics. Her final year engineering project involved writing a C++ application that helped size transistors in amplifier circuits using genetic algorithms. Soumya later studied at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, India where she graduated First Class with Distinction and received an MBA, Finance major, and minor specialization in Operations Research. She joined Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research as a sell side equity analyst, tracking 20 companies in the Medical Devices sector. Certified by the National Stock Exchange of India in Derivatives, Commodities, and the Wholesale Debt Market modules, Soumya is interested in structured finance, pricing of exotics and credit derivatives. After the MFE program, she plans for career in structured products, quantitative research or risk management. In her free time, Soumya enjoys playing the guitar, horse riding, reading, and participating in animal welfare activities.

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Jason Tung graduated from Baruch College with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics and minor in Math. He interned at Hendrickson & Company in Investment Banking where he analyzed live deals, worked on offering memorandums, and prepared valuation spreadsheets. Jason currently works as a trader at Nuverse Advisors, a multistrategy hedge fund where his responsibilities are to execute equity, futures, fx, and option trades for the fund. He also utilized VBA programming to design custom spreadsheets synchronized with a Bloomberg to monitor the portfolio and identify trading opportunities. A holder of CCNP, CCDP certificates, Jason joins the MFE program to further his career combining his knowledge of the market with the technical training in the program. Jason enjoys running, lifting weights, and playing basketball.

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Adam Bloom graduated cum laude from Williams College with a Bachelor of Art double major in English and Theater. He spent several years as a software instructor at New Horizons. He later joined JPMorgan Chase as a consultant where he taught internal classes at the Private Bank. Adam currently works as an application developer for the North America Rates desk at JPMorgan Chase where he designs and implements tactical spreadsheet and database application across several trading desks for traders and their middle office support teams. Adam hopes to design larger scale strategic applications for traders utilizing the knowledge learned from the MFE program. He enjoys songwriting, theater, puzzle design.

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Akino Yagi majors in Quantitative Methods and Modeling (Operations Research) and minors in Mathematics at Baruch College where she will receive a Bachelor of Business Administration in Sept '07. A member of Sigma Alpha Delta Honor Society, Akino spent last summer interning at Aozora Bank, Japan in both Asset Management group and Securitization group where her responsibilities included analysis of performance of the portfolios of the mutual funds, correlation between stock price indexes and interest rates, and research on rating system by Moody’s of asset backed securities. Akino plans to study credit risk, derivatives and risk management for a career in risk control group at an investment bank. She enjoys reading and cooking.

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http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5053/jacquesyw6.jpg Jacques Makutonin received both his Master degrees, one with concentration in IT and another with concentration in Corporate Administration from Engineering School in Computing and Industrial Production Management, France and from Institute of Corporate Administration, France respectively. He later enrolled in Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Full time Honor Program where he graduated with an MBA (major Finance). After completing his education in France Jacques started his career as an Information System consultant at Altran where he designed the architecture of Siebel Projects for Bouygues Telecom. After a couple of years he moved to Poland to open an Internet Café which he managed for a while. When he recently moved to New York to start the MBA program at Baruch College, he had the opportunity to work for the NYC Government and later on for Citigroup Alternative Investments as a Business/MIS analyst. He recently worked for a French Bank, CIC, as a Risk Management Analyst in the fixed income branch. A recipient of full-time MBA academic scholarship and graduate assistantship, Jacques is also President and co-founder of the Zicklin International Student Association and Member of the Baruch College Team for the Investment Research Challenge. After the MFE program, Jacques plans to work as a quantitative analyst/modeler at an investment bank or hedge-fund. He is passionate about cross-sectional predictability. In his free time Jacques enjoys traveling, kungfu, playing basketball, and spending time with family and friends.

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Vadim Nagaev received a Master Degree with honors in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia. He wrote a final qualification thesis on Support System for Making Decisions on MICEX and the RTS for Arbitrage Operations Performance. He also developed the financial model and software for an investment bank. He worked for several years as a business and financial analyst at Bashpharmacy Company where he led business projects, performed business plans, and developed financial and strategic models. After graduation he plans to join a investment bank or hedge fund as a quantitative analyst. In his free time, Vadim enjoys spending time with friends. He also enjoys reading, playing chess, tennis, volleyball, and takes an interest in history.

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Andrey Shvets graduated cum laude from Baruch College where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with Finance major and Mathematics minor. He worked as advisor for Primerica Financial Services, Citigroup. Andrey joins the Baruch MFE program to be more quantitatively challenged and prepared. Upon graduation, he would like to work for an international boutique firm or a hedge fund. During free time, Andrey likes learning new things, swimming, soccer and skiing/snowboarding every winter.

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Richard Zhang received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering with concentration on Numerical Control from Peiking University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He interned with Research Institute Of Highway Ministry of Communications where he developed a data processing interface for a computer aided design system. Richard also worked as a software developer first at Symantec and later at Kai Da Computer Technology. In joining the Baruch MFE program, he hopes to further his programming skills for a future role as a quantitative analyst or programmer in structured finance. In his freetime, Richard likes to spend time with family, exercising and learning to invest.

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Matt Feinstein graduated from Cornell University, School of Arts and Sciences where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He later received a Master of Science in Information Systems from George Mason University, School of information Technology. Matt spent time at FEMA as Computer Specialist in which he managed technology for the Office of Inspector General. He later worked as Programmer/Analyst at Merrill Lynch where he played various roles in Fixed Income Research and Product Risk. Matt spent a stint as Quantitative Analyst at Overture Financial where he was responsible for performance and risk analytics for asset managers and portfolio strategies. As a CFA Charterholder, he currently consults various financial services firms in quantitative data analysis projects. Matt joins the program to prepare for a position in Risk Management or Structured Finance after graduation. In his free time, Matt volunteers with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Dmytro Pokhylko graduated with 4.0 GPA from Baruch College where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in International Business and Marketing. A member of National Dean’s List, Golden Key Honors Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society, NYC Urban Fellows Program, Dmytro has interned at UBS, Vault.com. He received a Specialist degree in Finance and Banking from Institute of Business and Advanced Technologies, Ukraine where he graduated with honors. His honors thesis was titled “The Effect of Marketing Activity on Companies’ Financial Position”. Dmytro joins the program to be constantly challenged intellectually. He enjoys music (from JS Bach to J Cage to Aoki Takamasa), gadgets, biking, skiing and beach volleyball.

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Jiten Sarathy received a Ph.D in Optoelectronics from University of Texas, Austin and a Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. A University of Texas Fellow, Jiten has over 35 issued patents and 35 refereed publications, conference presentations in semiconductor optoelectronics, applied physics, chemistry, photonics, and optical telecommunications. He has four years experience in Research and Development of semiconductor devices for optical telecommunications at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. Jiten also spent six years as head of technology research and development for a telecom technology start-up. After the Baruch MFE program, he plans to work as a buy-side quant trader at an asset manager or a prop desk of a major investment bank. Whenever possible, Jiten enjoys playing golf.

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Ed Coffey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University where he worked on protein purification and published an article titled “Purification of a vinculin binding protein from smooth muscle. He spent two summers interning with Genentech in their Process Sciences division prior to his graduate study. Ed received two Master of Science degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics. At RPI, Ed studied medical imaging techniques, worked on an electrical impedance tomography system, and published an article titled “A Layer-stripping Reconstruction Algorithm for Impedance Imaging”. While in grad school, he started working for a small software company and have been in the software industry ever since. He currently is Director of Impementation at InterGis, a logistics software company. In joining the Baruch MFE program, Ed plans to be a front-office quantitative analyst for a buy-side firm. He enjoys reading, working out, and watching the Red Sox when they are winning.

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Subramaniam Venkiteswaran graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Madras, India where he was recipient of Merit Scholarship award in sophomore and junior years. He went on to study at University of Texas at Austin where he received a Master of Art degree in Computer Sciences. In 2005, Subramaniam interned at Goldman Sachs in the Equities group. He also published a paper titled “Cooperative Caching with Keep-Me and Evict-Me” at the 9th Annual Workshop on Interaction Between Compilers and Computer Architectures (Interact-9, San Francisco, 2005). He has been at Bloomberg L.P. since early 2006 where he works on trading systems software development. In joining the MFE program, Subramaniam looks to further his skills in models development for pricing various complex financial instruments. He loves to read about contemporary developments in various parts of the world in his free time.

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Michael Kolstee graduated cum laude from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and an MBA with Graduate Assistantship consisting of full scholarship and stipend. After college, he has worked for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions where he managed research and development of many GMAT and GRE products, as well as writing the majority of the math content in these classroom-based course books. After completing the MFE, he plans to seek a position as a quantitative analyst in an investment bank. In his free time, Michael likes to travel to other parts of the world, enjoys great meals with friends, explores NYC, and relaxes in the park.

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Yavuz Varoglu received a PhD in electrical engineering from Northeastern University. He graduated with a Master of Science in computer engineering from University of Massachusetts Amherst where he also received a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering with a minor in mathematics and is a member of Tau Beta Pi. Yavuz has worked as a software engineer and has more than ten years experience in design, implement and support commercial systems. He is interested in joining the trading desk of an investment bank to apply his software and asset trading knowledge. In his spare time, Yavuz likes to read, cook, travel and swim.