Resume

• AVP, Model Validation Analyst, Pacific Western Bank, 2018-Present
• Senior Quantitative Risk Analyst, United Services Automobile Association (USAA), 2015-2018
• Consultant, Research Affiliates, LLC, 2013-2014
• Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore (NUS), Academic Year 2012-2013
• Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Summer 2011

• FRM, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), 2017
• PhD Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2012
• BA Business-Economics (UCLA) 2006
• BS Mathematics/Applied-Science (Actuarial Science) (UCLA) 2006

• Graduate Research Award, 2012
• Teaching Fellow Award, 2009-2010
• Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, 2009
• Eugene Cota-Robles Graduate Fellowship, 2006-2010
• Wasserman Scholarship, 2005
• International Baccalaureate Diploma, 2001 from David Starr Jordan High in Long Beach, CA

UCLA

Courses (Teaching Assistant/Associate)

• Statistics for Economists
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Mathematical Finance, 1st Course
• Mathematical Finance, 2nd course
• Macroeconomic Theory

Courses (Instructor)

• Introduction to Financial Economics (2009),(2010)

NUS

Courses (Instructor)

• Financial Economics (2012, 2013)
• Money and Banking (2012)