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Kareem S.

Quantitative Trader at DV Trading

Kareem S. has a diverse work experience spanning several industries and roles. In 2011, they worked as a Research Assistant at The University of British Columbia, where they analyzed key conflicts used in journal papers and assisted in the development of Intelligent Transportation Systems. In 2017, they served as a Jr Account Executive at Pace Creative Group, where they generated leads using CRM software Salesforce and LinkedIn. Kareem also performed market research, executed copywriting, and provided social media development for clients.

From 2019 to 2019, Kareem worked as a Financial and Distribution Services Analyst at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where they utilized SAP, Salesforce, and VBA scripting to model sales and revenue analysis. Kareem also reduced bad debt and assisted in UI/UX upgrades and API query product introductions.

In 2020, Kareem joined RBC as part of the Data Analytics Capstone team. Their responsibilities included implementing machine learning techniques to automate insights aggregation and reduce churn rate. Kareem also created visualizations and dashboards in Tableau to enhance performance monitoring.

At BOMBARDIER, from 2020 to 2020, Kareem worked as a Digital Systems Analyst. Kareem performed financial analysis on digital products and used Google Analytics and Google Optimize to track KPIs and propose AI initiatives.

In 2020, they were a Back End Developer at Google Developer Student Clubs - McGill, focusing on back-end development.

During their time at TD in 2021, Kareem worked as an Investment Analytics professional. Kareem constructed SQL queries and built machine learning models using Mahalanobis distance. Kareem also automated report generation and affixation of VBA modules to Excel workbooks using Python and Alteryx.

From 2021 to 2022, Kareem was an Equity Research Associate - Software at Mizuho, specializing in equity research.

Most recently, they joined DV Trading LLC in 2022 as a Quantitative Trader. Prior to this role, they were a Business Analyst at the same company.

Overall, Kareem S. has gained experience in quantitative trading, business analysis, equity research, investment analytics, digital systems analysis, software development, and academic research.

Kareem S. completed their Bachelor's degree with a major in Finance and a minor in Computer Science at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. Kareem attended the university until 2021. In addition to their degree, Kareem obtained a certification in Introduction to Trading, Machine Learning & GCP from Google in May 2021.

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Timeline

  • Quantitative Trader

    April, 2023 - present

  • Business Analyst

    May, 2022