Gaurav Tiwari, CFA, FRM

Gaurav Tiwari, CFA, FRM has extensive work experience in various leadership and engineering roles. Gaurav currently holds a position at Schonfeld as an Engineering Leadership - Site Reliability Engineering. Prior to this, they worked at Plato as a Mentor - Engineering Leadership. Gaurav also had a long tenure at BlackRock, where they held multiple roles including Director of Engineering, Aladdin Product Group, Engineering Manager, and Senior Software Engineer. At BlackRock, they were responsible for driving technical and product strategies, leading engineering teams, and implementing various projects. Before joining BlackRock, Gaurav worked at Citi as a Senior Associate, where they enhanced applications and introduced Scrum/Agile methodologies. Gaurav also gained experience at IDEA Solutions Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer, working on middle office equity trading systems and private wealth management platforms. Additionally, they worked at Morgan Stanley as a Senior Analyst and at Oracle Corp as an Applications Engineer, where they enhanced CRM systems and migrated functionalities. Gaurav started their career at Infosys Technologies Limited as a Software Engineer, where they implemented signature verification systems and designed testing frameworks.

Gaurav Tiwari, CFA, FRM, completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2005. Gaurav then pursued an internship in Electrical at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 2004 to 2005.

In 2009, Gaurav obtained a certificate in Risk Management (FRM) from GARP. Following this, they attended CFA Institute, USA from 2010 to 2013, where they acquired a degree in Investment and Finance (CFA). Gaurav ultimately achieved the CFA certification in September 2013 from CFA Institute.

In summary, Gaurav Tiwari's education history includes a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, an internship in Electrical, and certifications in both CFA and FRM.