Alec Kan

I'm a recent graduate of UC Berkeley currently working as a trader in in Philadelphia. During my time as an undergrad, I studied Statistics, Data Science and Economics. I love to argue, am an avid tennis player, and can recite the first eighty-one digits of π. Below is a deeper look at me, my interests, and my experiences, but if you'd like to learn even more, I'm available at alec.kan@berkeley.edu.

Education

Experience

Quantitative Trader Intern - Philadelphia, PA - Summer 2019

Learned concepts of option pricing theory as well as poker through lectures and open outcry mock trading sessions
Assisted and shadowed traders on the Macro Trading Desk, and conducted a quantitative research project
Utilized natural language processing and machine learning techniques to examine and classify news headlines

Team Lead - Berkeley, CA - 2017 - 2020

Work alongside Berkeley faculty members to better integrate data science into the classroom
Lead team developing data science modules for History 159B and Rhetoric 1A and teach material in lecture
Created course content for UC Berkeley’s LS88 – Sports Analytics Data Science Connector

Data Science Intern - Tel Aviv, Israel - Summer 2018

Matched and tagged equities to create more personalized wealth management portfolios based on individual traits
Worked on back-end development and creation of Cred API for use by financial institutions
Improved scoring algorithm that rates equities on their compatibility with individual portfolios

Intern - Youngstown, OH - Summer 2017

Created client reports as part of the wealth management division
Ran portfolio assessments for brokers at the firm
Collaborated with coworkers to help optimize and organize portfolios
Created filters to better analyze data in order to better monitor investment decisions

Honors

Third Place Winner at the premier algorithmic trading competition in the US hosted by Trading Technologies and the University of Chicago

Selected to participate in a highly selective program designed to provide an introduction to the world of quantitative trading and market making

Selected to compete in a data science competition hosted by Citadel and Correlation One

Tenth Place in Novice Debate at the 2017 national championship tournament

Fifth Place Speaker in International Extemp at 2015 State Finals

Affiliations

Vice President & Varsity Debater

Competed in intercollegiate competitions in British Parliamentary and American Parliamentary Debate Formats
Tenth Place Novice Debater at 2017 United States University Debating Championship

Photography