Resume

	Jethro K.C. Ma
	University of Waterloo Joint Honours Computer Science & Actuarial Science jkma@uwaterloo.ca www.jethroma.com

Highlight of Skills
Financial Theory: Derivative pricing, hedging, interest rate theory, CAPM, Monte Carlo methods, loss modeling, statistical regression/forecasting Actuarial Exams: 1/Probability, 2/Financial Mathematics, 3/Life Contingencies, 4/Construction & Eval. of Actuarial Models C/C++ (Multithreading, TCP/IP, Win32, MFC) Java, Visual Basic, R, MATLAB, Python	Worked with genetic algorithms, machine learning, online neural networks, machine vision Distributed computing, kernel, network, and embedded programming OS: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash Fluency in Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)

Awards and Accomplishments

GPA of 4.0/4.0 (97.4%) in University
Cecil and Edna Cotton Scholarship '09, University of Waterloo President's Scholarship, Dean's Honour List

Work Experience

Research Assistant — Univ. of Waterloo under Prof. Yuying Li ( Waterloo, ON )

May 2010 - Present

Project Objectives: Evaluate performance of technical signals and investigate possibility of combining them using optimization techniques, such as genetic programming and reinforcement learning to generate profitable trading rules

Software Engineer — Google Inc. ( Mountain View, California )

Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

Responsible for performance analysis & optimization of Google's renowned MapReduce framework
Identified overheads, pipeline inefficiencies, and improvements to inform next generation design decisions
As a personal project, created visualization tools to mine MapReduce job statistics and display in timeline format
Achieved Outstanding for performance evaluation

Software Engineer — Electronic Arts ( Vancouver, BC )

Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

Worked with large C++ codebase to develop EA Tennis for XBox360, Wii and Playstation 3 platforms
Designed and implemented a probabilistic opponent scheduling algorithm
Responsible for rendering and integration of in-game display elements and backend state logic

Freelance Lead Developer — Robofactors ( Detroit, Michigan )

Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

Developed a light-weight embedded real-time operating system on 8-bit AVR architecture for a hobbyist robot controller
Designed an all-in-one robot controller with servos, infrared, RS-232, and gyroscope interfaces.

Platform Engineer — Google Inc ( Mountain View, California )

Jan 2008 - Apr 2008

Used machine clusters for performance analysis and optimization of Google's Remote Procedure Call layer
Demonstrated a 52% performance increase and 40% latency reduction, using various software and processor-level code/kernel modifications, for the single-threaded case

Nanodevices R&D — Advanced Micro-/Nano-Devices Lab ( Waterloo, ON )

Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Nanotechnology-based biomedical sensor: developed an ultra-low current sensing device and software suite for detection of current changes through nanobiosensors.
Image Recognition: used Canny Edge Detection (C++) via Intel OpenCV in combination with a neural network for micro-object tracking

Education

Candidate for Bachelor of Mathematics, Joint Honours Computer Science and Actuarial Science - 2006 - Present
- Cumulative GPA: 97.4%
- Scholarships awarded: Cecil and Edna Cotton Scholarship, University of Waterloo President's Scholarship, Queen Elizabeth II's Aiming for the Top Scholarship
Society of Actuaries / CAS
- Exam credits: 1/P - Probability, 2/FM - Financial Mathematics, 3/MLC - Actuarial Models: Life Contingencies, 4/C - Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models
Candidate for BASc in Nanotechnology Engineering - 2006 - 2008
- Ranked 2nd in class of 119 students
- Switched program of study into BMath Computer Science and Actuarial Science
Unionville High School OSSD - 2002 - 2006
- Canadian Association of Principals Leadership Award

Extracurricular Activities

Waterloo Investment Research Exchange Club Member (Jan 2009 - Present)
- Participate in weekly market research and compete in trading simulation competition among fellow members
Co-founder and Lead developer, diPoll (Aug 2009 - Present)

Co-founded a social voting platform and datamining project with fellow university students
Oversee development efforts of the diPoll web application, including user system, database, social networking site integration, etc. using web technologies such as PHP, MySQL, and Ajax.

Interactive Brokers College Trading Olympiad 2009 Participant (Jan 2009)
- Developed a C++ MFC program to automate trades using real-time market data from the IB API based on crossing of various moving average indicators
- Produced a 17% return over a period of one month
Unionville High School Robotics Team Mentor (Jan 2007 - June 2008)

Other Notable Skills