Zijun Zheng
Senior Analyst at PayPal
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZijun Zheng is a Consulting Associate at Charles River Associates who combines finance research with data-driven analysis to solve complex client problems. He earned a BA in Financial Economics and Statistics from the University of Toronto and an MA in Computational Social Science from the University of Chicago, anchoring his work in strong quantitative foundations. His research experience spans market volatility, fund management, and bridging academia with industry—including presenting to hedge fund managers at RiskLab and analyzing intraday option data at Booth School. He is proficient in Python, R, SQL, SAS, and STATA, with advanced skills in PyTorch and TensorFlow for large-scale data analysis and machine learning. He routinely works with finance databases such as Compustat and CRSP and applies statistical techniques like A/B testing, GMM, PCA, and CNNs. As a former teaching assistant at the University of Chicago, he also mentors others in statistics concepts and practical data interpretation, making him adept at turning complex analyses into strategic insights.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Financial Economics & Statistics, Bachelor's degree, Financial Economics & Statistics at University of TorontoMaster of Arts - MA, Computational Social Science, Master of Arts - MA, Computational Social Science at University of Chicago
Github Skills (32)
vue29
vuejs9
vue9
vue-js9
js8
extensible8
cli8
android8
modular8
lowcode7
functional-programming7
javascript7
ios7
tagless-final7
scala7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
qkorbit/Api
May 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
javascriptajaxajax-library
iofod/builder
Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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