FRE Careers Technical Interview Mentorship Program | NYU Tandon School of Engineering

FRE Careers Technical Interview Mentorship Program

The FRE Technical Interview Mentorship (TIMs) program provides FRE students with one-on-one access to accomplished industry professionals within our alumni network to help our MSFE students meet their career goals. The program offers one-on-one technical mock interviews and technical/industry advice meetings. 


Tony Guo

Tony GuoTony Guo is currently working at Visa as a Product Analytical Manager in New York. As part of Visa’s Global Risk team, he is responsible for providing risk insights for fraud management using predictive analytical tools as well as data-based solutions. Before joining Visa, he was a risk manager at American Express, conducting operational and credit risk oversight through process reviews and designing monitoring tools. Tony holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Math from UCLA and is an alum of the NYU Tandon FRE class 2019.


Dhruvil Jhaveri

Dhruvil JhaveriDhruvil Jhaveri, Senior Associate is part of the Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) Group at BlackRock. FMA supports clients across a range of advisory services focusing primarily on balance sheet management, capital markets, portfolio construction, sustainability, transaction support, data and analytics, and risk and regulatory matters. Prior to joining BlackRock, Dhruvil was a Risk Specialist at Qontigo (previously Axioma, Inc.) - a provider of portfolio optimization, risk management and indexing solutions. He was responsible for driving client engagement and delivering front/middle office analytics to a wide range of clients including hedge funds, asset managers and pension funds. He focused on integrating multi-asset class factor models in the client's investment management process. He was also responsible for retaining and transitioning key clients during Axioma's acquisition by Deutsche Borse. Dhruvil holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from New York University.


Jinyang Li

Jinyang LiJinyang Li graduated from NYU MFE in 2021 after obtaining a bachelor's degree in International Politics from Peking University in 2019. She is currently a quantitative associate at Goldman Sachs for the commodity systematic trading strategy team. She covers the full spectrum of development and maintenance of STS strategies, including implementation in the front-office modeling system, product development, parameter analysis, robustness testing, integration into pricing and risk models, and working with the sales and trading team on marketing and platform solutions for clients. Prior to joining GS, she worked at Morgan Stanley for model risk management.


Raymond Luo

Raymond LuoRaymond Luo is a 2022 NYU Alum of the NYU Tandon Financial Engineering program. He is currently a quantitative researcher at BNP Paribas for Equity Financing and Prime Brokerage and was a summer intern the summer before his start. He currently specializes in developing the margin and risk engine for Prime Brokerage at the bank. Outside of his responsibilities at work, he has an avid interest in options pricing theory and market microstructures in electronic markets. 


Sara Yang

Sara YangSara Yang is a 2019 alum of the NYU Tandon Financial Engineering program. She currently works in Market Risk Group at SMBC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and focuses on risk monitoring and data analytics for rates and fixed income markets, with a specialization on exchange-traded options and exotic OTC derivatives. Prior to joining SMBC, she worked at Qontigo, providing quantitative and technical solutions of portfolio optimization and risk models to hedge funds and asset managers. 


Siyu Ye

Siyu Ye

Siyu Ye is a quantitative strategist at Point72, focusing on the fixed-income market with expertise in rate volatility. Before his current role, Siyu worked as a desk quant at Wells Fargo and Mizuho. Siyu holds an MS in Financial Engineering from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.


Please contact Sara DeLusant, Career Placement Director, with any questions on the program.