Address:
Financial Engines
1050, Enterprise Way, 3rd Floor,
Sunnyvale, CA - 94089.
Cell: 404-630-9693
Office: 408-498-6665
E-Mail: Please use "Contact Me" form
Fax: 408-498-6010
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Current Status
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Sr. Researcher
Financial Engines
Sunnyvale, CA - 94089.
Dec. 2011 - Present
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Education
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Ph.D. (Finance)
Financial Risk Manager
M.Sc. (Mathematics)
B.Sc. (Mathematics)
Georgia State University
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
University of Madras, India
2011
2005
1993
1991
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Dissertation
Agency Problems in Target-Date Funds
- Selected for presentation at the American Finance Association 2012 Annual Meeting
- Second prize, 2011 Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic paper competition
- Selected for presentation at the 2010 International Pension Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland
- Selected for presentation at the 2011 FMA Annual Meeting & 2010 Doctoral Student Consortium
- Released as NETSPAR Discussion paper with Research Grant of €10,000
- CEAR Research and Travel Grants of $8,000
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Media Interviews & Citations
1. The New York Times, January 9, 2015, "Target-Date Funds Can Pose Complexities" by Tim Gray
2. CNN Money Magazine, October 2010, "Does your fund have your back" by Pat Regnier
3. Tradestreaming.com, February 20, 2012, "Why a Stock's Ticker Matters" by Zack Miller
4. The Street, July 29, 2010, “Target Date Funds Are No Bargains, Study Says” by Joe Mont
5. Human Resource Executive Online, August 12, 2010, "Target-Date Funds Questioned" by Marlene A. Post
6. News at Robinson, July 27, 2010, “Study questions target-date funds for retirement” by Renee DeGross Valdes
7. CFO World, March 2011, "What's Mysterious about Target-Date Funds: Too much"___________________________________________________________________________________________
Awards
- Max Burns Fellowship - 2006-2009
- Travel Grant for FMA Conference - 2008
- Travel Grant for NETSPAR International Pension Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland - 2010
- Stephen D. Smith Research Fellowship - 2010
- Principal Investigator for NETSPAR Research Grant - 2010
- CEAR Pre-Doctoral Fellow - 2010
- CEAR Travel Grant ($3,000) for funded project - 2010
- GTA Teaching Excellence Award - 2011
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Temporary Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Georgia State University.
Adjunct Lecturer
Center for American Education,
(Affiliated to Broward Community College, Florida)
Singapore.
Adjunct Lecturer
Management Development Institute of Singapore,
Singapore.
Financial Analysis and Introduction to Loan Structuring /
Principles of Corporate Finance
Principles of Corporate Finance
Business Calculus, Statistics and College Algebra
Decision Support Systems
Aug 2010 - Dec 2011
Aug 2009 - July 2010
Jan 1999 - May 2006
May 1999 - 2005
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Paper Presentations
Agency Problems in Target-Date Funds
- 2009 Finance Seminar Series, Georgia State University, December 2009
- 2010 Brown Bag Seminar Series to Ph.D. students at Emory University, March 2010
- 2010 NETSPAR International Pension Workshop, Zurich, June 2010
- 2010 FMA Annual Doctoral Student Consortium, October 2010
- 2011 FMA Annual Meeting, October 2011
- 2011 CQA Annual Fall Conference, September 2011
- 2012 AFA Annual Meeting, January 2012
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Computer Skills
Latex, Matlab, SAS, STATA, C, C++, Oracle
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- Global Association of Risk Professionals
- Financial Management Association
- American Finance Association
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Updated Apr 2016
