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An Exciting Journey Through Finance and Tech

By The Berkeley MFE Program   |   Aug 03, 2022
Yang Guo graduated from the Berkeley Haas Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program in 2012, but his journey was far from linear. During his undergraduate studies, he doubled major in economics and biology....

Exciting Times with AI and MFE Alumnus Karim Khiar

By Linda Kreitzman   |   Feb 26, 2020
Financial markets are ripe for significant disruption. With immense pressure from shareholders, regulators and customers, capital markets, firms and buyside players are now expected to deliver bigger returns wi...

MFE06 Alumnus Eugene Lee's Path to Fintech for Good

By Linda Kreitzman   |   Jul 27, 2018
We love visits from our alumni and we were so happy to see just last Friday MFE06 Eugene Lee with his wife, new baby and his colleague and MFE alumnus Guanghua Cao whom Eugene recently hired to work at his firm...

Moving from "Traditional" Finance to Fintech/Blockchain

By Linda Kreitzman   |   Apr 26, 2018
Many students and alumni want to work in Fintech and often ask me what advice I can give them. I recommend engaging in new coursework in programming (Python, R, C++), Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligenc...

Finish Your Berkeley MFE Application in 5 Days!

By The Berkeley MFE Program   |   Sep 27, 2017
Our Round 4 Deadline is coming up on October 2 - that’s 5 days from today! - for Spring 2018 start.

Fintech Series Part 4: How Are We Addressing the Challenge?

By Linda Kreitzman   |   Aug 25, 2017
Welcome to the final part of my Fintech Series. Be sure you’ve checked out part one, part two, and part three. Developments in fintech pose a new challenge to traditional finance curricula. As discussed in part...

Alumni Spotlight: A Chat with Liran Amrany ('04), Co-founder & CEO of Debitize

By The Berkeley MFE Program   |   Aug 01, 2017
From Quant Finance to Fintech In our previous post, we checked in with one of our recent grads. Continuing our Alumni Spotlight, today we’ll showcase the career progression of Liran Amrany, MFE Class of 2004.

Fintech Series Part 3: What New Skills Are Needed for Finance?

By Linda Kreitzman   |   Jul 26, 2017
Welcome to my series on fintech’s evolving role in finance! Part one can be found here, and part two can be found here.