Alumni Spotlight: Alexander Olson (‘17) paves a new path in tech, joining Google as a Data Scientist
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The Berkeley MFE Program | Jul 19, 2017
It’s been four months since the MFE Class of 2017 graduated - time to check in on our recent alum! Today, we’re reconnecting with Alexander “Xander” Olson to see what he’s been up to since completing the Berkel...
Fintech Series Part 2: How is Fintech Transforming the Financial Industry?
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Linda Kreitzman | Jul 13, 2017
Welcome to my series on fintech’s evolving role in finance! If you missed part one, you can find it here.
Shravan Sunkada Lands Internship at Uber
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The Berkeley MFE Program | Jul 06, 2017
The Intersection of Tech and Finance After eight years in consumer banking data science and analytics, Shravan Sunkada (MFE18) wanted to broaden his repertoire of quantitative techniques and advance his applica...
Banking has historically been one of the few business sectors most resistant to disruption by technology. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker wasn’t flattering the financial industry when he said in 20...
MFE17 focuses on Fintech and Big Data
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Linda Kreitzman | Sep 30, 2016
Victoria Li graduated from UC Berkeley in 2015 with a double major bachelor’s degree in Applied Math and Statistics. She wanted to build on her quantitative background in tech and data science, and so began to ...