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HI! I'M KEVIN JING
Thank you for your interest. Stay a while! See what I've been up to recently, and please reach out to me for potential opportunities or to learn more!
MY LIFE STORY
Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario to two loving engineers as parents. I'm currently pursuing an HBA dual degree at the Ivey Business School with Software Engineering. While my story is still being written, I know this. I am passionate and driven. I love to learn, I enjoy the world of finance and engineering, and I appreciate performing good work with others.
EXPERIENCES
June 2023- August 2023
INVESTMENT BANKING ANALYST, MORGAN STANLEY
Completed a 10-week internship in general industry coverage and M&A spanning technology, financial services, insurance, metals and mining, transportation, and energy transition
September 2022 - Present
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, HOTTAKES
I took the company from pre-revenue to ~1MM a year in revenues. Please reach out to contact@hottakesapp.com if you are interested in investing or partnering with us!
June 2022- August 2022
SALES & TRADING ANALYST, CITI
I rotated through the Derivatives, Equity Sales, Treasury, and Corporate Solutions desks in the Toronto office during a 10-week program.
December 2021- June 2022
STUDENT MARKETEER,
RED BULL
I work part-time attending various exciting events and spreading energy and positivity while building Red Bull's connections and brand image.
September 2021- Present
HEAD DERIVATIVES ANALYST,
MUSTANG CAPITAL
I used a Gamma and Vega strategy to find volatility mispricings during earnings for mid-large cap companies. I created a regression algorithm to quantify implied movements and generate buying recommendations for the $110,000 fund.
May 2021- August 2021
INNOVATION INTERN, SUN LIFE
I worked alongside the Individual Insurance Market Development sector at Sun Life on the Innovation Studio using the agile methodology to help launch an industry-leading diabetes signature solutions MVP.
August 2020 - Dec 2020
PEER LEADER, WESTERN UNIVERSITY SSC
I worked alongside professionals from the Western University Student Success Center. I Prepared and delivered weekly sessions containing topics of leadership to a group of sixty first year engineering students. My goal was to create a safe virtual environment for students to unwind and socialize amidst a pandemic, resulting in a satisfied group that each developed their own toolkits with skills gained from my mentorship.
July 2020 - September 2020
MARKETING ANALYST, DREAM WAVE PUBLISHING
I worked with the owner of a Vancouver based children’s magazine with revenues of $3 million to prototype and create CAD models for a toy she wanted to launch, as well as creating market analysis reports and financial projections to perfect the specifications and pricing of the toy. I also created media for a $20,000 advertising campaign to be launched soon.
August 2017- August 2019
WAITSTAFF, ATRIA RETIREMENT
I provided exceptional meal service to over 150 elderly residents and was awarded “Employee of the Month” for being the most efficient waitstaff member while entertaining residents with piano performances garnering positive reviews in June of 2018.
EDUCATION
September 2021 - June 2024
HBA , IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Working towards obtaining an HBA from Ivey, specializing in Finance. 85% (3.9/4.0) HBA1 GPA. Dean's Honour List (Top 25% of Class). Awarded Claude Lamoureux scholarship ($10,000)
September 2019 - June 2024
BESc, WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Software Engineering from Western University. 94% cumulative average. RBC Scholarship in Software Engineering ($25,000), Western Continuing Admissions Scholarship ($10,000), William C. Ford Jr. Scholarship ($7,500)
September 2015 - June 2019
OSSD + IB DIPLOMA, COLONEL BY SECONDARY SCHOOL
Governor's General Award, Silver Medalist, Honour Roll. 97.8% Final average.
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
MUSIC
My creativity stems from a pure, unwavering love for music. Whether it be guitar or piano, I've been playing music since the age of 3.
READING
One of my favourite habits I've picked up is daily reading. Some of top reads recently include:​
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Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
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Principles - Ray Dalio
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Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
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Think Again - Adam Grant
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The Luck Factor - Richard Wiseman
SPORTS
From basketball and volleyball (I'm very tall) to water polo, or working out, my competitive nature always draws me to the competition and to get better.
CODING
I have a passion for innovation and I love prototyping my ideas to life. I am fluent in Java, JS, C, and full-stack dev.
I also enjoy learning about Neural Networks and efficient mathematic training procedures for artificial intelligence.
MARKETING
Whether it's the promotion of my own artist moniker, or creating marketing reports for multimillion dollar company ad campaigns, I love the synergy of creativity and business forward thinking.
CONCERTS
There is something magical about experiencing something you love with 20,000 others sharing the same passion. Concerts and live music have produced some of my best memories to date.
In 2016, I bought my first digital keyboard and began learning the ropes to DAWs such as FL studio and synthesizers. I've since accumulated over 3 million streams and have to manage multiple social media sites.
VIDEO/PHOTO EDITING
This one might come from a love of film and film techniques. I uploaded my first video to YouTube as a self taught editor (it's really embarrassing) in 2011. I've had a decade to perfect my Adobe Photoshop, and After Effects Skills.
VOLUNTEERING
2022-present
CO FOUNDER
IVEY INVESTORS SOCIETY
Founded a community for innovative students interested in investing and finding new market strategies to create alpha. Host bi-weekly meetings with educational talks and discussion of market events. Managed the quantitative team alongside the research team.
2020-2021
ORIENTATION LEADER (ENGINEERING SOPH)
Trained for an entire summer to help ease a first year's transition into university and residence life. As a Soph my job was to provide emotional support, academic guidance, and mentorship throughout the year to a group of about 30 students in the engineering class throughout the entire school year.
2015-2019
PIANO CONCERT PERFORMER
Occasionally rehearsed and arranged performances at a local retirement community to entertain and cheer up residents. Declined a paid position offer to continue playing the music I loved and see the bright smiles of residents hearing classics from their childhoods.
