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RICARDO ORRANTIA

Boston,MA

Summary

Driven by a passion for data analysis and a track record of delivering actionable insights, I honed my skills in predictive modeling and strategic decision-making during my tenure at Kaxanuk. Leveraging Python and a keen analytical mindset, I contributed to projects that significantly enhanced data visualization and investment strategies, achieving a notable increase in documentation coverage.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Data Scientist Intern

Kaxanuk
, Mexico
09.2024 - Current
  • Currently collaborating on a dashboard project to create on the spot visual displays of various analysis of fixed income tethered to Terrapin data sources
  • Collaborated and finished a high dividend yield seeker strategy that returned an annualized alpha of 2.6% and net return of 758.71% over 14 years
  • Assisted with the documentation of Kaxanuk's open-source Data Curator, specifically all 36 of the features documentation (calculations) to assist user's understanding, increasing the overall documentation coverage by approximately 12%

Quantamental Research Intern

Tequila Capital
Miami, USA
05.2024 - 08.2024
  • Curated and analyzed close to 1 million data points using multi-factor models to assess portfolio risk and return, integrating alternative data sources and high-frequency trading data to enhance investment strategies
  • Initiated the development of a system to track momentum and qualitative data from retail investors and trading bots by analyzing posts in Reddit, Discord, and similar opinion forums, leveraging sentiment analysis and natural language processing to generate actionable insights

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Analytics & Information Systems, Finance with concentration in FinTech

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, Sawyer Business School
Boston, MA
05.2025

Skills

  • Office 365
  • Bloomberg terminal
  • SPSS
  • AWS: VPC, S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM
  • Tableau
  • Python
  • SQL
  • R Studio
  • Tableau
  • Predictive modeling

Activities

  • Finance Club Suffolk, Boston, MA, Member, 09/22, Present, Participate in biweekly meeting to select assets to be incorporated in the RT trading brokerage account of the club., Pitched an investment strategy based on a model which utilizes the duration of fixed income assets to overperform the S&P.
  • CyberHack Competition 24' - Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Participant, Secured 2nd place in a competitive cybersecurity event, solving complex encryption tasks and navigating advanced systems., Led a skilled team to demonstrate strong problem-solving and teamwork under a high-pressure scenario.
  • Creative Active Service, Rolle, VD, Member, 09/17, 05/20, Successfully raised $20,000 for a relief program in Ghana, enhancing education access for remote-area students., Led various fundraising initiatives, one of which was with Pragulic, designing economical, functional, and resilient donation boxes to aid the lower income quartile population of Prague to designate aid points around the city.

Languages

Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
French
Native/ Bilingual

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Data Scientist Intern

Kaxanuk
09.2024 - Current

Quantamental Research Intern

Tequila Capital
05.2024 - 08.2024

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Analytics & Information Systems, Finance with concentration in FinTech

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, Sawyer Business School
RICARDO ORRANTIA