Seok Joon “John” ByunJr. Research Analyst

    Seok Joon “John” Byun

    Jr. Research Analyst

    Professional Background

    Industry Experience: 7 Years

    Mr. Byun is an experienced analyst involved in model programming and research. He works with Denali’s Research Team on the design and enhancement of quantitative-based models, and on research projects.

    Mr. Byun has a Masters degree in Finance from Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego, where he was one of eight selected students from a pool of 300 in a class called “Portfolio Theory in Practice” taught by Harry Markowitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist who devised the modern portfolio theory.

    While at UCSD he collaborated with State Street Global Advisors in finding co-movement with country indices FX and interest rates to apply trading strategies.


    Education

    • Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF), Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego
    • B.A. in International Business and English Linguistics, Kyunghee University, South Korea