Shudan Deng

Experience

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  China Chengxin Green Finance Co., Ltd.

  Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  ESG Data Analyst Intern

  • Obtained and cleaned ESG and financial data of 200+ bond defaulting companies from various sources such as corporate reports • Performed feature selection for ESG rating model using techniques such as LASSO and Random Forest in R. Identified and filtered out over 100 insignificant features, prioritizing the top 5 informative ones that contribute to financial distress within each industry, enabling creation of actionable red flags• Enhanced existing ESG rating models by screening effective indicators and adjusting indicator weights using model selection techniques such as cross-validation and grid search Show less

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  GenBridge Capital

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Fund Financial Management Intern

  • Managed financial accounts and capital accounts of Genbridge US dollar funds.• Analyzed quarterly financial data of 28 portfolio companies, and computed fund performance measures such as IRR and MOIC.

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  Three Gorges Xintai Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.

  Aug 2021 - Mar 2022

  Investment Data Analyst Intern

  • Recommended a $60mm investment proposal by delivering an 80-page analysis report to facilitate strategic decision-making in lithium battery equipment industry, by developing financial models to assess pertinent indicators such as WACC and IRR. • Conducted due diligence on 5+ target companies, analyzed financing and debt structures, used various valuation method such as DCF, precedent transaction analysis, challenged valuation model assumptions, and performed Comps.

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  China International Capital Co., Ltd.

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  Quantitative Strategy Intern

  • Conceptualized and constructed a Reinforcement Learning-based toy trading system. Leveraged Spark for comprehensive data preprocessing, cleaning and transformation, with trading data extracted from Wind.• Implemented Deep Q Network (DQN) with LSTM to predict state-action values for optimal policy, Population-Based-Training for hyperparameter tuning, return on investment (ROI) as a reward function, and Huber loss for DQN training. • Performed thorough backtesting of strategies across diverse financial markets, products, and timeframes. Employed Sharpe Ratio as metrics for validation, refining, and optimizing trading strategies.• Executed live trading scenarios, iteratively updating policies based on newly collected market data. Achieved a 12% overall return through adaptive strategy enhancements in response to real-time market dynamics. Show less

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  King of the Curve

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Product Analyst Intern

  • Developed a large-scale recommendation system by combining collaborative and content-based filtering on a million-level clickstream database to suggest specific MCAT exam questions, resulting in 5% boost in exam accuracy on 900 sample users.• Improved 12% on user retention by fine-tuning LLaMA for sentiment classification on text review data. • Identified high-risk users, recurring themes and pain points. Analyzed user behavior patterns with Spark to uncover correlations. Enabled targeted interventions and personalized recommendations. Show less

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  Washington University in St. Louis

  Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  Teaching Assistant in Python and Data Science

  Conducted weekly lab sessions, providing hands-on guidance to students, elucidating complex Python programming concepts and data science methodologies. I facilitated interactive discussions to ensure a comprehensive understanding of key topics, fostering a collaborative atmosphere that encouraged students to actively engage with the course content.Refining course assignments and assessments. Crafted challenging yet rewarding projects that allowed students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios. Offered office hours to address individual queries and provide additional assistance. Show less

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  Samoyeds of Paradise

  Feb 2024 - now

  Co-Founder

  Working as a Software Engineer to develop a pet-related store website. Also serving as the Chief Financial Officer overseeing cash flow management and financial strategizing.