Alain Lebel
Quantitative Developer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAlain Lebel is a quantitative developer with over 15 years in finance and a three-decade IT background, combining a PhD in mathematics with hands-on engineering across Python, R, C#, SQL and C++. He has built production portfolio projection engines, multifactor models and proprietary indices, led major data and analytics upgrades for sovereign and institutional investors, and implemented LIBOR reform workstreams across bank risk systems. Known for distilling complex data into concise, actionable insights, he moves seamlessly between coding, model validation and stakeholder-facing reporting. He thrives in team settings and is transitioning from senior individual contributor roles into quantitative management, leading by example and raising standards while celebrating incremental wins. A less obvious strength is his early research experience on supercomputer platforms and top-secret cryptanalysis, which underpins a rigorous, security-aware approach to model risk and data integrity. Based in Melbourne, he pairs deep quantitative instincts with practical delivery experience across buy- and sell-side environments.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree by research, mathematics, Master's degree by research, mathematics at University of OttawaPhD, mathematics, PhD, mathematics at RMIT University
French, Italian, Spanish
Stackoverflow
5,008reputation
371kreached
152answers
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Github Skills (11)
r9
datetime6
time-series6
dplyr6
excel6
vba6
python6
xlwings6
dataframe6
visual-studio2
r-package2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
lebelinoz/ci-factor_model
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:99 commits, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
lebelinoz/ci-spc
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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