Brandon Ballentine
Trading Analyst at Wells Fargo
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Ballentine is a Trading Analyst at Wells Fargo with eight years of quantitative and software experience, currently supporting the Precious Metals desk after front-office commodities quant roles focused on natural gas. He holds a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook, where he developed high-performance C++ simulation tools for parachute inflation under an Army Research Office project—bringing rigorous numerical methods and production-grade coding to finance. His background blends research-grade simulation, pricing model implementation, and Excel/C++ front-office tooling, enabling tight collaboration with traders and rapid prototyping of desk-facing analytics. Based in Houston, he combines deep mathematical training with practical applied quant engineering, and has a track record of translating complex PDE-driven models into usable, high-performance systems.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Potomac FallsBachelor's Degree Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics at University of WyomingBachelor's Degree Health Sciences, Bachelor's Degree Health Sciences at James Madison UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational and Applied Mathematics at Stony Brook UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
b2tine/FronTier
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:35 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
b2tine/hello-world
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 5 branches in 1 day
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