Christian Ott
Technical Co-Founder at Pasadena Consulting Group
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolChristian Ott is a technical co-founder and computational scientist with over two decades of experience bridging theoretical physics, data science, and software engineering. A former tenured professor in theoretical astrophysics turned founder and CTO, he builds production-ready computational systems, cloud infrastructure, and quantitative trading platforms. He leads boutique and startup ventures (Glass Compliance, OCS Labs, Pasadena Consulting Group) delivering bespoke data-driven solutions and AWS-centric architectures. Christian brings deep math and physics expertise—PDEs, numerical methods, and statistics—paired with hands-on product management and team leadership. Bilingual and an immigrant-turned-US citizen, he pairs academic rigor with practical delivery and a fast-learning, collaborative style. He also applies academic modeling skills to market-neutral strategies in digital assets, highlighting an unusual cross-domain fluency from blackboard to trading floor.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat. (scientific doctorate, PhD equivalent), Astrophysics, Dr. rer. nat. (scientific doctorate, PhD equivalent), Astrophysics at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute and Potsdam UniversityDiplom, Physics and Astronomy, Diplom, Physics and Astronomy at Heidelberg UniversityCertificate in Data Analytics, Data Science, Certificate in Data Analytics, Data Science at USC Viterbi Graduate and Professional Programs
Russian, Spanish, French, German
Github Skills (2)
interaction3
neutrino2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hypercott/GR1D
Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
collapsesymmetryneutrinorelativisticstellar
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