Daniel Montealegre
Global Head Of Credit Quant Research at Jump Trading LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Montealegre is a quantitative research leader with nine years of experience building and directing credit research teams at top-tier trading firms, currently serving as Global Head of Credit Quant Research at Jump Trading. He blends deep mathematical training—a PhD in Mathematics from Yale focused on probabilistic combinatorics—with hands-on quant research at Citadel and Jump, driving data-driven trading strategies and risk models. Daniel’s background includes academic research stints and teaching, reflecting a penchant for translating theoretical insight into practical, high-performance systems. Based in Chicago, he pairs rigorous probabilistic thinking with production-oriented execution, and his career path suggests a rare ability to move smoothly between pure math research and fast-paced quantitative finance.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics at Yale UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (9)
networkx6
matrix6
python6
histogram6
numpy6
deep-learning3
machine-learning3
tensorflow3
neural-network2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
dmontealegre/pa_graphs
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
viking-sudo-rm/draftnet
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Neural drafting in Dota 2. We did it before Dota+, and I think it works better :P
Contributions:13 commits, 8 pushes in 25 days
diddeep-learningthinkdraftingneural-networks
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