Keren Dong
CEO at Kungfu Trader
Haidian District, Beijing, China
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Top SchoolKeren Dong is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and engineer with eight years of professional experience, serving as CEO of Kungfu Trader since 2017 after technical leadership as CTO at K.N. Capital. Educated at Tsinghua University and holding a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool, she blends rigorous research experience (including a research assistantship at City University of Hong Kong) with hands-on product and startup execution. Her background spans competitive algorithmic problem solving from TopCoder days to building and running trading technology and fintech products at Kungfu Trader. Known for moving between deep technical roles and strategic leadership, she has a track record of turning research insights into commercial systems. Based in Haidian, Beijing, she combines academic depth with practical entrepreneurship in China’s tech ecosystem. An underappreciated strength is her continuity across roles—from partner and CTO to CEO—indicating an ability to both build teams and sustain long-term product vision.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of LiverpoolB.E., Computer Science, B.E., Computer Science at Tsinghua University
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Github Skills (24)
low-latency10
quantitative-trading10
ctp10
hft10
boost9
pep8
packaging8
docker-image8
dockerfile7
metaprogramming7
python7
cpp7
package-manager6
docker6
cpp-library6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kungfu-trader/libnode
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:76 commits, 10 PRs, 55 pushes in 11 months
kungfu-trader/action-bump-version
Jun 2021 - Aug 2023
Update version for kungfu projects
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 419 PRs in 2 years 2 months
kungfuversion-updateupdate
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