Kevin O'connor
Quantitative Researcher
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin O'connor is a quantitative researcher with 11 years of analytical experience, currently driving systematic trading and short-term interest rate strategies at Optiver. He holds a PhD in Statistics from UNC-Chapel Hill and combines rigorous academic work on optimal transport and dynamical systems with practical market-facing research. His background spans data-driven policy analysis, teaching undergraduate statistics, and hands-on internships that bridge academia and industry. Based in Chicago, he maintains a public research presence through publications and a personal website, signaling a commitment to reproducible, transparent quantitative work. An often-overlooked strength is his early training in physics, which informs a principled, model-driven approach to complex stochastic problems.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Salesianum SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Statistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Statistics at The University of ChicagoMaster of Science - MS, Statistics and Operations Research, Master of Science - MS, Statistics and Operations Research at University of North Carolina at Chapel HillProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
oconnor-kevin/OTC
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:39 commits, 5 PRs, 19 pushes in 4 months
oconnor-kevin/GraphOTC
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 4 months
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