Luke Franzen
Quantitative Researcher
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Franzen is a quantitative researcher with 10 years of experience transforming large, disparate datasets into production-ready inputs for machine learning and statistical models. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he brings a rare blend of academic rigor—Master’s in Computer Science and a strong psychology background—and practical market experience at Optiver where he applies classification, regression, clustering, and time-series techniques to inform trading decisions. He has a proven track record scaling data pipelines from megabytes to terabytes (including work with a 500M-row Redshift clickstream) and deploying models that drive business outcomes. Past roles leading interdisciplinary labs and teaching large undergraduate sections demonstrate his ability to communicate complex methods to diverse audiences and manage teams. Colleagues rely on him for careful data engineering, insightful feature construction, and turning statistical results into actionable strategy.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 3.86, Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 3.86 at University of Iowa
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
luke-franzen/TicketExchange
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:102 commits, 1 PR, 114 pushes in 1 month
ryan-p-larson/bd-hack
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 day
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