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Jacob Kulik

Data Science and Finance Major at Northeastern University


I am a fourth year Data Science and Business Administration major with a concentration in Finance. My interests lie in the intersection of tech and business, through topics such as data visualization, supervised learning, and natural language processing. Here are some of my experiences:


  • Portfolio Management Co-op @ Arrowstreet Capital
    Constructed fee schedule model with K-means clustering to classify broker tiers and explain routing behavior using Sklearn. Implemented portfolio monitoring tool to track idiosyncratic risk contributors via Dask and SciPy for external-facing PMs. Estimated stock loan fees using prime broker rate data to evaluate portfolio shorting costs with PySpark and Statsmodels. Developed regression model to estimate trading fees using liquidity tags, achieving 96% R-squared with PySpark MLlib. Optimized minimum portfolio cash levels by performing OLS regressions to predict overdraft probabilities using Statsmodels.


  • HOLT Portfolio & Quantitative Strategy Co-op @ Credit Suisse (UBS Group)
    Launched portfolio analysis tool leveraging HOLT factor library to improve client prep workflow using Plotly Dash and SQL. Engineered interactive dashboards to analyze HOLT and traditional quality alpha factors across stock baskets with Dash. Enhanced ML model, achieving 91% accuracy in classifying management incentive plans across sectors with Sklearn. Deployed chatbot to answer HOLT framework questions by conducting transfer learning on BERT model with HuggingFace. Analyzed 25+ equity portfolios for institutional PMs, applying factor framework to construct opportunity and risk screens.


  • Partner Streamer @ Chess.com
    Developed educational channel focusing on Blitz and Bullet chess with over 4k followers, 900k total views across platforms. Produced video content, consistently ranked in the top 50 English chess channels on Twitch for viewership and growth. Launched own show as one of few college-aged streamers in partner program dedicated to growing chess’s popularity online. Hosted Chess.com/tv programs for thousands of viewers, creating video content that is promoted on Chess.com site. Organized dozens of viewer tournaments with over 1k total participants and provide interactive lessons on various openings.


  • Director of Tech Consulting, Lead Developer @ TAMID Group
    Drove team of 3 developers in the construction of codebase for Alia, a startup replacing traditional e-commerce pop-ups. Enhanced AI-generated lesson pop-ups using TypeScript and GPT-3.5 to improve conversion rate with customer education. Presented CEO with innovative prompt engineering and lesson creation code to enhance the Shopify merchant experience.


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