Mitch Gao

"Ming"

New York City · mitch@gao.us

Mitch Gao is a Vice President with years of experience in interest rates and FX derivatives pricing and model risk management at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in New York. Mitch holds a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Stony Brook University, under the supervision of professor James Glimm who is the former president of the American Mathematical Society and a recipient of Heineman Prize, Leroy P. Steele Prize and National Medal of Science.

Check out Mitch's Plum Profile here (a pre-employment assessment).


Experience

Rates/FX Derivatives Quant

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Feburary 2020 - Present

Quantitative Investment Intern

United nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
June 2019 - Nov 2019

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Stony Brook University
August 2017 - May 2019

Education

Stony Brook University

Doctor of Philosophy
Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Advisor: James Glimm
Research Area: Time-inhomogeneous Lévy Processes

August 2017 - May 2022

New York University

Master of Science
Financial Engineering
August 2014 - May 2016

Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

Bachelor of Science
Finance
September 2010 - June 2014

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Languages
  • Mandarin (native)
  • English (fluent)

Interests

  • Tech Hardware
  • Mechanical Keyboard
  • Saltwater Aquarium
  • Boating, inshore fishing and crabbing
  • Shuck oysters
  • Traveling

Awards & Certifications