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Josh Cheema

Education

MSc Candidate, Machine Learning & Data Science (TBD)

Imperial College London

London, UK

Current - Oct-21

MEng, Engineering Science (2:1)

Oxford University, St Hugh’s College

Oxford, UK

Jun-14 - Oct-09

A-Level: Further Mathematics (A)

Rochester Independent College

Kent, UK

Jun-09

A-Level: Mathematics, Physics, History, English Literature (AAAA)

Gravesend Grammar School

Kent, UK

Jun-08

Experience

RegTech Engineer (Python Developer)

Suade Labs

Remote, UK

Current - Sep-22

  • Working on the architecture, design and expansion of SaaS RegTech web platform, specifically on the implementation of new features and refactoring of existing code to automate regulatory reporting on behalf of clients.
  • Discussing requirements with new and potential clients, prototyping and ad-hoc bug fixes.
  • Researching current and potential regulatory requirements and deciding on the optimal implementation within existing codebase.

Executive Director, Derivative Products Group

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Ltd

London, UK

Oct-21 - Jul-14

  • Pricing and execution of interest rate swaps, inflation swaps, interest rate options and FX derivatives with a focus on project finance and structured corporate hedging, including negotiation and execution of ISDA Master, CSA and other hedging documents.

Intern, Derivative Sales & Trading

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Ltd

London, UK

Oct-13 - Jul-13

  • Modelling of IRS, CCS and FX transactions. Review and summary of legal and compliance documentation.
  • Undertook projects evaluating ISDA agreements, swap models and credit risk simulations in order to analyse trends, benchmarks and profitability of historical transactions.



Selected Data Science Writing

I blog about data science and visualization on my blog joshcheema.io

Clustering: PCA vs t-SNE on the Fashion MNIST dataset

joshcheema.io

N/A

Apr-22

Spatial Data: Adjusting the Boston Housing dataset

joshcheema.io

N/A

Apr-22

Linear Discriminant Analysis vs Quadratic Discriminant Analysis

joshcheema.io

N/A

Apr-22



Certifications & Awards

HackTheHub 2022: AI & Data Hackathon

HackTheHub

N/A

May-22

  • 3rd Place (Team Event)
  • Competition to create business idea using AI/Machine Learning to add value to industry. My team designed a predictive tool for crop selection given a set of soil conditions.

IMSE DigiFAB Datathon: Molecular Adsorption to Surfaces

Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering (IMSE)

N/A

Apr-22

  • 2nd Place (Team Event)
  • Competition to create predictive model for energy of adsorbed molecule following adsorption process given a range of pre-calculated descriptors

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Google

N/A

Apr-22

Level II CFA exam

CFA Institute

N/A

Jun-19

Level I CFA exam

CFA Institute

N/A

Dec-17