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Shyam G

- Research Program Mentor

MBA at University of Missouri - Kansas City

Expertise

Finance, Fintech, Derivatives Trading, Commodities and currency trading, Energy Trading, Investments, Wealth management, Startups, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship

Bio

Hi, I’m Shyam. I’m obsessed with learning and growing my knowledge even at the age of 50, after 2 degrees and 2 advanced certifications. My quest for knowledge is never ending, only because I want to share everything I learn and experience with other aspiring individuals who may need that helping hand so they can fulfill their dreams when conventional teaching and e-learning tools have given up on them. My passion towards teaching has made me find custom and unique ways to train and mentor my students, for example, as of this writing I am teaching Options Trading to a 20 yr student in Colorado and a 70 year retired gentleman from California who wants to trade. Now, that should tell you something about my abilities. I live in New Jersey with my family and recently started a Fintech company that uses AI and automation to expedite commercial mortgages for lenders. Outside of my day job and teaching hobby, I am super excited about the Crypto world and gearing up for it through reading books and research papers. If I am not in my office nor in my classroom teaching, I find myself gardening or tending to my huge collection of in-door plants that I so adore like my children. I'm super excited to meet you, lets get to work !

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Is the World ready for Crypto, who are the winners and who are the losers

US is the strongest economy in the World, though not without its flaws of course. Unfortunately, its banking and financial systems are one of the world's most complicated yet archaic systems. This is due to so many crisis in the past that had led to too many regulations that make the beast move slowly towards change. Today we are hearing words like, AI , Crypto, Quantum and many other fancy/scary words. How does one maneuver and be successful in this sphere, say over the next 5-10-15 years. You never know, your research may land you as a Founder and CEO of your own Startup company !!

Languages I know

English, Tamil

Teaching experience

Both my Mother and Sister are teachers and at the age of 15 and onward, I used to teach younger students who would come to our home for tutoring. This grew my passion to teach and I have been doing it since, not officially but more casually like my co-workers, neighborhood students and only now on Wyzant.com.

Credentials

Work experience

Aquila Energy Trading (2000 - 2002)
Risk Analyst
DTE Energy Trading (2002 - 2005)
Risk Manager
NRG Energy Trading (2005 - 2013)
Trader
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2014 - 2022)
Wealth Manager

Education

Other
BSE Bachelor of Science in Engineering (1994)
Civil Engineering
University of Missouri - Kansas City
MBA Master of Business Administration (2001)
Finance

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