I came to the United States in 2009. I was deeply shocked by the stack contrast between my culture and the United States culture. The Americans had a unique culture. Most of them were always challenged by everything around them. No sooner had I started interacting and mingling with them, than I was assimilated into their culture of tackling challenges as they emerge. For sure within no time, the challenging spirit became one of most precious treasure. By 2011, I was in a position found an auto trading company in China with two partners. I became the vice manager of the trading company. My main task was purchasing cars for customers who were grounded in US. In addition, I was tasked with shipping cars back to China. Nonetheless, time in, time out, we were faced by numerous challenges. It took us a whole month to clear out the customs entry formalities.
Moreover, we did not have adequate funds. This has made our company to struggle between the edge of bankruptcy and stability for quite some time. Nonetheless, I have always had faith that hard work and assertiveness are the key to success. I experienced sleepless nights as I tried my best to communicate with different stakeholders including banks and schools in China. In fact, in most instances, I had to conduct video meetings with my employees and partners due to the time differences. All these challenges made me stronger. Additionally, my entrepreneurial passion grew stronger. Further, I decided to make a series of modification in business operation. This saw our perspiration to get paid back within the next half year. Since then, our business has experienced a steady increase in sales.
As the only child, I supposedly took after my father’s investment in the private equity corporation. My father has been sedulously encouraging me to follow his career path. With his help, I have had the opportunity to attend different financial conferences and forums. This has been of much help since I have been able to meet with young entrepreneurs and experienced investors and also build my own understanding in the financial industry at large. I believe that good investment decisions mostly rely on thorough knowledge of real economy.
Education, Knowledge and training have been my key aims. I graduated from Boston University with a degree in Engineering. This gives me advantage over other people due to the immense knowledge and skills that I possess. Nonetheless, since my first day in school, I have always known that my career was not limited to the engineering filed. This is because as days went by, my desire to expand my knowledge in of finance grew stronger. In order to improve my quantitative analysis ability, I made my decision to participate in the dual degree program with my second major in Applied Mathematics.
As an engineering student, I was trained to be persistent, creative and productive. On the other hand, Mathematics made me logical and prudential. In three years, I was able to acquire knowledge in various aspects including Newton’s law to Electromagnetics Dynamics, basic calculus to stochastic modeling, and Windows user to microprocessor development. As the result of my diligent work, I made it through to be the first undergraduate teaching assistant in Electrical Circuit Theory class. In addition, I received complimentary comments from my students. Further, my name was included on the dean’s list as a result of excellent academic performance. Most importantly, I was able to maintain the balance between my studies and work.
My final project of a computer science class saw me combine the knowledge of Artificial Neural System and Markov Chain into my machine learning system. This system predicts stock prices based on data from past years. My knowledge in Engineering provided me with new perspectives. Nonetheless, I am convinced that all my learning experiences can be leveraged to financial analysis. During the summer internship in Sealand Security Private Equity, I made an investment analysis report on start-up Organics Light Emission Diode (OLED) company. For long time, Samsung dominated in the OLED screen market, and investors doubted about the profitability of the young company. Armed with engineering intuition and a mass of researches, I made a suggestion of investing in the company based on its competitive cost control in low-end screen manufacturing to my supervisor. It turned out that the value of the company doubled after a year. In the college, overload courses were intense and sometimes frustrating. However, I am grateful that I chose the hard side of life. More importantly, the valuable experiences paid back all my arduous effort.
The thriving financial industry has contributed to prosperity capital market and globalization economy. There is increasing demand of financial professionals in the young capital market such as China. I am awed by the complexity of the financial market, but also fascinated by the power of the financial tool. From Boston University to New York University, I deem it will be an excellent opportunity for me to be absorbed into the Mathematics of Finance program. Chinese decency combined with American passion, Engineering background plus Mathematics capability, I strongly believe that I am defined by the character of never ceasing to strive for the best possible outcomes. As such, I am not only fully prepared for any challenges, but also deeply yearning to make a difference in the financial world.
