EDUCATION
Master of Science (MSc) – Finance (Quantitative Methods), Expected May 2023
W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Capstone: Quantitative Strategies for Risk-Managed Portfolio Development
Advisor: Dr. Anand Bhattacharya
Bachelor of Science and Engineering (BScE) – Computer Systems Engineering, 2022
Barrett, the Honors College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Summa cum laude, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity
Thesis: Creative Frameworks – Developing Combinatorial AI Models for Accessible Media Generation
Advisors: Dr. Ryan Meuth, Dr. Kristen Hermann, Dr. Jennifer Dyck Brian
Capstone: Hacking Back Scammers – Scalable Technologies to Identify and Report Criminal Networks
Sponsor: Bishop Fox, Tempe, Arizona
Minors/Certificates: Data Science and Analytics, Business, International Studies, Cross-Sector Leadership
RESEARCH
Bishop Fox Sponsored Researcher, Aug 2021 – Present
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (Dr. Ryan Meuth)
Research areas:
o Cloud-based honeypot Linux devices running custom C++/Python trackers to capture scammer information
o AWS Lambda and EC2 to scale and automate the honeypot, identification, and reporting process to law enforcement
o HUMINT processes to capture information, data cleaning and analysis with Tableau and Power BI
Study Abroad Researcher (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Dec 2022 – Jan 2023
College of Global Futures; School of the Future of Innovation in Society (Dr. Mary Jane Parmentier, Dr. Jameson Wetmore)
Research areas:
o Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and related impacts on Expo 2020
o Financial institutions and global banking within economic free zones
Histopathology Metastases Identification Classifier (IRP), Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
School of Life Sciences
Research areas:
o Binary image classifiers to identify the presence of metastases in histopathology images using an ROC curve
o Implementing ratio optimization, covnet models, and 1-cycle policies in Python to maximize training parameter selection
o Final model identified 99% of metastases from images during testing upon 57,000 evaluation images at 2.43 microns
US Equity Market Prediction Model (IRP), Jul 2022 – Sep 2022
W. P. Carey School of Business
Research areas:
o GPU processing and parallelism in Python to decrease mathematical calculation times
o Automated model optimizations, resulting in a correct prediction rate of 80.25% forward-testing over 2 months
o Coefficient analysis of variation and feature distribution to find outliers and multicollinearity between trends
o Autoencoder comparison (bottleneck classifier) for dimension reduction and Bayseian optimizer implementations
Student Research Associate, Aug 2021 – May 2022
School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence; School of Arts, Media, and Engineering (Dr. Ryan Meuth)
Research areas:
o Combinatorial GANs and diffusion models to generate images, videos, and light shows from textual inputs
o Parallel CPU processing to enable live audio analysis for visualizations and tempo/BPM matching
o Quantization to accelerate processing times with minimal accuracy loss to run on machines with low compute power
o AWS S3, EC2, and SageMaker utilization to deploy the model at scale and manage 1TB+ of media from users
PATENTS
Methods, Systems, and Computer Readable Media for Generating Codon Optimized Nucleotide Sequences.
U.S. Application 17/401,440. Filing Date: 08-13-2021. M. Pardhe, H. Mason, J. Pardhe, T. Mor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Velocity Investment Group – Scottsdale, Arizona, May 2021 – Present
Quant Research Director
o Built multiple trading models in Python and C, optimizing a core system with a 62% speed increase through CPU parallelism
o Reduced mathematical computation times from 670 ms to 75 ms by using aggregators, indexing, and Dask
o Programmed four automated trading strategies with under 150ms average time from data input to trade placement
o Mentored peer engineers on development best practices, optimizing six production algorithms and data engines
IXC Consulting Group – Tempe, Arizona, Aug 2022 – Present
Managing Director
o Coached an engagement team to assist a therapeutics startup with market positioning and VC presentations, creating brand guidelines/funding strategies and implementation plans, resulting in multiple VC interviews
o Managed monthly teaching sessions for a training engagement for high school seniors over a period of 5 months
o Directed the onboarding and intake of the Spring 2023 class of consultants, assisting with training guidelines for 12 new junior and senior consultants
Codonify LLC – Tempe, Arizona, May 2019 – Dec 2022
Co-founder and AI Research Lead
o Built a sequencing algorithm in Python/Java with distributed hash maps, memory parallelism, and unsupervised learning
o Achieved 70% higher expression than typical optimization methods, leading to a test-to-trial speed increase of up to 72%
o Backtested across 8000+ organisms, enhancing the model's rejection of problem sequences in common DNA profiles
o Promoted the product with clients, onboarding 3 universities, 2 government labs, and 4 EU/US biotech companies
Ernst and Young LLP – New York City, New York, Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Summer Financial Technology Consultant
o Researched Web3 revenue generation strategies with implementation plans for three Fortune 500 financial clients
o Leveraged the sumy and spaCy libraries to deploy a text summarization program, reducing research time by over 67%
o Developed statistical simulations and projections, calculating cryptocurrency and NFT adoption rates across age groups
The Goldman Sachs Group – Salt Lake City, Utah, Jun 2021 – Aug 2021
Summer Global Markets Trading Analyst
o Selected as the leader of the 3-person intern team architecting a division-wide data lake expansion/integration initiative
o Saved $1.2M/year by developing automated data support algorithms with Python and SQL across multiple groups
o Identified settlement bottlenecks and programmed automated error detection APIs, saving 16 person-hours/week
o Trained 14 associates and analysts through 3 in-person sessions on Pythonic data modeling, storage, and transformation
Watts College of Public Service – Tempe, Arizona, Aug 2020 – May 2022
Chief of Staff and Program Manager
o Consulted to C-suite leadership in the expansion of ASU’s signature service scholarship program to 13 other universities
o Assisted a successful $35M+ digital transformation by managing a 55-person team to create new engagement strategies
o Directed a transformational $3M+ public-private DEI partnership to implement new accessible processes across 5 campuses
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Barrett, the Honors College Research Symposium Alumni Speaker, Spring 2023
Graduate Professional Student Association Outstanding Mentor Award, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
Department of Information Systems Club Hackathon 1st Place Award, Fall 2022
American Statistical Association Datafest 2022 Judge’s Choice Award, Fall 2022
Next Generation Service Corps Outstanding Values Award, Spring 2022
Fulton Engineering Research Initiative Grant Recipient, Spring 2021 – Spring 2022
Next Generation Service Corps Chief of Staff, Fall 2020
Arizona Board of Regent’s Cup State Debate Tournament 1st Place Award, Fall 2019
Fulton Schools of Engineering Outstanding Organization Leader Award, Spring 2019
Glendale Community College Outstanding Student (Natural Sciences) Award, Spring 2018
Cisco Innovation Challenge 1st Place Award, Fall 2017
PRESENTATIONS
“Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Impacts of AI on Accessibility and Creativity,” March 2023
J. Pardhe & K. Lim. Change the World Symposium, Tempe, Arizona
“Hacking Back Scammers: Developing Frameworks to Report Financial Scams,” November 2022
J. Pardhe, R. Dinnan, M. Bashi. BSides Orlando, Orlando, Florida
“Hacking Back Scammers: Social Media Scams and Network Identification,” June 2022
R. Dinnan, M. Bashi, J. Pardhe, J. Abraham. BSides Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
“Hacking Back Scammers: Automated Research Development,” May 2022
J. Abraham, J. Pardhe, R. Dinnan, M. Bashi. BSides Seattle, Seattle, Washington
“Combining GANs and Diffusion Networks for Auditory Analysis and Live Visual/Light Show Generation,” April 2022
J. Pardhe & K. Lim. Barrett, the Honors College Research Symposium, Tempe, Arizona
“Combining GANs and Diffusion Networks for Text-to-Video Models,” March 2022
J. Pardhe & K. Lim. School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, Tempe, Arizona
“Hacking Back Scammers: Using AI and HUMINT to Develop Network Maps of Scammer Cells,” February 2022
J. Abraham, J. Pardhe, R. Dinnan, M. Bashi. BSides Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
“Regent’s Cup: Debate and Free Speech on a Public Campus,” Spring 2021
J. Pardhe & V. O’Keefe. Arizona Board of Regents, Tempe, Arizona
TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE
Professional Mentor, Graduate College Mentorship Program, W. P. Carey School of Business, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
Dean’s Lecturer, Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar (HON294), Barrett, the Honors College, Fall 2022
Leadership Board, Advisor to the Executive Director, Watts College, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
Teaching Associate, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CPP201), Watts College, Fall 2021
Executive Board Member, AI@ASU, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Assistant Mentor, Oxford Debate and Storytelling (HON394), Barrett, the Honors College, Fall 2020
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERING
Board Member, W. P. Carey Graduate Leadership Council, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023
Member, Watts College Leadership Selection Committee, Summer 2022
Student Government Liaison, Accessibility Coalition at ASU, Spring 2021
Senator, Fulton Schools of Engineering, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Student Representative, Arizona Board of Regents, Fall 2020
University Representative, Volcker Alliance, Fall 2020
Council Member, Fulton Schools of Engineering, Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
Interviewer, Barrett 30th Anniversary History Project, Fall 2018
SKILLS
o Statistics, neural networks, parallelism, stochastic processes, time series analysis, pandas/sci-kit/scipy, software architecture
o Alteryx Certified, Power Platform/Power BI, Tableau, Python (4 YOE), Java (4 YOE), C++ (2 YOE), SQL (1 YOE), Github
o Stakeholder management, corporate finance, derivatives, fixed income, strategic analysis, due diligence/research
INTERESTS
o Technology upcycling (over 400+ computers donated), VJing/DJing (35K+ streams), and traveling (6 countries)
o 3D modeling, animation, CGI, and video editing (70K+ views on videos across platforms)
o Volunteering (5x Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient)