Daniel J. Murphy
MSC 728
Caltech (626) 584-6891
Pasadena, CA 91125 garthman@its.caltech.edu

Objective
To secure a position in a highly respected leading financial firm where strong analytic and mathematical skills, original thinking, and enthusiasm are required to develop strategies for the future.

Education
BS Physics and Economics expected June 2001
California Institute of Technology

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology 2000-2001

BEM 104-Investment Analysis
BEM 103-Introduction to Finance
Professor:   Dr. Peter Bossaerts, Professor of Finance

APh 24-Modern Optics Laboratory
APh 23-Introduction to Optics
Professor:   Dr. Michael Shumate, Lecturer in Applied Physics

Responsible for holding office hours to answer specific questions and supplement lectures, as well as grading homework assignments.

Research Experience
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology Winter 2000-2001

``Equilibration of Prices in American Markets'', under Professor Peter Bossaerts: Professor of Finance.

Writing programs to analyze market data and test explanatory power of proposed model.

Programming Experience
Software Development Summers of 1999-2000

"Jairfoil", under Professor F.E.C. Culick: Jet Propulsion and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Responsible for the development of software to design and analyze airfoils and the fluid flows around them.   To accompany Professor Culick's book Conformal Mapping and Basic Airfoil Theory

Academic Experience
Have completed collegiate courses in:

  • Applied Mathematics (Complex Analysis and Differential Equations)
  • Applied, Theoretical, and Experimental Physics
  • Mathematical Methods of Physics (Integral Techniques, Probability and Statistics)
  • Statistics
  • Theory of Value (Consumer Preference, Structure and Conduct of Markets, Factor Pricing, Measures of Efficiency)
  • Econometrics
  • Foundations of Economics (Comparative Statics and Maximization Techniques, Neoclassical Theory of Consumption and Production, other topics)
  • Business Finance
  • Financial Economics (Economic Theory, Asset Pricing Models)
  • Options (Valuation of Options and Derivatives with Binomial and Black-Scholes Methodology)
  • Investment Analysis (Asset Pricing Models, Term Structure of Interest Rates, Portfolio Analysis)
  • Ethics of Risk Management

Computer Skills
  • Linux/UNIX
  • Mathematica
  • HTML
  • C
  • LATEX
  • Windows 95/98/NT
  • MS Office
  • Java
  • C++
  • Matlab

Awards, Honors, and Recognitions
  • First Alto Sax, Caltech/Occidental Wind Ensemble
  • Valedictorian, Walter Panas High School
  • Charter Member of Walter Panas High School Academic Hall of Fame
  • National Merit Scholarship Recipient
  • AP Scholar with Honor and Distinction
  • IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Excellence in Science Award
  • Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
  • Principal Soloist, Walter Panas High Jazz Ensemble
  • Perfect Score on SAT
  • Most Valuable Player, Walter Panas High Track and Field Team
  • IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Honors Math \& Science Program
  • Two-time recipient of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Excellence in Math Award
  • American Math Competition Certificates of Achievement and Distinction
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