Quantitative Researcher · Quantitative Brokers · New York

Uncertainty,
measured.

M.S. in Financial Economics, Columbia Business School. Double mathematics major, University of Waterloo. Six firms across research, trading and risk since 2021.

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Transcript: Tyler Starr, Quantitative Researcher, New York. FBC, Calgary, 2021 · InFlight, Kitchener, 2021 · National Bank of Canada, Toronto, 2022 · TD Securities, 2023 · Purpose Investments, 2023 · Quantitative Brokers, New York, 2025 and 2026. Columbia Business School, M.S. Financial Economics · University of Waterloo, B.Math.

Career

Jun 2026 — nowQuantitative ResearcherQuantitative Brokers · New York

Returned full-time after the 2025 research internship.

May — Aug 2025Quantitative Researcher, InternQuantitative Brokers · New York

Summer research internship during the Columbia master’s.

Sep — Dec 2023Quantitative Analyst Co-opPurpose Investments

Quantitative analysis co-op term.

Jan — Apr 2023Trading Intern, Automated Execution GroupTD Securities

Internship with the Automated Execution Group.

May — Aug 2022Research Associate, ETFs & Financial ProductsNational Bank of Canada · Toronto

Helped build industry reports for institutional and retail clients, regularly featured by BNN, the National Post and The Globe and Mail.

Sep — Dec 2021Software QA Analyst Co-opInFlight · Kitchener

High-priority projects for IBM, CVS, Ross Stores, the City and County of San Francisco and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Jan — Apr 2021QA Accounting / Tax Technician Co-opFBC · Calgary

First co-op term, in Calgary.

Education

2024 — 2026

Columbia Business School

M.S., Financial Economics

A selective program that combines PhD and MBA courses for advanced quantitative work in economics and finance. Quantitative Markets & Trading Club · Outdoors Club · French Club.

2019 — 2024

University of Waterloo

B.Math, double major · CS minor

Computational Mathematics, and Mathematics / Financial Analysis & Risk Management. Project Team Leader, UW App Development Club.

Python · R · C++ · C · C# · Object-oriented design · Advanced Excel

Let’s talk.

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