Biography
Dr. Sinha is a quantitative finance specialist with expertise in several areas of finance including financial engineering, equities, foreign exchange, interest rates, and derivatives, among others. His current area of research is in the field of computerized and algorithmic trading. Before getting back into academics, Dr. Sinha worked with several hedge funds, mostly in the United States.
Dr. Sinha has a passion for teaching. He has taught at undergraduate as well as graduate levels. He is able to bring his vast experience in the field of finance to the benefit of his students in the classroom. He focuses on helping students learn on their own so when they are no longer students in the classroom, they have the ability to critically analyze and arrive at a solution on their own. He encourages experiential learning by giving them research projects and case studies to work on.
Academic Credentials
PhD, Finance, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997
MBA, University of Alberta, 1991
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, 1985
Areas of Specialization
Corporate Finance
Derivatives
Investment Management
Portfolio Management
Macroeconomics
Financial Mathematics
Advanced Managerial Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Financial derivatives
Algorithmic trading
Computerized trading
Foreign exchange
Interest rate products
Equities
Weather derivatives
Financial engineering
Numerical methods
Binomial/Trinomial trees
Neural network
Genetic algorithm
Monte Carlo simulation
Partial differential equations
Time series analysis
Statistical and mathematical software
Financial software and platforms
Career Highlights
2014-Present: Professor, George Brown College Centre for Business
2015-Present: Lecturer, Ryerson University Chang School
2005-2006: Vice President, West End Capital Management, India
2002-2005: Consultant, Elite Solutions Inc., USA
2000-2002: Vice President, XL Weather & Energy, USA
1997-2000: Quantitative Analyst, AIG Trading Corporation, USA
Other Activities
Coordinator, B.Com. and BAB Programs, School of Accounting and Finance