Biography
Faisal Habib manages the research portfolio at the Mathematics, Analytics, and Data Science Lab at the Fields Institute. Faisal has over two decades of experience in various capacities at financial and technology firms. Faisal was instrumental in the success of QWeMA Group – a fintech startup incubated at the Fields Institute and later acquired by Cannex Financial Exchanges where he assumed the role of VP of Research.
Faisal is a lecturer at the Schulich School of Business at York University (Toronto) where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. He also runs a bootcamp on probability, linear algebra, and algorithms at University of Toronto for incoming graduate students in the MScAC programme.
Faisal has worked as a software design engineer at technical firms in Canada and USA. He is a certified Financial Risk Manager and is registered as a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario (Canada).
Faisal is an avid runner and enjoys landscape photography.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Quantitative Finance
- Computer Vision
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MSc Applied Computing, 2020
University of Toronto
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Graduate Diploma Financial Engineering, 2008
Schulich School of Business, York University
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MBA Business Management, 2000
St. Edwards University
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BSc Electrical Engineering, 1996
University of Texas (Austin)
Skills
Experience
- Establish a mathematics consultancy and build a portfolio of research projects with a key focus on health analytics and advanced modelling.
- Develop and forge relationships with industry partners to bring research projects to the lab.
- Build and lead a team of highly qualified personnel with domain expertise to ensure quality research with tangible outcomes. Provide development and growth opportunities to new researchers with exposure to industry research projects.
- Foster an environment of collaborative research from multiple disciplines.
- Liaise with funding partners and grant agencies to develop grant proposals and research budgets.
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Instructor for the Structured Products course in the Master of Finance program.
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Instructor for Advanced Personal Finance: Retirement Income Models course in the BBA program.
Startup incubated at the Fields Institute that was acquired by CANNEX Financial Exchanges Limited.
Reported to the President. Responsible for the daily business activities and decisions of the company. Oversaw the design, development, and operation of financial/retirement income software. Involved in product development, human resources, marketing & sales, contract negotiations, patent & legal applications, and SR&ED tax filings. Interact with potential clients & media and assist them in understanding the complex retirement income models.
Projects
Optimal Lifecycle Capital
Imagine for a moment that I have perfect information. I am currently 45 years old, I will retire at age 65 and live to age 95. I earn $100,000 a year which will keep pace with inflation running at an annual clip of 2%.