Li Jia, Curriculum Advisor
M.S. Computational Finance, Carnegie Mellon
B.Sc. Computer Science (First-Class), NUS
VP, Credit Suisse, New York (USA)
Developer, EllieMae (Silicon Valley)
Li Jia had his first encounter with coding on an Apple II at the age of 5. Moving on to Secondary school where he had loads of fun writing programs to solve various math problems, this Raffles Junior College alumni ended up taking a first in Computer Science at the NUS, before pursuing his masters in the USA.
He credits his early brush with coding to having led him to where he is today, as a VP with one of the world's leading investment banks, with more than 10 years of experience in the development of stocks and options trading software.
His hobbies revolve around coding and hardware, many of which are adapted into our coding classes for kids. His latest coding hobby (on top of his intensely game-changing work projects) involves building his home surveillance system - using Raspberry Pi.
Currently based in New York, Li Jia holds a Master of Science in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.