Elmhurst, NY 11373, USA 607-351-2034 lq8a0356@westpost.net EDUCATION CornellUniversity Ithaca, NY Ph.D. candidate in Applied Economics & Management (GPA: 3.6/4.3) 09/2005- 07/2010 Thesis: Essays on Information Asymmetry in Equity Market Northeastern University Boston, MA Master of Arts in Economics (Major GPA: 4.0/4.008/1003-06/2005 NanjingUniversity, Nanjing China Bachelor of Arts in International Business Communication (Major GPA:3.9/4.0) 09/ 1999-06/2003 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Gilford Securities Inc. New York, NY Research Analyst 01/2010-08/201 0 a Generated a weekly newsletter on India for the senior corporate finance adviso r a Worked as part of a team to produce an investment analysis report for a China investment fund for investorsa reference during the new round of fund raising a Functioned as a translator in a formal business meeting between Gilford Securi ties and an energy company in China for a private placement deal a Performed background research and collected information on, evaluated and anal yzed a relevant industry for a private placement deal a Assisted the corporate finance director in identifying potential Chinese compa nies at ICR NASDAQ IPO Summit in Beijing a Assisted in researching and planning of a road show for launching a second Chi nese-focused real estate fund for a Singapore-based asset manager a Ensured timely communication and follow-up with the client and partners in Chi na Jiangsu Holly International Group Investment & Management Co. Ltd. Nanjing, Ch ina Analyst 08/2009-10/2009 a Participated in the due diligence group for preparing the prospectus of a Chin ese company to be listed in ShenZhen Stock Exexchange a Monitored policies and newly listed companies in Growth Enterprise Market in C hina a Visited a potential company in determining the next venture capital investment and prepared meeting minutes for the project manager after the trip
New York Global Group New York, NY
Intern 06/2005-07/2005 a Assisted Senior Research Analysts in researching industries including the ship ping industry, the gaming industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the fertiliz er industry in China a Wrote the snapshots on four leading shipping companies in China as a part of t he shipping industry report and compared the financial performance of these comp anies a Collected the financial information of all the Chinese companies that are list ed in the US stock market and created an excel report for internal uses. a Translated Chinaas tax policies related to the companyas projects a Assisted the communication between the headquarter on Wall Street and the bran ch office in Beijing a Get involved in the IPO project for a company in China to go public on London stock market and translate the companyas Internal Control Report required by the IPO application in U.K. Prudential Financial Wakefield, MA Financial Research Analyst 05/ 2004-06/2004 a Researched the performance of 40 selected mutual funds using Thomson Financial and Principia to provide suggestion for the Financial Advisor on fund selection to improve the financial product a Tracked activity of PruChoice---a mutual fund product of Prudential Financial a Studied the outperformed fund families and compared the ranking of funds based on morningstar, S&P 500 and businessweek to help the Financial Advisor improve products a Set up financial accounts for customers and analyzed their portfolio performan ce a Assisted the Financial Advisor in marketing financial products and giving semi nars to investors HONORS & AWARDS: a Assistantship from the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University (08/2 008-12/2008) a Ashley Graduate Fellowship Fund (05/2008-08/2008) a Richard D. Aplin Teaching Excellence Fund (01/2008-05/2008 ) a Edward and Janet Heslop Fellowship Fund (01/2007-12/2007) a Graduate Assistantship at Cornell University (08/2005-12/2006) a Morris A. Horowitz Excellence in Economics Award (2005) a A Nominated Member of Omicron Delta Epsilon--- An Honorary Society for Interna tional Studentsa Excellence in Economics (2005) SKILLS Language: Chinese(Native),English(Fluent) Computer Skills: SAS and basics in STATA SELECTED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES a Vice President of Amber Dance Troup at Cornell University between 2007-2008 a Member: of Teaching Assistant Leadership Board Committee of Center for Effecti ve University Teaching of Northeastern University