resume.Rmd

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author: Teddy Wong
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# Aside {#aside}
It's easy to understand something once you understand it.

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![Teddy Wong](teddywong.jpg){width="90%"}
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## Contact Info {#contact}

-   <i class="fa fa-envelope"></i> [teddy.t.wong\@gmail.com](mailto:teddy.t.wong@gmail.com){.email}
-   <i class="fa fa-github"></i> [tedtwong.github.io](https://tedtwong.github.io/)
-   <i class="fa fa-phone"></i> +1 510.684.6176

## Skills {#skills}

-   <i class="fa fa-globe"></i> Insurance/insurtech business development.

-   <i class="fa fa-pen"></i> Reinsurance treaty underwriting. Agriculture, weather, and parametric risks.

-   <i class="fa fa-seedling"></i> Global crop insurance market and public/private partnerships.

-   <i class="fa fa-calculator"></i> Applied statistical analysis, models, and optimization methods.

-   <i class="fa fa-code"></i> R, Python, SQL, Tableau, Matlab, GitHub, Quarto.

-   <i class="fa fa-handshake"></i> Collaboration, communication, problem-solving, presentation, research, and adaptability.



## Disclaimer {#disclaimer}

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Last updated on `r Sys.Date()`.

# Main

## Teddy Wong {#title}

## Professional Experience {data-icon="suitcase"}

### AIRM Consulting

Reinsurance and Strategic Partnerships

Los Angeles, CA

Current - 2021

-   Business planning
-   Reinsurance consulting
-   Capital/cash flow/loss modeling
-   Regulatory requirements, ratings, domicile consulting

### Ironshore/Pembroke/Liberty/Hamilton

Regional Agriculture Reinsurance Manager

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2015

-   Manage and underwrite global agriculture treaty risk portfolio.
-   Lead reinsurance binder for India and manage delegated underwriting authority in Australia.
-   Lead data science projects involving yield estimation and portfolio optimization.
-   Liaise with clients, brokers, government and academic partners.

### Catlin/XL/AXA

Reinsurance Underwriter

Costa Mesa, CA

2015 - 2012

-   Underwriting crop, livestock, hail, parametric risks.
-   Coordinate with local branches in N.America, Asia, Europe, Australia.
-   Develop new business opportunities

### Endurance Re

Agriculture Reinsurance Underwriting Analyst

Irvine, CA

2012 - 2010

### ERS/USDA

Economist for the Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Summer internship.

Washington D.C.

2008

## Education {data-icon="graduation-cap" data-concise="true"}

### University of California, Davis

PhD Candidate, Agriculture and Resource Economics. ABD

Davis, CA

2011

-   Dissertation: "Commodity Futures Markets Under Rational Expectations with a Speculative Fringe: Theory and Evidence"
-   Fields of Interest: Commodities Markets, Development Economics, Industrial Organization, and Econometrics.

### University of California, Berkeley

BA Economics & BA Political Economy

Berkeley, CA

2003

## Teaching/Research Experience {data-icon="chalkboard-teacher"}

### UC Davis Teaching Assistant

UC Davis

Davis, CA

2008 - 2004

::: concise
-   ARE139 Futures and Options Fall 2008
-   ARE171A, Corporate Finance, Winter 2007
-   BIS20Q, Mathematical Modeling in Biological Sciences, Spring 2006, Fall 2007
-   NPB100Q, Modeling in Neurobiology, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
-   ARE100A, Intermediate Microeconomics, Winter 2004, Summer 2005, Winter 2006
-   ARE106, Econometrics, Winter 2005
-   ARE115A, Development Economics, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
:::

### UC Davis Research Assistant

UC Davis

Davis, CA

2010 - 2003

::: concise
-   Colin Carter/Aaron Smith/Jim Chalfant (Commodity Markets), Winter 08/09, Spring 08/09/10
-   Steve Boucher (Development Economics), Spring 2005
-   Scott Rozelle (Development Economics), Fall 2003, Spring 2004
:::

## Presentations {data-icon="comments"}
### Presenter
"Machine Learning in Agriculture Yield Estimation" at Guy Carpenter Agriculture Rendezvous

New Delhi, India

2017


### Presenter

"Price Dynamics and Their Causes: An Exploration in Futures and Spot Market Interactions" with Aaron Smith at AAEA

Denver, CO

July 2010

### Discussant

"The Impact of the Extreme Events on Commodity Market Volatility" by Peter Went (GARP) at Financial Management Association (FMA)

Reno, NV

October 2009

### Presenter

"Index Trader Effects on Inter-temporal Price Spreads in Commodity Futures" with Colin Carter and Aaron Smith at NCCC-134 (Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management)

St. Louis, MO

April 2009

### Presenter

"Effects of Factor Markets on Agricultural Production in China" at ERS/USDA Department Presentation

Washington, D.C.

September 2008

### Chair of Contributed Papers Session

"FDI, Firms, Geography, Exchange Rates, and Policy" at International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC)

Beijing, China

July 2007


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