CV

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Education

• Ph.D in Business Administration - Operations and Information Management, 2026 (expected)
  University of Connecticut
• M.S. in Mathematics, 2020
  Polytechnique Montreal
• B.S. (Honors) in Actuarial Science, 2018
  Université du Québec à Montréal à Montréal

Publications

Log-Optimal Portfolio Construction for Binary Options with Combinatorial Constraints

Jeff Decary, David Bergman, Bin Zou (2025). "Log-Optimal Portfolio Construction for Binary Options with Combinatorial Constraints".

Simplifying the Madness of March Madness

Jeff Decary, David Bergman, Carlos Cardonha, Jason Imbrogno, and Andrea Lodi (2025). "Simplifying the Madness of March Madness"; URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.13438.

Talks

The Madness of Multiple Entries in March Madness

Talk & Poster at Multiple Conferences, Various Locations

Teaching

• OPIM 3602. Supply Chain Logistics
  Teaching Assistant
  • Spring 2024
• OPIM 3104. Operations Management
  Teaching Assistant
  • Spring 2024 and Fall 2021
• OPIM 3103. Business Information Systems
  Instructor
  • Spring 2023 and Fall 2022
• OPIM 3103. Business Information Systems
  Teaching Assistant
  • Spring 2022, Spring 2021, and Fall 2020

Work experience

• Graduate Assistant at the University of Connecticut
  2020-2025
  • Instructor
  • Teaching Assistant
• Asset Management and Pension Intern at Normandin Beaudry
  May 2017 to Aug. 2017
  • Actuarial evaluation and financial projection for pension funds
  • Preparation of the client’s annual asset review presentation
• Business Intelligence Intern at The Co-operators
  Jan. 2016 to Jul. 2016
  • Insurance legacy systems reconciliation
  • Insurance database analysis
  • Solution and design development research

Award & Activities

• 6^th position in March Machine Learning Mania 2024
  2024

• Named Scholar-Scholarship 2023-2024

• UConn School of Business Dean’s Summer Fellowship
  2022-2023

• Predoctoral Summer Fellowship
  May 2021

• Third place at Munich Re Cup
  Jan 2018–April 2018
  • The Munich Re Cup is a case competition open to the Centers of Actuarial Excellence in Canada.
  • Developed an accelerated underwriting program using machine learning
  • Presented to senior executives of Munich Re
• Completion of professional exams of the Society of Actuaries (SOA)
  2015-2017
  • Probability
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Models for Financial Economics
  • Construction of Actuarial Models

Service and leadership

• 29th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming
  2023
  • Co-organizer of the workshop: Optimization for Sports
  • Assistant to the Conference Chair
    • Assisted in planning, organizing, and executing the conference.
    • Managed communication with speakers, sponsors, and organizing committees.
    • Coordinated logistics, scheduling, and session materials.
    • Provided on-site and virtual support to ensure smooth conference operations.
• Secretary of the board of directors of Tennis de table Quebec
  2019-2023
  • Made financial and operational decisions about the Federation’s priorities given a budget of $500,000.
  • Received funding of $46,000 from the Government of Quebec to develop a computer vision tool.
• 27th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming
  2021
  • Online technical support
    • Provided troubleshooting and virtual platform management.
    • Assisted speakers and participants with technical issues.