I am William, a 21 years-old polymath student at University of Brasília, driven by a curiosity for technology and a love for finance and computer science. My journey involves delving into the world of quantitative finance, data manipulation, optimization & automation, development, research and problem solving, exploring new ideas, and sharing my insights with the world.
- 🔭 I'm currently pursuing my Degree at University of Brasília.
- 💭 Future Double Graduation on Computer Science and a Maths or Statistics Master Degree
- 📝 I am passionate about CS, FP&A, M&A, Data Analysis/Manipulation, Quantitative Finance and Programming.
- 🌐 Currently a Brazillian Citizen, aiming to explore the world and it's beauty.
- ✍️ Currently working on building a community of Quants in Brazil!
- Applying AI and Machine Learning to quantitative finance problems using libraries like Qlib and Scikit-learn.
- Building financial data pipelines and backtesting engines in Python to validate trading strategies.
- Optimizing computational power with C++ for high-frequency trading algorithms.
- Developing interactive financial dashboards and data visualizations with JavaScript, Front-End Languages and React.
- Deepening my knowledge in financial econometrics and time series analysis for model development.
- Strengthening my foundation in stochastic calculus and statistical arbitrage to build more robust financial models and risk management strategies.
- Architecting scalable data pipelines for real-time market data.
- Learning Apache Spark for large-scale financial dataset processing.
- Diving into Qlib's workflow for full-cycle quant research (from data to strategy).
- Exploring deep learning techniques for algorithmic trading.
- Developing interactive Monte Carlo simulations for risk analysis.
- Using Python and JS to automate financial report generation and data aggregation.
- Currently learning low-cost high-frequency operations with C++
- 🌟 President of the Academic Council of Economics in University of Brasilia (2024) - Contributed to build a better community inside of the academic environment.
- 🏆 Top-10 on BTG Pactual Investment Banking Trading Championship at 20 years-old (2025).
- 🐚 Current Leader of Selfmade Brazilian Developers and Development Students Commmunity (2025).
- 🧑🏫 Founder of a Free Public Discord Fundamental-School, Middle-School and University Study Library destined to universal cutting edge opportunities for students, free, forever (2021).
- 🧮 Ex-member of a Financial Consulting and Performance Tracker Startup that used GPT's Model with Excel and Excel + PowerBI dashboards to help companies along with Financial Planning and Analysis (2024).
- 💻 Ex-member of University of Brasília's Junior Company of Economics
- And much more (...)
- Dashboard & Visualization Design: Crafting intuitive and actionable KPI dashboards in Tableau and Power BI for executive and operational reporting.
- Data Storytelling: Translating complex data findings into clear, compelling narratives for technical and non-technical audiences.
- BI & Visualization Tools: Tableau, Power BI, Excel (Advanced)
- Database Management: SQL for data querying and analysis
- Big Data Processing: Apache Spark for large-scale financial datasets
- Quantitative Research: Qlib workflow implementation
- FP&A: Financial planning and analysis
- Accounting Principles: Core accounting concepts
- Entrepreneurship: Alura online school of technological and business education in Brazil
- Marketing & Sales: Strategic planning and execution
- Leadership: Team management and project leadership
- On-going Major Degree in Economics (plus future plans on a math master degree)
- Hardware Architecture: Building high-performance workstations and servers from component selection to thermal optimization. Special interest in HEDT platforms and server-grade hardware for data-intensive workloads.
- Self-Hosting & Homelab: Deploying and maintaining self-hosted services including:
- Media Servers (Jellyfin/Plex) with automated content pipelines
- File Sync & Backup (Nextcloud, Syncthing) with RAID redundancy
- Home Automation (Home Assistant) with IoT device integration
- Network Services (Pi-hole, VPN, reverse proxies)
- Server Administration: Proficient in Proxmox VE for virtualization, Docker container orchestration, and ZFS storage management.
- Linux Power User: Daily-driving Arch/Ubuntu with heavy i3wm/ricing customization. Proficient in Bash/Zsh scripting, package management, and systemd service configuration.
- Network Engineering: Configuring VLANs, VPNs, and firewall rules for segmented lab environments. Experience with pfSense and WireGuard. Performance Tuning: Kernel compilation for specific workloads, SSD caching configurations, and memory subsystem optimization.
- Calculus & Analysis: Single and multivariable calculus, sequences, series, and convergence analysis.
- Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues, and quadratic forms.
- Mathematical Optimization: Static and dynamic optimization (Lagrange, Kuhn-Tucker), and Comparative Statics.
- Dynamic Systems: Differential (ODE) and Difference Equations applied to economic modeling.
- Probability & Statistics: Probability distributions, limit theorems (LLN/CLT), and Maximum Likelihood Estimation.
- Advanced Theory: Topology and Real Analysis applied to Fixed Point Theorems and General Equilibrium.
- Econometrics: Matrix-based regression analysis, Gauss-Markov assumptions, and statistical inference.
- Video Production: End-to-end video creation, editing, and publishing as a YouTube, Tiktok and Instagram creator (over 10M views in total). Via: Imgur
- Adobe Creative Cloud: Advanced proficiency in After Effects (motion graphics), Photoshop (image editing/thumbnails), Premiere (advanced video editing), Capcut (simple video editing) and Illustrator (graphic design).
- Video Editing Softwares: Advanced proficiency in most of the video-editing softwares (Davinci Resolve, Capcut, Vegas Pro, Premiere, After Effects etc.)
- Creative Strategy: Leveraging copywriting, storytelling, and consumer psychology to drive viewer engagement and growth.
- Cybersecurity: Concepts and practices via TryHackMe
- 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Native)
- 🇺🇸 English (112 TOEFL Score + CCAA Language School Certificate)
- 🇪🇸 Spanish (CCAA Language School Certificate)
- 🇩🇪 German (Busuu and Duolingo Online Language School)
- 🇫🇷 French (Busuu and Duolingo Online Language School)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese (Busuu and Duolingo Online Language School)
- 🇮🇹 Italian (Busuu and Duolingo Online Language School)
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