Mengyuan Chen

Model Developer

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Manager, Market Risk Model Development at Scotiabank
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Quantitative Analyst at Scotiabank
    May 2024 - Aug 2024 · 4 mos

  • CICC (Full-time · 2 yrs)
    • Investment Banking Associate
      Jan 2022 - Aug 2022 · 8 mos

    • Investment Banking Analyst
      Sep 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Industry Analyst at Venture Capital Chain
    Aug 2019 - May 2020 · 10 mos

    · Cleaned and processed data gathered from Pitchbook, built and optimized classification model to predict private company IPO/M&A probability and achieved outstanding 85% precision to guide venture’s future investment. · Conducted literature research on algorithms for machine learning and deep learning related cases. · Evaluated target companies’ approach and industry advantage; gave presentation to investment committee.

  • Research Assistant at UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2018 · 6 mos

    • Provided exceptional research assistance for multiple aspects of a quadcopter prototype, investigating possible solutions and testing, assessing, and revising concepts to deliver results. • Explored options for a low-cost indoor global positioning system to track the quadcopter, designed light-weight quadcopter parts like sensor and payload holders, and worked on the on-board camera image processing and object localization abilities, quickly integrating feedback to improve the design with each iteration. • Garnered extensive experience in the overall design process, from initial specifications to working prototypes. • Kept meticulous and organized records, logs, and notes for quick reference and effective collaboration.