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Radhika Mahadevia

Radhika Mahadevia

Quantitative Analyst at Zacks Investment Management

Champaign, IL , United States

About

Radhika Mahadevia is a Quantitative Analyst at Zacks Investment Management, based in Champaign, IL. In her current role, she supports portfolio construction and investment strategy through the development and application of quantitative models. Her responsibilities include risk analysis, data-driven research, and forecasting within the firm's asset management operations, with a particular focus on equity markets and financial analytics.

Before joining Zacks, Radhika worked as a Data Scientist at Syntellect India Pvt. Ltd., where she specialized in machine learning, data analytics, and predictive modeling across diverse business sectors. Her career also includes experience with financial institutions such as Mahindra and DSP Blackrock, further deepening her expertise in applying analytical solutions to investment management and wealth advisory.

Radhika holds a Master's in Business Analytics with a concentration in Financial Data Analytics from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She also earned a BS in Business Economics and Public Policy, focusing on Economic Consulting and Business Analytics, from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Her academic background and professional experience equip her to contribute innovative quantitative insights to equity investment analysis and portfolio risk management, supporting both institutional and private client strategies.

Career History

OrganizationRoleDate RangeDetails
Zacks Investment ManagementQuantitative AnalystJan 2024 to Present
Zacks Investment ManagementQuantitative AnalystSep 2023 to Jan 2024
Syntellect India Pvt. Ltd.Data ScientistDec 2020 to Aug 2022
Organizing non-traditional and unstructured data to build statistical tools supporting alternative lending decisions. This ranges from predictive modeling to assess risk to creating pipelines to repre...
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Data Sciences: Group Strategy OfficeJan 2020 to Nov 2020
Mahindra Finance: Receivables Worked on data science and process improvement projects for the Receivables vertical, impacting 6000+ employees: • Built a model in Python to assess and flag customer ris...
Dsp Blackrock Investment ManagersSummer Intern: Institutional SalesJun 2018 to Aug 2018
• Leveraged real-time fund data to develop models for the Fixed Income segment that compared product performance parameterized by performance across multiple interest rate cycles, fund duration, marke...
UberConsultant (Marketing and Sales Intern) at UberEATS MumbaiJun 2017 to Aug 2017
• Conducted market research to estimate whether adding cash as a payment option is viable in India • Conducted menu audits and scheduled social media campaigns
Indiana University BloomingtonResident Assistant (Residential Programs and Services)Aug 2016 to May 2017
• Prepared students to create the future, acted as a first resource for students with academic or institutional questions, and enforced residence policies • As the primary leader on the floor, It was ...
Elara CapitalInvestment Management InternMay 2016 to Jul 2016
• Created databases and researched companies that clients would be likely to invest in in the future within Indian financial markets.
AAA Technologies Pvt. Ltd.Internship – Information Systems Assurance InternJan 2014 to Jan 2014
• Participated in an Information Systems Audit assignment at a Highway Toll Management Authority • Learned how to track real-time data for integrity and operational efficiency

Education

Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Masters in Business Analytics, Concentration: Financial Data Analytics

2022 2023

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Economics and Public Policy : Economic Consulting and Business Analytics

2015 2019

Hutton Honors College- Indiana University

2015 2017

The Cathedral and John Connon School

High School

2004 2015

Skills & Expertise

Database Management System (DBMS)
SAS (Programming Language)
R (Programming Language)
Large Language Models (LLM)
Data Management
Blockchain
Problem Solving
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
Interpersonal Communication
Microsoft SQL Server
SQL
Knime
Data Wrangling
Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
Microsoft Excel
Management
Data Analytics
Multilingual
Strategic Planning
Microsoft Office
Leadership
Microsoft Word
Public Speaking
Time Management
Research
PowerPoint
Teamwork
Social Media
Communication
Customer Service
Team Leadership
Microsoft PowerPoint

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