Maximus Beach

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Expected Graduation May 2024)

Susquehanna International Group, Inc (June 2023 – August 2023)
Incoming Equity Research Intern

SpiderRock Advisors – Alternative Asset Manager (May 2022 – July 2022)
Summer Analyst

Taught myself Python and SQL to write scripts for a variety of automated data pulling tasks
Sought shadowing opportunities and gained immense exposure to compliance processes, coding development, and stock market volatility

University of Illinois Foundation (January 2022- May 2022)
Student Development Representative

Raised $2,000 through calling, conversing, and connecting with University of Illinois non-donors alumni
Refined communication, networking, and conversational skills from training, repetition, and practice

Gina’s Italian Ice (May 2018-August 2021)
Scooper

Scooped ice cream and Italian ice, cleaned freezers, and exchanged money four days a week
Gained experience in building strong customer relations and customer retention through super service

C++ – Proficient
Computer Science 128 – Introductory to Computer Science II

Completed daily lectures and assignments, weekly group labs, weekly take home quizzes, and weekly machine projects that all encompassed C++ and introductions to data structures such as binary trees, linked lists, and graphs
Connect four project: worked with arrays, dynamic memory, free store, heap, and iteration to produce a functional connect four game

Java – Proficient
Computer Science 124 – Introductory to Computer Science I

Completed daily lectures and assignments, weekly take home quizzes, and one final machine project all encompassing Java and introductions to coding basics such as types, variables, classes, and very basic data structures
Restaurant App Final Project: used Android Studio to make an app that pulled data from csv files with information about restaurants and produced a search function that suggested restaurants based off name and relationship to selected restaurant

Python and SQL – Novice
Data Pulling Project – SpiderRock Advisors

Wrote Python scripts that iterated through SQL databases, transformed the query into a large DataFrame, and Prefectized the scripts to send out data as a csv file via email every quarter

Illinois Investment Management Academy (January 2022 – Present)
President and Portfolio Manager

Leader of 40 students admitted to a highly selective, multi-year program tailored to careers in investment management and heard from speakers in private equity, hedge funds, and asset management
Established culture setting practices including collaborative research in-class activities, one-on-one communication, social events, and implementation of analyst, director, and portfolio manager feedback
Provided guidance to organization of how to position portfolio, identify distressed assets, and consider top-down effects on industries based on potential macroeconomic scenarios
Analyzed over ten companies and provided investment recommendations for a $1.3M portfolio through financial modeling, reports, and S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg, and Thomson Reuters equity research

Sigma Chi – Kappa Kappa Chapter (February 2021 – Present)
Scholarship Chair – Executive Member

Coordinated and facilitated weekly study hours for freshman to improve study abilities and routine
Presented weekly lectures on a variety of professionalism topics such as LinkedIn, resumes, and emails

Investment Portfolio Organization (February 2021 – May 2021)
Analyst

Explored the field of investment management through attendance of 8 weeks of guided instruction
Worked with a team to analyze and pitch a stock ($YETI) to the executive board and judges

Varsity Football – Oak Park and River Forest High School (January 2019 – November 2019)
Football “Gary Olson” Award 2020

Awarded best teammate award for dedication to being a leader and commitment to team’s culture

Independent Research (September 2018 – April 2019)
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium National Semi-Finalist 2019

Manipulated the propagule pressure of a controlled environment as a method of modeling invasion
Improved time management abilities due to pressure created from producing graduate level research

Japanese – Limited Working Proficiency

Four years of high school Japanese
Member of Japanese Honors Society based off of consistent above average class performance

Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Pat McAfee, Travel, Fitness, Marvel Cinema, Branding, Meditation, KAIZEN

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