PHD CANDIDATE IN FINANCE Summary Self driven highly motivated several years experience Quantitative Research including quantitative modeling, econometric analysis, statistical analysis, model development, large data analysis. My work, Finance Engineering based development, application, testing quantitative models. Excellent analytical/critical thinking problem solving skills. Strong written oral communication. Highlights Proficient R, SAS, SQL, C++, Fortran, VBA Advanced Modeling Skills Project Management Experience Critical Thinking Skills Complex Problem Solving Skills Superior Research Skills Excellent Written Oral Communication Self-motivated Professional Experience PhD Candidate Finance 08/2010 Current Company Name City State Conduct research Finance, specifically asset pricing econometric modeling. Current work includes: 1) Do tax revenues Reduce Agency Costs Increase Hospital Efficiency? Empirical Evidence Washington State conducted using Maximum Entropy Econometrics, 2) Return Distributions GARCH Process Sentiment Measures 3) Market Sentiment Effects Stock Returns 4) A State-Space Model Investor Sentiment 5) Herding Option Pricing Models – A State Space Approach. Visiting Instructor Finance 09/2013 08/2014 Company Name City State Taught MBA Undergraduate Classes Investments, Financial Markets Institutions, Bank Financial Management, Introduction Financial Management Visiting Asst. Professor Finance 08/2008 06/2010 Company Name City State Taught MBA Undergraduate Classes Financial Modeling, Strategic Business Problem Solving, Working Capital Management Research Assistant Professor 01/2001 02/2006 Company Name City State Principal Investigator projects development mathematical models life prediction Nuclear Waste containers Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository (sponsored DOE). Taught classes engineering graduate undergraduate students. Research Scientist 10/1999 12/2000 Company Name City State Worked development mathematical models life prediction turbine engines blades US Air Force fighter jets. Education Ph.D. Materials Science Engineering 6 1999 Georgia Institute Technology (Georgia Tech) City State USA B. Tech. Metallurgical Engineering 6 1992 IIT Bombay City India Ph.D. Finance 2015 University Connecticut City State USA MBA Finance 12 2007 Gonzaga University City State USA M.S. Ceramic Engineering 12 1995 Georgia Institute Technology (Georgia Tech) City State USA Sample Publications 1) Namjoshi Shantanu, McPherson Matthew Q, Friesner Dan, Do tax revenues Reduce Agency Costs Increase Hospital Efficiency? Empirical Evidence Washington State, Global Business Finance Review, Vol 17, Issue 2, Fall 2012, pp 137-160 2) S. A. Namjoshi K. Hickman, The Impact Morningstar Five-Star Ratings, Journal Academy Finance, Summer 2010 3) Namjoshi Shantanu, Market Sentiment Effects Stock Returns, 2nd International Conference Emerging Trends Finance Accounting, August 9-10, 2013, SDM Institute Management Development, Mysore, India. 4) Namjoshi Shantanu, Return Distributions GARCH Process Sentiment Measures, 2014 MBAA International Conference, Chicago IL, March 2014 5) Namjoshi Shantanu, A State-Space Model Investor Sentiment, In Progress 6) Namjoshi Shantanu, Herding Option Pricing Models – A State Space Approach, In Progress 7) K.S. Raja, S. A. Namjoshi, M. Misra, Improved Corrosion Resistance Ni-22Cr-13Mo-4W Alloy Surface Nanocrystallization Materials Letters, 59 (2005) 570-574. 8) S. Mall, S.A. Namjoshi, W.J. Porter, Effects Microstructure Fretting Fatigue Crack Initiation Behavior Ti-6Al-4V, Materials Science Engineering A 383 (2004) 334–340 9) Namjoshi S. Mall S., Fretting behavior Ti-6Al-4V combined high cycle low cycle fatigue loading, The International Journal Fatigue 23 (2001) S455-S461. 10) Namjoshi S.A., Thadhani N.N., Modeling The Reaction Synthesis Of Shock-Densified Titanium-Silicon Powder Mixture Compacts, Metallurgical Materials Transactions B, vol. 31B, no. 2, pp. 307-316B, Apr. 2000. 11) Royal T.E., Namjoshi S.A., Thadhani N.N., Mechanistic Processes Influencing Shock-Chemistry Powder Mixtures Ti-Si, Ti-Al, Ti-B Systems, Metallurgical Materials Transactions A, vol. 27A, no. 7, pp. 1761-1771, July 1996 Accomplishments Academic Advisor: Graduated: 1 PhD. student (2005), 1 M.S. student (2004) Patents: J. C. Lacombe, K. S. Raja, S. A. Namjoshi, M. Misra et al., “Methods Fabrication Porous Metal Templates Growth Carbon Nanotubes Utilization Thereof,” US 20050276743 A1 K. Paramguru, K. S. Raja, S. A. Namjoshi, M. Misra, “Method Forming Nanoporous Surfaces Coating Bioceramic Nanoporous Surfaces,” patent application pending, May 2004.